Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2023-06-21

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 21
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
1,157 head
▲ 681 vs last sale 476▲ 516 vs year ago 641 · +80.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 lower. Offerings also included 1569 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 $209.17/cwt on 492 head.
Average price
$209.17
492 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$278
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.03
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561211.201,185454
Medium and Large 2-3490184.9790638
One grade step is worth $26.23/cwt here — about $278 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 sale492 hd
209.17
—
TN average10 barns · 3,018 hd
211.20
−2.03
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

68 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 1-2258215.00/cwt215.00–215.005553
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319245.00/cwt245.00–245.0078211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3336210.00/cwt210.00–210.007067
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added345261.00/cwt261.00–261.0090010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385237.82/cwt231.00–245.009162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409240.39/cwt238.00–244.009835
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3436194.08/cwt190.00–200.008465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added443271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,20111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added456270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,23117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463243.90/cwt234.00–251.001,12914
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485193.46/cwt180.00–220.009383
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523243.37/cwt241.00–244.001,27325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523230.61/cwt227.00–235.001,20633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564234.88/cwt234.00–236.001,32542
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570188.39/cwt181.00–203.001,0749
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579223.13/cwt217.00–228.001,29233
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610212.93/cwt212.00–213.001,29915
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3623175.54/cwt162.50–189.001,0944
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664228.06/cwt221.00–230.501,51450
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671208.24/cwt200.00–216.001,39716
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3688194.31/cwt180.00–199.001,33710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,47419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,3391
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3740140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added775211.33/cwt204.00–217.001,63886
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3775170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added829199.51/cwt196.00–200.001,65416
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240205.00/cwt205.00–205.004922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2312233.00/cwt233.00–233.007276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added369245.00/cwt245.00–245.009047
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3374202.06/cwt195.00–203.007569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381220.36/cwt215.00–225.0084013
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3423177.23/cwt152.50–200.007502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431230.00/cwt230.00–230.0099117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434218.70/cwt217.00–223.0094917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460211.30/cwt204.00–215.0097242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480177.20/cwt158.00–184.008518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,15434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520208.01/cwt205.00–215.001,08242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526233.86/cwt232.00–235.001,23042
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3534192.58/cwt160.00–197.001,0288
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3574178.84/cwt160.00–186.001,0277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582202.03/cwt195.00–208.001,17648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added589224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,32213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635157.78/cwt140.00–175.001,0022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2636194.58/cwt188.00–196.501,23828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637217.75/cwt216.00–219.001,38739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,43642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672184.78/cwt180.00–196.001,24226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3675155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724167.91/cwt162.00–171.001,21632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2822151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2925125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390234.59/cwt226.00–239.0091515
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420162.50/cwt162.50–162.506831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455250.07/cwt225.00–255.001,13825
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519228.90/cwt210.00–233.001,18839
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582223.88/cwt210.00–225.501,30319
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3585160.00/cwt160.00–160.009361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3613169.59/cwt162.00–177.001,0402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2645199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,34312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007872
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2728180.41/cwt174.00–181.001,31312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2839165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3849

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.