Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-07-31

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 31
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
648 head
▼ 908 vs last sale 1,556▲ 648 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 20▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 113▲ 22 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 steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.13/cwt on 276 head.
Average price
$125.13
276 head · 596 lb average
Value per head Derived
$746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$348
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.28
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3315127.004002thin
Medium and Large 1-2598125.12748274
One grade step is worth $1.88/cwt here — about −$348 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 sale276 hd
125.13
—
TN average12 barns · 2,980 hd
124.86
+0.28
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%Average1,25057.007131thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2273172.50/cwt172.50–172.504712
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3313139.00/cwt139.00–139.004352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2321163.00/cwt163.00–163.005234
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380144.00/cwt144.00–144.005472
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420137.00/cwt137.00–137.005751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463146.16/cwt145.00–147.006777
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3465105.00/cwt105.00–105.004882
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520139.07/cwt131.00–140.0072316
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3533114.50/cwt114.50–114.506102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572140.64/cwt131.00–143.0080430
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3625114.00/cwt114.00–114.007133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627143.28/cwt138.50–145.5089837
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666137.68/cwt128.00–140.0091725
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744132.11/cwt127.00–133.0098318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2753129.00/cwt129.00–129.009712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,04341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2828110.00/cwt110.00–110.009112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2879119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915108.00/cwt108.00–108.009882
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2270134.00/cwt134.00–134.003621
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315127.00/cwt127.00–127.004002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320127.00/cwt127.00–127.004061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379126.88/cwt120.00–130.0048112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446130.00/cwt124.00–132.0058021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461129.00/cwt129.00–129.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523129.61/cwt125.50–132.0067846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560133.50/cwt133.50–133.5074811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579125.27/cwt121.00–132.5072539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630120.44/cwt117.00–124.5075920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678124.84/cwt117.00–127.2584690
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731113.58/cwt107.00–120.0083014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750113.00/cwt113.00–113.0084810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2817105.00/cwt105.00–105.008583
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380156.46/cwt153.00–160.0059516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442145.00/cwt145.00–145.0064111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3463125.00/cwt125.00–125.005794
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3505114.00/cwt114.00–114.005761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523136.56/cwt127.00–138.5071423
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2586131.36/cwt124.00–135.0077015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3633116.00/cwt116.00–116.007343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2648129.00/cwt129.00–129.0083619
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660124.00/cwt124.00–124.008183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2742116.33/cwt111.00–117.008639
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3770108.00/cwt108.00–108.008322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-295083.00/cwt83.00–83.007891
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25057.00/cwt57.00–57.007131
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,250800.00/cwt800.00–800.0010,0001

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.