Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-11-20

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 20
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,119 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 934▲ 1,119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 143▲ 122 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 26▲ 80 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/Bulls steady to 6.00 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 $117.79/cwt on 481 head.
Average price
$117.79
481 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$101
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.84
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540118.83642437
Medium and Large 2-3503107.4454144
One grade step is worth $11.38/cwt here — about $101 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 sale481 hd
117.79
—
TN average8 barns · 2,488 hd
114.94
+2.84
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35045.006081thin

Every lot

58 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 1-2272176.00/cwt176.00–176.004796
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327154.00/cwt154.00–154.0050423
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3340120.00/cwt120.00–120.004083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372148.71/cwt145.00–150.005534
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3390121.00/cwt121.00–121.0047212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2407145.00/cwt145.00–145.005909
Steers—Small 1-242590.00/cwt90.00–90.003831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465133.28/cwt130.00–138.0062017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519128.03/cwt122.00–132.0066424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586128.87/cwt120.00–135.0075538
Steers—Small 1-2603106.00/cwt106.00–106.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646125.56/cwt125.00–129.0081114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663120.47/cwt119.00–122.0079919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added727132.51/cwt130.00–133.0096331
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3730106.00/cwt106.00–106.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745123.45/cwt116.00–125.0092014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2781122.00/cwt122.00–122.009536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added830129.87/cwt125.00–130.501,07843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2868120.25/cwt120.00–120.501,0442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265120.00/cwt120.00–120.003181
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3305111.00/cwt111.00–111.003394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2337125.78/cwt124.00–127.0042434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381126.15/cwt120.00–129.0048139
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3385118.50/cwt118.50–118.5045611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427118.26/cwt115.00–125.0050525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460118.98/cwt112.00–122.0054756
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3469102.00/cwt102.00–102.004787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513121.00/cwt121.00–121.006216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520115.63/cwt112.00–118.5060185
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3562103.00/cwt103.00–103.0057913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589115.07/cwt112.00–117.0067854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630123.57/cwt122.00–124.5077819
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3638105.00/cwt105.00–105.006706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639117.08/cwt112.00–118.0074820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657111.49/cwt103.00–113.0073233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669129.00/cwt120.00–131.5086314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722123.00/cwt123.00–123.0088827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2732111.95/cwt105.00–117.0081911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755117.00/cwt117.00–117.008832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375799.00/cwt99.00–99.007493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added814118.00/cwt118.00–118.009617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2830109.12/cwt109.00–109.509064
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2343157.00/cwt157.00–157.005393
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382138.60/cwt132.00–141.0052937
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2437137.00/cwt137.00–137.005993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2453131.92/cwt125.00–134.0059852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3468116.00/cwt116.00–116.005436
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521121.59/cwt120.00–122.0063339
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3579113.00/cwt113.00–113.0065410
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585117.57/cwt114.00–119.0068839
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2647122.00/cwt122.00–122.0078929
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665103.74/cwt100.00–105.0069016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745106.96/cwt103.00–110.0079716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-276597.63/cwt94.00–105.007479
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-283094.00/cwt94.00–94.007804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-288494.00/cwt94.00–94.008315
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35045.00/cwt45.00–45.006081
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,1881

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.