Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2023-07-19

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 19
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
1,056 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 1,157▲ 218 vs year ago 838 · +26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the Independence Day Holiday. Offerings also included 1244 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 $222.29/cwt on 523 head.
Average price
$222.29
523 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,342
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$427
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.21
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2609223.291,359503
Medium and Large 2-3473197.2193220
One grade step is worth $26.08/cwt here — about $427 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 sale523 hd
222.29
—
TN average13 barns · 2,508 hd
218.08
+4.21
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

71 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2225247.00/cwt247.00–247.005561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2311281.00/cwt281.00–281.008745
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368261.29/cwt245.00–269.009623
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395205.00/cwt205.00–205.008101
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3452221.00/cwt221.00–221.009993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466251.44/cwt245.00–258.001,17213
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3508226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,1482
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523248.03/cwt245.00–254.001,2976
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532264.03/cwt258.00–267.501,40536
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3570224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571248.74/cwt243.00–253.001,4207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593259.04/cwt258.00–262.001,53619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605227.41/cwt226.00–236.001,37622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633257.03/cwt249.00–260.501,62756
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655250.19/cwt250.00–251.001,63916
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3678197.20/cwt182.50–212.001,3372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2694238.53/cwt226.00–244.001,65523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740227.99/cwt226.00–230.001,68714
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745238.74/cwt237.00–240.501,77932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added787226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,77916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2800214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added822224.28/cwt220.00–226.001,84468
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,7981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added944207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9546
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added958204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240237.50/cwt237.50–237.505702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2314250.00/cwt250.00–250.007859
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335192.50/cwt192.50–192.506451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3363218.59/cwt215.00–221.007934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391235.78/cwt235.00–236.0092218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3404190.00/cwt190.00–190.007684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461229.67/cwt225.00–234.001,05926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3478200.85/cwt188.00–207.509604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516239.23/cwt231.00–247.001,23441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530224.78/cwt215.00–226.001,19126
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3538188.30/cwt183.00–199.001,0133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570234.51/cwt228.00–238.501,33761
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3570203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,1571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579216.94/cwt214.00–225.001,256100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,50929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629225.40/cwt220.00–231.001,41810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3645191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,1632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658209.29/cwt206.00–210.001,37717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682221.92/cwt219.00–230.501,51375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added723215.55/cwt212.00–217.001,55828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734185.92/cwt181.00–190.001,3658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added766205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815202.00/cwt199.00–208.001,6463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2838187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,5672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added875196.62/cwt196.00–197.001,72013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added903193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,74321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2943155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2990175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7331
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365220.00/cwt220.00–220.008032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2386269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0389
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2436225.44/cwt223.00–226.009835
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3440215.00/cwt215.00–215.009461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2456248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,13119
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470201.00/cwt201.00–201.009451
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,24416
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3545209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1391
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3560180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0081
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2592225.28/cwt215.00–228.501,33415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657212.73/cwt206.00–214.001,39825
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3730170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2735192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4119
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2834170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4184
Bulls—Small 1-2980122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1961

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.