Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2024-02-21

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 21
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
899 head
▼ 875 vs last sale 1,774▼ 520 vs year ago 1,419 · −36.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 4.00-12.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 10.00-20.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 6.00-15.00 higher. Offerings also included 548 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 $239.89/cwt on 465 head.
Average price
$239.89
465 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,403
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.92
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589242.791,429424
Medium and Large 2-3545209.901,14441
One grade step is worth $32.89/cwt here — about $285 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 sale465 hd
239.89
—
TN average11 barns · 2,689 hd
247.82
−7.92
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 1-2250305.00/cwt305.00–305.007633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2322333.58/cwt329.00–335.001,07418
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3328271.98/cwt257.50–302.508929
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3383282.55/cwt275.00–290.001,0822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2323
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3452263.28/cwt250.00–270.001,1903
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475301.32/cwt295.00–310.001,4319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added478315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,50625
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3505220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,4814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521296.35/cwt295.00–298.001,54424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572261.90/cwt257.50–266.001,4988
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,58812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616257.58/cwt253.00–260.001,58715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added667253.89/cwt253.25–256.501,69358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added766238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,82766
Steers—Small 1-2800195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7307
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2923190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added963212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,04210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2258277.50/cwt277.50–277.507163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3285227.50/cwt227.50–227.506481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332281.00/cwt277.00–286.0093314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added377299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377267.07/cwt262.50–267.501,00712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395247.50/cwt247.50–247.509781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430243.71/cwt240.00–247.501,0482
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,1406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466268.70/cwt268.00–270.001,25228
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476284.60/cwt279.50–301.001,35554
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3484205.12/cwt192.00–240.0099310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added507279.41/cwt276.50–280.001,41729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533247.54/cwt243.50–256.001,31927
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3539221.82/cwt217.50–227.001,1969
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575245.45/cwt245.00–246.001,41111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586238.00/cwt229.50–240.501,39513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3597204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,21814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621245.25/cwt241.50–247.501,52377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624233.65/cwt228.00–237.001,45826
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3650190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2680219.63/cwt214.00–226.001,49343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715181.40/cwt180.00–187.001,29712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added743196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added757190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3815160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828179.90/cwt175.00–181.001,49050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2913155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,4154
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378333.41/cwt307.50–337.001,26016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,41117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464296.45/cwt295.00–298.001,3764
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525275.28/cwt265.00–277.001,44521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2555275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5265
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603243.83/cwt243.00–248.001,4706
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2663223.80/cwt223.00–224.001,48410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3715180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2871
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2739216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,59611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3832176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2835186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5535

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.