Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-06-05

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 5
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
462 head
▼ 133 vs last sale 595▲ 462 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 0▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-12.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.97/cwt on 179 head.
Average price
$120.97
179 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$2.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.54
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3412123.0450726
Medium and Large 1-2556120.61671153
One grade step is worth $2.42/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale179 hd
120.97
—
TN average10 barns · 2,789 hd
120.43
+0.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12555.006191thin

Every lot

42 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270169.00/cwt169.00–169.004561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2312164.00/cwt164.00–164.005123
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3314139.00/cwt139.00–139.004365
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382148.01/cwt142.00–150.005654
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3390135.00/cwt135.00–135.005274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410144.88/cwt140.00–150.005942
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468135.00/cwt135.00–135.006325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added508145.00/cwt145.00–145.007373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526134.69/cwt130.00–138.007086
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2576134.81/cwt127.00–140.5077721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624140.80/cwt130.00–142.0087910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666135.06/cwt122.00–140.0089914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718127.60/cwt123.00–129.0091612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830114.00/cwt114.00–114.009461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3299132.50/cwt132.50–132.503968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2315139.00/cwt139.00–139.004385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381127.00/cwt127.00–127.0048410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3381125.00/cwt125.00–125.004769
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3443122.00/cwt122.00–122.005404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2448124.00/cwt124.00–124.005562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456128.20/cwt127.50–130.0058525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517123.24/cwt119.50–130.0063731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572118.25/cwt113.50–123.5067639
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3592113.00/cwt113.00–113.006693
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-360593.00/cwt93.00–93.005631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638111.97/cwt102.00–115.007147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673114.78/cwt113.00–115.0077218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-374094.00/cwt94.00–94.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748112.64/cwt109.00–113.0084311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2846103.00/cwt103.00–103.008715
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2376140.77/cwt135.00–144.0052914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2454133.71/cwt130.00–135.0060735
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3462126.00/cwt126.00–126.005829
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520133.78/cwt125.00–135.0069632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3546119.00/cwt119.00–119.0065011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580124.11/cwt116.00–126.0072021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2643121.55/cwt115.00–122.0078215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2656126.00/cwt126.00–126.008274
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3685110.00/cwt110.00–110.007541
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2734115.00/cwt115.00–115.008444
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12555.00/cwt55.00–55.006191
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,3131

This sale against other markets

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.