Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2020-12-02

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 2
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
781 head
333 vs last sale 1,114 62 vs year ago 719 · +8.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

*Offerings also included the following load lots sold on video*

1 Load 77 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 650 lbs. @ 128.25 per cwt

1 Load 78 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 650 lbs. @ 138.00 per cwt

1 Load 75 Steers Medium-large 1-2 weighing 750 lbs. @ 135.00 per cwt

1 Load 64 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 800 lbs. @ 134.50 per cwt

1 Load 65 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 785 lbs. @ 135.00 per cwt

1 Load 57 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 850 lbs. @ 130.75 per cwt

1 Load 57 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 875 lbs. @ 128.00 per cwt

*473 Head sold on video + 915 regular sale = 1388 Total head*

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.34/cwt on 319 head.
Average price
$119.34
319 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.36
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554119.82663313
Medium and Large 2-356794.505366thin
One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about $128 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 sale319 hd
119.34
TN average9 barns · 2,595 hd
119.70
−0.36
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

50 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2516127.87/cwt123.50–129.0066019
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582120.00/cwt120.00–120.0069819
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400139.00/cwt139.00–139.005563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2822102.50/cwt102.50–102.508436
BullsMedium and Large 1-2724111.73/cwt109.00–112.508099
BullsMedium and Large 1-2674109.09/cwt105.00–110.0073517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added617130.86/cwt129.00–134.008078
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added685134.00/cwt134.00–134.0091876
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750110.00/cwt110.00–110.0082512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added613123.22/cwt121.00–124.5075542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added721111.00/cwt111.00–111.008004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added514128.00/cwt128.00–128.006588
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265145.00/cwt145.00–145.003841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2773115.00/cwt115.00–115.008892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2652120.00/cwt120.00–120.007823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461139.20/cwt135.00–140.0064213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2740118.73/cwt115.00–120.0087927
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added773120.00/cwt120.00–120.009286
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530134.90/cwt129.00–137.0071537
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571133.81/cwt128.00–138.0076443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642123.53/cwt117.00–125.0079339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423130.00/cwt130.00–130.005502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583116.82/cwt114.00–119.0068129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2456128.34/cwt122.00–132.0058552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524124.50/cwt122.50–125.5065253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643108.81/cwt105.00–110.5070054
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2261125.00/cwt125.00–125.003264
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2651110.00/cwt110.00–110.007164
BullsMedium and Large 1-2457136.74/cwt130.00–139.0062532
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313120.00/cwt120.00–120.003765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-275595.00/cwt95.00–95.007171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439124.98/cwt121.00–126.005499
HeifersMedium and Large 1-273499.55/cwt97.00–100.0073113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2391128.28/cwt126.00–130.0050223
BullsMedium and Large 2-395070.00/cwt70.00–70.006652
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500112.00/cwt112.00–112.005601
BullsMedium and Large 2-3648108.00/cwt108.00–108.007002
BullsMedium and Large 2-373599.48/cwt97.00–102.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485114.00/cwt114.00–114.005531
SteersMedium and Large 2-391097.00/cwt97.00–97.008831
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520119.00/cwt119.00–119.006192
SteersMedium and Large 2-3322119.00/cwt119.00–119.003833
SteersMedium and Large 2-3376121.00/cwt121.00–121.004557
SteersMedium and Large 2-3490111.00/cwt111.00–111.005442
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007194
HeifersMedium and Large 2-361890.00/cwt90.00–90.005562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-356091.00/cwt91.00–91.005103
SteersMedium and Large 2-3582118.99/cwt115.00–123.006933

How this sale compares

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.