Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-06-19

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 19
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,032 head
▲ 437 vs last sale 595▲ 1,032 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 0▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 77 vs last sale 0▲ 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.53/cwt on 413 head.
Average price
$129.53
413 head · 653 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.85
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2656129.66850408
Medium and Large 2-3457118.605425thin
One grade step is worth $11.06/cwt here — about $308 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 sale413 hd
129.53
—
TN average10 barns · 2,224 hd
132.38
−2.85
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
Bulls—Average1,86082.001,5251thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25061.007631thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2271160.00/cwt160.00–160.004344
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328155.00/cwt155.00–155.005088
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2384147.66/cwt145.00–149.005679
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3388119.00/cwt119.00–119.004624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445139.14/cwt139.00–140.006197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533136.07/cwt130.00–139.0072532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581130.94/cwt122.00–134.0076191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637131.47/cwt120.00–135.0083767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675130.18/cwt123.00–134.0087958
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added709129.79/cwt129.00–130.0092019
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3735117.00/cwt117.00–117.008601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2739125.00/cwt125.00–125.0092417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760122.63/cwt120.00–124.5093223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added823121.86/cwt121.00–123.001,00357
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824117.20/cwt114.00–118.009665
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2927105.00/cwt105.00–105.009733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,019104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0608
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319139.52/cwt138.00–140.004458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378129.31/cwt127.00–130.0048910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438123.16/cwt120.00–134.0053914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468126.91/cwt123.00–130.0059445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521125.68/cwt119.00–129.0065568
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3533115.00/cwt115.00–115.0061313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2582113.45/cwt112.00–115.0066038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629117.50/cwt110.00–120.0073921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665113.80/cwt107.00–117.5075763
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3677102.00/cwt102.00–102.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679120.50/cwt120.50–120.5081817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720112.50/cwt112.50–112.5081018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740103.64/cwt99.00–106.007679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2756106.48/cwt102.00–110.0080518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added807108.50/cwt108.50–108.5087620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2838100.12/cwt95.00–102.0083919
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387145.44/cwt143.00–148.0056315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2446128.00/cwt128.00–128.005714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460141.53/cwt140.00–142.0065122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515124.76/cwt120.00–128.0064328
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3559115.00/cwt115.00–115.0064314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575123.97/cwt115.00–126.0071327
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2622120.31/cwt112.00–124.5074831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2696114.00/cwt114.00–114.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2746108.00/cwt108.00–108.008064
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-379595.00/cwt95.00–95.007551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,86082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,5251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25061.00/cwt61.00–61.007631
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.