Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2022-10-19

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 19
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
485 head
311 vs last sale 796 389 vs year ago 874 · 44.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 4.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-12.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 4.00-10.00 lower. Offerings also included 363 head on video. 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 $133.95/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$133.95
193 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$33.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.15
vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570135.86774182
Medium and Large 2-3543102.3755611thin
One grade step is worth $33.49/cwt here — about $219 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 sale193 hd
133.95
TN average9 barns · 1,617 hd
137.10
−3.15
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

54 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 1-2800115.00/cwt115.00–115.009201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265152.50/cwt152.50–152.504041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677132.53/cwt129.00–134.0089720
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422162.69/cwt152.00–168.006873
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005203
SteersMedium and Large 1-2935119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1132
SteersMedium and Large 2-3580147.82/cwt145.00–152.008575
SteersMedium and Large 2-3697115.32/cwt110.00–126.008043
SteersMedium and Large 2-3345137.00/cwt137.00–137.004731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485163.00/cwt163.00–163.007911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390149.00/cwt149.00–149.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2762129.01/cwt123.00–131.009834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708138.00/cwt138.00–138.0097712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667141.24/cwt136.00–145.0094211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2268164.00/cwt164.00–164.004404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586162.00/cwt155.00–164.0094915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2824127.83/cwt121.00–130.001,0538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512158.19/cwt154.00–163.008108
SteersMedium and Large 1-2965120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1581
SteersMedium and Large 2-3378128.46/cwt120.00–137.504862
SteersMedium and Large 2-3540132.00/cwt132.00–132.007131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2590128.99/cwt126.00–130.0076112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531145.07/cwt141.00–148.0077012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2394161.14/cwt148.00–163.006358
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755117.50/cwt117.50–117.508876
BullsMedium and Large 1-2859104.00/cwt104.00–104.008935
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430148.00/cwt148.00–148.006361
BullsMedium and Large 2-3518117.87/cwt103.00–120.506117
BullsMedium and Large 2-3378121.00/cwt121.00–121.004572
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465133.00/cwt133.00–133.006181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455160.00/cwt160.00–160.0072813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2659132.61/cwt124.00–134.0087422
BullsMedium and Large 2-3670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added534138.00/cwt138.00–138.0073733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added611137.85/cwt137.00–138.0084226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added662138.87/cwt135.00–140.0091919
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2389147.00/cwt147.00–147.005724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-285599.00/cwt99.00–99.008462
BullsMedium and Large 2-3580117.08/cwt114.00–120.006792
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3509103.99/cwt95.00–107.005294
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3413103.04/cwt101.00–105.004262
HeifersMedium and Large 2-391574.00/cwt74.00–74.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3630110.00/cwt110.00–110.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3490110.00/cwt110.00–110.005391
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3715100.00/cwt100.00–100.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579130.10/cwt124.00–134.0075318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525131.94/cwt125.00–136.0069313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410140.00/cwt140.00–140.0057412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2729133.92/cwt129.00–135.0097610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460136.34/cwt131.00–143.0062721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3360110.00/cwt110.00–110.003961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2644147.70/cwt146.00–154.0095114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added761147.33/cwt147.00–148.001,1216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335153.00/cwt153.00–153.005132

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.