Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-07-20

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 20
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
838 head
12 vs last sale 850 21 vs year ago 859 · 2.4%
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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 4th of July Independence Day Holiday. The video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://mymarketnews.ams.usda.gov/viewReport/3467

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.65/cwt on 376 head.
Average price
$145.65
376 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$859
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.60
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2589146.64864362
Medium and Large 2-3601120.1472214thin
One grade step is worth $26.49/cwt here — about $142 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 sale376 hd
145.65
TN average9 barns · 2,155 hd
145.05
+0.60
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

59 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435152.50/cwt147.00–158.006632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2659139.84/cwt133.50–141.5092235
SteersMedium and Large 2-3575135.00/cwt135.00–135.007765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added590173.20/cwt167.00–176.251,02212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added768154.55/cwt154.00–155.001,18744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added687160.74/cwt160.00–163.501,10431
SteersMedium and Large 2-3735135.50/cwt135.50–135.509965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2948110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526160.28/cwt151.00–165.0084313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2336150.00/cwt150.00–150.005044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2766138.51/cwt137.00–140.001,0614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2638154.70/cwt147.00–160.0098716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667150.40/cwt146.00–156.001,00313
SteersMedium and Large 2-3388140.03/cwt139.00–141.005436
SteersMedium and Large 1-2238160.00/cwt160.00–160.003812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2736143.60/cwt143.00–144.001,0575
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675132.50/cwt132.50–132.508941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578164.36/cwt160.00–166.0095015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472151.53/cwt144.00–159.007158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added518167.50/cwt167.50–167.508686
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added970135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395155.00/cwt155.00–155.006124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2840135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2386161.02/cwt153.00–162.0062218
BullsMedium and Large 1-2457159.13/cwt159.00–160.0072716
BullsMedium and Large 1-2629139.19/cwt130.00–146.0087612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2727122.00/cwt122.00–122.0088711
BullsMedium and Large 1-284893.00/cwt93.00–93.007896
BullsMedium and Large 1-2775117.00/cwt117.00–117.009072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added638147.86/cwt144.00–149.5094333
BullsMedium and Large 2-3395129.00/cwt129.00–129.005101
BullsMedium and Large 2-3472138.98/cwt135.00–145.006565
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521154.48/cwt148.50–155.0080538
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665133.40/cwt130.00–135.0088725
BullsMedium and Large 1-2581146.53/cwt144.50–147.0085121
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3559121.33/cwt121.00–122.006783
BullsMedium and Large 2-3560127.00/cwt127.00–127.007112
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004681
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3642128.00/cwt128.00–128.008226
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3455120.00/cwt120.00–120.005462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added531153.32/cwt153.00–153.5081411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2756120.02/cwt113.00–123.0090710
BullsMedium and Large 2-3420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2803121.74/cwt120.00–122.009788
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526148.52/cwt128.00–151.5078146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458160.75/cwt151.00–165.0073636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585146.61/cwt141.00–150.0085842
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287099.00/cwt99.00–99.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-380590.00/cwt90.00–90.007252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2747118.00/cwt118.00–118.0088111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627132.34/cwt131.50–136.0083011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2321156.00/cwt156.00–156.005014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2393159.99/cwt158.00–161.0062918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added865132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445159.11/cwt150.00–160.0070811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added738138.45/cwt138.00–144.001,02226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added571155.89/cwt155.00–157.0089039
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added659149.00/cwt149.00–149.0098217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250132.50/cwt132.50–132.503311

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.