Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-07-17

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 17
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,556 head
▲ 524 vs last sale 1,032▲ 1,556 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 33▲ 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 77▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.92/cwt on 617 head.
Average price
$135.92
617 head · 675 lb average
Value per head Derived
$917
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$136
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$45.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.80
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2686136.57937585
Medium and Large 2-3450125.1956431
Small 1-288091.008011thin
One grade step is worth $45.57/cwt here — about $136 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 sale617 hd
135.92
—
TN average9 barns · 1,669 hd
137.73
−1.80
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%Average1,25058.007251thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2273168.00/cwt168.00–168.004596
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3317125.00/cwt125.00–125.003966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329166.50/cwt166.50–166.5054810
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380130.00/cwt130.00–130.0049411
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3443112.00/cwt112.00–112.004963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470150.29/cwt144.00–153.0070620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524144.32/cwt137.00–150.0075637
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3537129.00/cwt128.00–131.006939
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577140.40/cwt136.00–142.0081045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616137.85/cwt133.00–140.0084910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634144.80/cwt144.75–145.0091850
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661133.35/cwt125.00–135.5088170
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added679136.50/cwt136.50–136.5092747
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added714137.77/cwt135.50–138.7598447
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728125.23/cwt122.00–131.5091224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760124.10/cwt124.00–125.0094320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added762135.73/cwt128.00–137.001,034108
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3770103.00/cwt103.00–103.007931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835119.65/cwt118.50–120.0099913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added841129.19/cwt127.00–131.001,08668
Steers—Small 1-288091.00/cwt91.00–91.008011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added908122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,11210
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3950101.00/cwt101.00–101.009601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2253140.00/cwt140.00–140.003542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330135.58/cwt134.00–137.0044733
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3387121.00/cwt121.00–121.004688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390129.44/cwt125.00–130.0050518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429131.91/cwt127.00–133.0056617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461132.56/cwt129.00–135.0061146
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3471121.00/cwt121.00–121.0057018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522127.58/cwt126.00–129.0066659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526133.89/cwt131.50–135.5070415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3553120.00/cwt120.00–120.0066414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577120.58/cwt119.00–124.0069639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added593127.00/cwt127.00–127.0075312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621129.64/cwt129.00–130.0080561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628117.92/cwt114.00–123.0074138
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3670109.00/cwt109.00–109.007303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673124.63/cwt123.00–126.0083968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678115.30/cwt113.50–117.0078217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717112.99/cwt104.00–114.0081047
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-372499.00/cwt99.00–99.007174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added742122.50/cwt122.50–122.5090916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758125.18/cwt122.00–126.0094930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2773111.72/cwt105.00–117.008649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added819121.00/cwt121.00–121.0099111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2827100.00/cwt100.00–100.008273
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384152.43/cwt147.00–153.0058510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2447143.03/cwt130.00–145.0063930
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2453138.40/cwt135.00–144.0062724
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3469128.00/cwt128.00–128.006007
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524134.07/cwt127.00–136.5070343
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3557123.00/cwt123.00–123.0068516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579128.35/cwt120.00–131.5074333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2648124.00/cwt124.00–124.0080412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-365195.00/cwt95.00–95.006189
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655116.50/cwt116.50–116.507634
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2739111.51/cwt108.50–113.0082412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-382093.00/cwt93.00–93.007631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25058.00/cwt58.00–58.007251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,6251

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.