Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2021-06-02

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 2
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
482 head
280 vs last sale 762 92 vs year ago 390 · +23.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 6.00 higher.5

*Offerings also included the following Load Lots sold on video:*

1 Load 60 Heifers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 825 lbs. @ 118 per cwt

1 Load 60 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 805 lbs. @ 133.25 per cwt

2 Loads 116 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 850 lbs. @ 129.50 per cwt

1 Load 58 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 875 lbs. @ 126.25 per cwt

1 Load 54 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 950 lbs. @ 120.50 per cwt

1 Load 50 Steers Medium-Large 1-2 weighing 1000 lbs. @ 118 per cwt

The video sale report can also be found at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467

Total number of cattle including 398 sold on video = 964 total head of cattle

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.09/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$130.09
168 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$733
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$249
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium 1-2
$13.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.55
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3323138.004462thin
Medium and Large 1-2567130.16738161
Medium 1-2558124.506955thin
One grade step is worth $13.50/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale168 hd
130.09
TN average8 barns · 1,187 hd
129.53
+0.55
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

46 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
HeifersMedium 1-2558124.50/cwt124.50–124.506955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2581139.17/cwt135.00–142.008095
BullsMedium and Large 1-2382161.26/cwt160.00–163.006167
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078017
BullsMedium and Large 1-2646127.84/cwt125.00–128.0082619
BullsMedium and Large 1-2729115.00/cwt115.00–115.008389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2788121.73/cwt118.50–126.5095914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2245155.00/cwt155.00–155.003801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added511139.00/cwt139.00–139.007104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650126.00/cwt126.00–126.0081917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added615130.50/cwt130.50–130.508031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586146.74/cwt143.50–151.008609
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added533155.37/cwt155.00–155.508284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added617147.93/cwt146.00–149.5091313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2724123.37/cwt121.00–128.008934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2337160.00/cwt160.00–160.005398
SteersMedium and Large 1-2990107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0592
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270168.00/cwt168.00–168.004541
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added663146.54/cwt143.00–149.0097215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376149.76/cwt145.50–156.0056312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463156.97/cwt156.00–160.007274
SteersMedium and Large 1-2930114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,06012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639136.93/cwt132.00–143.0087513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429132.94/cwt130.00–136.005705
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522142.34/cwt139.00–147.0074314
BullsMedium and Large 2-3685103.00/cwt103.00–103.007061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825100.62/cwt98.50–106.008307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672122.65/cwt122.50–124.0082410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2722108.77/cwt102.00–111.0078510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2823123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0162
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2639122.63/cwt116.00–124.5078414
SteersMedium and Large 2-3473144.26/cwt135.00–146.006826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477137.15/cwt136.00–138.0065413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313167.50/cwt167.50–167.505243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245164.00/cwt164.00–164.004024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667130.68/cwt126.00–132.008729
BullsMedium and Large 1-2457155.07/cwt146.00–156.0070911
SteersMedium and Large 2-3388142.00/cwt142.00–142.0055110
BullsMedium and Large 2-3605119.00/cwt119.00–119.007202
BullsMedium and Large 2-3468131.00/cwt131.00–131.006136
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520131.41/cwt124.00–135.0068328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588131.29/cwt125.50–134.0077232
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535127.03/cwt124.00–133.006809
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750108.00/cwt108.00–108.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3323138.00/cwt138.00–138.004462
SteersMedium and Large 2-3320137.50/cwt137.50–137.504403

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.