Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2023-06-07

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 7
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
476 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 536▲ 221 vs year ago 255 · +86.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 4.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher. Offerings also included a video sale, 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 $199.74/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$199.74
207 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,160
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.44
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2584202.021,181185
Medium and Large 2-3551180.5599522
One grade step is worth $21.47/cwt here — about $186 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 sale207 hd
199.74
—
TN average10 barns · 2,462 hd
212.17
−12.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2263231.52/cwt220.00–252.506093
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337248.84/cwt232.50–251.008398
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3370227.50/cwt227.50–227.508421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0071
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3435215.00/cwt215.00–215.009351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added495265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3122
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3520204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524252.76/cwt249.00–255.001,32410
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3573227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589242.81/cwt235.00–244.001,43015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641236.39/cwt223.00–240.001,5157
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3645200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added646235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,51816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654220.28/cwt211.00–234.001,4415
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3678185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,25410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728203.14/cwt194.00–207.001,47913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2808201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,6932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2902190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3220175.00/cwt175.00–175.003851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278230.00/cwt230.00–230.006392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3305192.50/cwt192.50–192.505871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322236.90/cwt229.00–240.0076311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3363205.00/cwt205.00–205.007442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378235.00/cwt235.00–235.008883
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420203.00/cwt203.00–203.008532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444220.31/cwt220.00–221.0097816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2492216.82/cwt210.00–220.001,06714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532209.21/cwt208.00–211.001,11330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577196.74/cwt190.00–206.001,13525
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3581181.06/cwt152.50–187.001,05210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627198.97/cwt194.00–205.001,24832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3645175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681188.33/cwt182.00–191.001,28314
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3730152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732171.68/cwt166.00–174.001,2578
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2767176.02/cwt166.00–178.001,3506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3780158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3835139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2881155.54/cwt155.00–160.001,37018
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2389252.49/cwt247.50–253.0098211
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440195.00/cwt195.00–195.008581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2458245.05/cwt222.00–250.001,1226
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,24811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3532210.78/cwt195.00–221.001,1215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573229.72/cwt225.00–236.001,31622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2641218.68/cwt217.50–220.001,40221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3683178.74/cwt175.00–182.501,2212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2729189.36/cwt185.00–190.001,3808
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4511

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.