Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-10-02

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 2
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
658 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 852▲ 658 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 68▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 87▲ 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 steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Bulls steady to 7.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.45/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$113.45
240 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.26
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2572114.55656214
Medium and Large 2-3486104.4250726
One grade step is worth $10.12/cwt here — about $148 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 sale240 hd
113.45
—
TN average11 barns · 2,936 hd
113.19
+0.26
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%Average1,25050.006251thin

Every lot

57 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 1-2272152.00/cwt152.00–152.004133
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3318102.00/cwt102.00–102.003243
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330150.50/cwt150.50–150.504978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005786
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2444150.10/cwt148.00–151.0066618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475142.31/cwt140.00–144.006767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514141.03/cwt131.00–145.0072522
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3552112.00/cwt112.00–112.006185
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579136.00/cwt136.00–136.007876
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581131.00/cwt131.00–131.0076114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639126.03/cwt120.00–131.0080523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660123.42/cwt118.00–127.0081532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738115.00/cwt115.00–115.008496
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758130.23/cwt130.00–130.5098731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763125.25/cwt125.00–125.509568
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833120.81/cwt116.50–123.001,0069
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2863123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,06610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260121.00/cwt121.00–121.003151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3325100.00/cwt100.00–100.003251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381118.84/cwt112.00–120.0045319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383101.00/cwt101.00–101.003875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440115.17/cwt115.00–116.0050712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3460107.00/cwt107.00–107.0049210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2463115.33/cwt112.00–121.0053416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added493123.00/cwt123.00–123.006065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529116.72/cwt113.00–118.0061733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added537122.75/cwt121.00–125.0065914
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3554106.00/cwt106.00–106.005879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added575120.50/cwt120.50–120.506937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584110.83/cwt105.00–118.0064740
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616111.11/cwt110.00–115.006849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660109.48/cwt105.00–115.0072321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692117.88/cwt117.00–118.5081612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712111.00/cwt111.00–111.007905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added760112.00/cwt112.00–112.008513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780100.00/cwt100.00–100.007804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800112.00/cwt112.00–112.008965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-381086.00/cwt86.00–86.006971
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added850110.00/cwt110.00–110.009358
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384145.01/cwt139.00–148.0055715
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2449124.00/cwt124.00–124.005578
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2452130.00/cwt130.00–130.0058819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3459110.00/cwt110.00–110.005057
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3508105.00/cwt105.00–105.005334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517123.08/cwt113.00–125.0063625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3573105.00/cwt105.00–105.006024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2587113.80/cwt109.00–115.0066815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2632107.70/cwt105.00–109.006813
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3632106.00/cwt106.00–106.006705
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2657112.00/cwt112.00–112.0073616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2717113.00/cwt113.00–113.0081010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3740101.00/cwt101.00–101.007473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2753107.00/cwt107.00–107.008063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-284397.00/cwt97.00–97.008184
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25050.00/cwt50.00–50.006251
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225800.00/cwt800.00–800.009,8001

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.