Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2023-01-18

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 18
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
987 head
▼ 492 vs last sale 1,479▲ 430 vs year ago 557 · +77.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 12 Lots sold on video. The video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.99/cwt on 398 head.
Average price
$153.99
398 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$890
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.62
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2584154.62904377
Medium and Large 2-3464142.6866321
One grade step is worth $11.94/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale398 hd
153.99
—
TN average10 barns · 2,229 hd
154.61
−0.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

65 lots · USDA AMS · Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270192.50/cwt192.50–192.505201
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3305148.31/cwt142.50–155.004523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315194.00/cwt194.00–194.0061112
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3355147.50/cwt147.50–147.505241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added363211.00/cwt211.00–211.007664
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385188.42/cwt182.00–190.007255
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439159.89/cwt158.00–166.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added440200.00/cwt200.00–200.008803
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3453154.40/cwt135.00–164.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2457179.13/cwt178.00–184.0081911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524182.87/cwt179.00–185.5095851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531176.67/cwt166.00–178.009389
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577172.42/cwt164.00–174.0099531
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3578157.00/cwt157.00–157.009072
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600153.00/cwt153.00–153.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added614174.22/cwt169.50–176.001,07038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640156.00/cwt156.00–156.009981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659171.37/cwt167.00–173.251,12987
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728154.13/cwt154.00–155.001,1228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added739167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,2347
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762161.69/cwt152.00–164.001,23232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added851154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,3155
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2245165.00/cwt165.00–165.004043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324175.00/cwt175.00–175.0056711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378136.21/cwt135.00–140.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384169.65/cwt159.00–186.0065128
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3429149.54/cwt142.50–152.0064210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445156.20/cwt156.00–156.5069510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462166.45/cwt164.00–170.0076934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470150.00/cwt150.00–150.007051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added487176.63/cwt175.50–177.5086025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503172.00/cwt172.00–172.0086510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527150.73/cwt148.50–157.0079441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3571135.00/cwt135.00–135.007715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577147.53/cwt145.00–154.0085140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585158.96/cwt153.00–160.5093026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613163.00/cwt163.00–163.009996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3625131.00/cwt131.00–131.008191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2643137.34/cwt135.00–141.0088310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662154.49/cwt150.00–157.001,02314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671143.82/cwt140.00–147.5096544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,10015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731135.12/cwt131.50–140.009887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2754135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added813143.55/cwt142.00–145.501,16745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2877118.31/cwt115.00–125.001,0383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2900128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384179.26/cwt175.00–187.0068817
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3387147.00/cwt147.00–147.005693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2417166.00/cwt166.00–166.006923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3429126.22/cwt120.00–140.005413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458178.58/cwt167.00–184.5081836
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470130.00/cwt130.00–130.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523166.87/cwt161.00–169.5087326
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530138.23/cwt117.50–156.007336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2564154.20/cwt150.00–159.5087038
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2639150.83/cwt140.00–153.0096435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668144.50/cwt144.50–144.5096512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3741124.02/cwt115.00–127.009194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2764145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,1129
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3785116.00/cwt116.00–116.009112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2822140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2925110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0181

This sale against other markets

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.