Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2023-03-15

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 15
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
1,150 head
▲ 367 vs last sale 783▲ 273 vs year ago 877 · +31.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 8.00-20.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-15.00 higher. Offerings also included 347 head 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 $188.41/cwt on 546 head.
Average price
$188.41
546 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.86
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563189.331,066527
Medium and Large 2-3548162.9789319thin
One grade step is worth $26.36/cwt here — about $173 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 sale546 hd
188.41
—
TN average11 barns · 2,785 hd
190.27
−1.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

69 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245247.50/cwt247.50–247.506065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335230.00/cwt230.00–230.007714
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3365220.00/cwt220.00–220.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391240.95/cwt240.00–243.0094219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added412248.32/cwt248.00–249.001,02316
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430197.59/cwt175.00–226.008507
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435232.86/cwt230.00–234.001,01314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486227.32/cwt224.00–230.001,10511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3486197.15/cwt180.00–200.009587
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519222.13/cwt218.00–226.001,15345
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3527183.14/cwt170.00–187.509654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529238.61/cwt237.50–239.501,26272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580208.54/cwt205.00–213.001,21010
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3592189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added596214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2758
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617210.46/cwt208.00–211.001,29934
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,22518
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3658173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1386
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669203.56/cwt202.00–206.001,36232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671193.02/cwt189.00–194.001,2955
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added718179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2853
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730166.99/cwt165.00–171.001,2193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,39436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778169.16/cwt167.00–169.501,31622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added809169.45/cwt169.00–170.001,37111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4456
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added931164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,5274
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3990140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3861
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2258217.50/cwt217.50–217.505612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320207.50/cwt207.50–207.5066414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385208.59/cwt199.00–218.0080349
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395172.50/cwt172.50–172.506811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420180.00/cwt180.00–180.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added429226.86/cwt224.00–228.0097344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439192.57/cwt182.50–196.0084523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465201.44/cwt188.00–207.0093722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468218.45/cwt218.00–219.001,02224
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3477183.00/cwt183.00–183.008735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512207.55/cwt203.00–209.001,06343
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3513173.00/cwt173.00–173.008873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515188.17/cwt180.00–192.0096939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568194.48/cwt191.00–198.001,10566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585182.02/cwt176.00–188.001,06522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3586147.59/cwt132.50–158.008655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,07910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682175.50/cwt172.00–183.001,19721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686164.30/cwt156.50–170.001,12753
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3686143.00/cwt143.00–143.009814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,19137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735157.95/cwt156.00–162.001,1613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785146.31/cwt143.00–147.001,14923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2826148.32/cwt141.00–149.501,2257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2868135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2906146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,32315
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2386234.00/cwt227.00–240.0090313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3405185.00/cwt185.00–185.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438226.80/cwt216.00–228.0099320
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3468175.35/cwt165.00–186.008215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522211.42/cwt205.00–213.001,10430
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3535177.50/cwt177.50–177.509501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3563160.00/cwt160.00–160.009013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584188.75/cwt180.00–192.001,10211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1351
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3652156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2659186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,22910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2738164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,2104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2838150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2572

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.