Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-06-15

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 15
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
641 head
334 vs last sale 307 20 vs year ago 661 · 3.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 6.00-145.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Offerings also included 474 head sold on video. The video sale report can be viewed at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.93/cwt on 253 head.
Average price
$135.93
253 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$125
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.91
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2598137.73823211
Medium and Large 2-3550126.8769842
One grade step is worth $10.87/cwt here — about $125 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 sale253 hd
135.93
TN average9 barns · 1,412 hd
141.84
−5.91
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

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added661138.00/cwt138.00–138.0091212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471147.85/cwt144.00–153.5069621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275151.00/cwt151.00–151.004151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2804123.00/cwt123.00–123.009898
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664131.07/cwt126.00–135.0087018
SteersMedium and Large 2-3305154.00/cwt154.00–154.004701
SteersMedium and Large 2-3584130.00/cwt130.00–130.007594
SteersMedium and Large 2-3693129.00/cwt129.00–129.0089414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added671153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,02716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665144.40/cwt144.00–148.0096010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527157.44/cwt152.00–160.5083022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2334167.00/cwt167.00–167.005584
SteersMedium and Large 2-3529137.55/cwt123.00–145.007286
SteersMedium and Large 2-3614132.48/cwt118.00–144.008135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2736138.10/cwt134.00–141.001,01621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613155.43/cwt147.00–159.0095329
SteersMedium and Large 2-3395135.00/cwt135.00–135.005331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581146.65/cwt142.00–154.0085220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388166.00/cwt166.00–166.006444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440168.25/cwt168.00–169.007404
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450147.00/cwt147.00–147.006625
SteersMedium and Large 2-3730115.00/cwt115.00–115.008402
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added648157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added875137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2907122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2273176.00/cwt176.00–176.004803
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375159.71/cwt155.00–167.005995
BullsMedium and Large 1-2458163.40/cwt152.00–166.0074817
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585143.71/cwt140.50–145.0084114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420144.00/cwt144.00–144.006053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2338153.50/cwt153.50–153.505193
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735110.00/cwt110.00–110.008091
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750114.00/cwt114.00–114.008553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525154.64/cwt143.00–160.0081228
BullsMedium and Large 1-2648140.00/cwt140.00–140.0090717
BullsMedium and Large 2-3558131.00/cwt131.00–131.007312
BullsMedium and Large 2-3607115.55/cwt107.00–124.007014
BullsMedium and Large 2-3514130.39/cwt127.00–139.006705
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3511129.23/cwt120.00–132.006606
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added621139.00/cwt139.00–139.008637
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added728133.50/cwt133.50–133.509728
BullsMedium and Large 2-397096.00/cwt96.00–96.009311
BullsMedium and Large 2-3422141.70/cwt139.00–143.005983
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3310137.00/cwt137.00–137.004251
BullsMedium and Large 1-2653131.50/cwt131.50–131.508596
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610121.00/cwt121.00–121.007381
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3472132.23/cwt127.00–134.006245
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3268134.00/cwt134.00–134.003592
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3720108.00/cwt108.00–108.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2945121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added817122.00/cwt122.00–122.009979
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523145.74/cwt139.50–148.0076234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635130.57/cwt130.00–131.008299
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3575130.51/cwt130.00–131.0075010
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3380134.62/cwt130.00–142.005124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584140.00/cwt134.50–146.0081853
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3687117.86/cwt117.50–119.0081012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2721120.96/cwt119.50–122.0087212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774124.66/cwt122.50–128.009655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382151.33/cwt148.00–153.005789
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2828106.68/cwt105.00–115.008836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added841137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2307155.50/cwt155.50–155.504773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432145.68/cwt145.00–146.006293

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.