Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-08-07

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Aug 7
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 648▲ 640 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 51▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 22▲ 17 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 steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 3.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.75/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$126.75
250 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.60
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543127.13690239
Medium and Large 2-3535118.5563511thin
One grade step is worth $8.59/cwt here — about $55 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 sale250 hd
126.75
—
TN average11 barns · 2,715 hd
122.15
+4.60
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

51 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328164.06/cwt157.50–165.005388
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004022
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3383122.00/cwt122.00–122.004673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395153.00/cwt153.00–153.006043
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439146.51/cwt140.00–151.0064312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469150.00/cwt150.00–150.007044
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524147.50/cwt147.50–147.507739
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532142.87/cwt135.00–146.5076039
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579145.11/cwt139.50–146.0084012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617144.52/cwt144.00–145.0089217
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632143.00/cwt143.00–143.009046
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654144.00/cwt144.00–144.0094216
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3655131.00/cwt131.00–131.008581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663140.45/cwt129.00–142.5093132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712135.23/cwt127.50–138.0096338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829117.00/cwt117.00–117.009704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2873115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0042
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3920106.00/cwt106.00–106.009751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2337130.29/cwt125.00–134.004399
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383116.00/cwt116.00–116.004442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2398130.00/cwt130.00–130.005175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2442126.77/cwt126.00–129.0056019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2454132.16/cwt129.00–134.0060034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485123.00/cwt123.00–123.005973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511136.00/cwt136.00–136.0069516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523127.38/cwt124.00–133.0066656
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3566121.00/cwt121.00–121.006854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586126.05/cwt123.00–126.5073926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610123.72/cwt121.00–125.0075524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628127.77/cwt127.00–128.0080221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676120.05/cwt119.00–122.5081218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718115.00/cwt115.00–115.008262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728118.00/cwt118.00–118.008595
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3740103.00/cwt103.00–103.007621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2763110.00/cwt110.00–110.008394
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390150.00/cwt150.00–150.0058513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442136.52/cwt135.00–138.006036
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460148.00/cwt148.00–148.0068119
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465126.02/cwt115.00–129.0058614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2526134.06/cwt131.00–135.0070521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3539116.00/cwt116.00–116.006257
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583131.37/cwt125.00–133.0076617
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2660124.95/cwt120.00–126.5082521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3673115.00/cwt115.00–115.007742
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007982
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3733105.50/cwt105.00–106.007732
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755115.00/cwt115.00–115.0086812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-383396.00/cwt96.00–96.008002
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 1-21,250850.00/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.