Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-09-04

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 4
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
646 head
▲ 646 vs last sale 0▲ 646 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 0▲ 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 0▲ 30 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.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.45/cwt on 286 head.
Average price
$122.45
286 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.87
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2569122.91700269
Medium and Large 2-3498115.2457417thin
One grade step is worth $7.67/cwt here — about $126 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 sale286 hd
122.45
—
TN average9 barns · 1,287 hd
118.58
+3.87
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

49 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2230145.00/cwt145.00–145.003341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313150.00/cwt150.00–150.004703
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3338133.00/cwt133.00–133.004502
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3388119.00/cwt119.00–119.004626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390143.60/cwt140.00–145.005607
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3450115.00/cwt115.00–115.005182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465148.43/cwt145.00–151.0069014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517136.56/cwt133.00–139.0070623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577136.42/cwt131.00–139.0078723
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3590123.00/cwt123.00–123.007262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633127.66/cwt125.00–131.5080826
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662130.00/cwt130.00–130.0086115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733121.38/cwt120.00–125.008905
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818115.00/cwt115.00–115.009414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2866112.76/cwt112.00–114.009778
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265124.00/cwt124.00–124.003292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333129.15/cwt125.00–130.004306
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3345108.00/cwt108.00–108.003731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380114.00/cwt114.00–114.004331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385125.89/cwt125.00–127.0048511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425127.82/cwt125.00–129.005437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462124.21/cwt122.00–125.0057441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3468117.50/cwt117.50–117.505506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521125.87/cwt123.00–127.0065649
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3537115.00/cwt115.00–115.006188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543129.00/cwt129.00–129.007009
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577125.77/cwt122.00–127.7572644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640112.00/cwt112.00–112.007171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2642118.44/cwt117.50–119.0076032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added647124.00/cwt124.00–124.0080216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652117.00/cwt117.00–117.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added696123.00/cwt123.00–123.0085623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729110.82/cwt110.00–112.0080816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2839108.66/cwt107.00–109.509126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-291096.00/cwt96.00–96.008742
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2393143.89/cwt140.00–145.005659
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3446120.00/cwt120.00–120.005357
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465146.15/cwt133.00–152.0068023
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500128.00/cwt128.00–128.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2518135.50/cwt135.50–135.5070222
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3576124.00/cwt124.00–124.007146
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584130.46/cwt125.00–132.0076239
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2642124.34/cwt120.00–125.5079819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3670116.50/cwt116.50–116.507811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733113.00/cwt113.00–113.008284
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373582.00/cwt82.00–82.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008486
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.