Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2019-12-18

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 18
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
389 head
▼ 330 vs last sale 719▲ 389 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 114 vs last sale 165▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 48▲ 5 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 4.00-8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-12.00 higher. This market will be closed in observance of Christmas and New Year Holidays. Sales will resume Wednesday January 8th 2020. Everyone have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.30/cwt on 152 head.
Average price
$124.30
152 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$657
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$34.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.43
vs TN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529124.53658151
Small 1-250590.004551thin
One grade step is worth $34.53/cwt here — about $204 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 sale152 hd
124.30
—
TN average10 barns · 1,417 hd
118.87
+5.43
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

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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2292160.00/cwt160.00–160.004673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2343150.00/cwt150.00–150.005156
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3386135.00/cwt135.00–135.005216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440150.00/cwt150.00–150.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465149.71/cwt144.00–152.006967
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3483131.00/cwt131.00–131.006332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539140.41/cwt136.00–142.5075712
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2582133.31/cwt125.00–137.0077617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added648135.00/cwt135.00–135.008755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673131.00/cwt131.00–131.008825
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689125.48/cwt117.00–129.008659
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720127.00/cwt127.00–127.009144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737119.38/cwt118.00–122.008805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782117.66/cwt117.00–119.009203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added812120.00/cwt120.00–120.009745
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3813110.00/cwt110.00–110.008942
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2255110.00/cwt110.00–110.002812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2318134.00/cwt134.00–134.0042610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372132.56/cwt127.00–134.504934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2409131.60/cwt126.00–135.0053818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461130.59/cwt127.00–133.0060227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added477149.00/cwt149.00–149.007113
Heifers—Small 1-250590.00/cwt90.00–90.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539122.66/cwt116.00–126.0066127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552127.00/cwt127.00–127.007019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591112.00/cwt112.00–112.006625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624118.81/cwt117.00–119.5074110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656116.06/cwt113.50–117.0076115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716113.00/cwt113.00–113.008095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added721117.00/cwt117.00–117.008445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752114.00/cwt114.00–114.008577
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2344149.00/cwt149.00–149.005139
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2419144.28/cwt142.50–149.006057
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435114.00/cwt114.00–114.004962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478147.20/cwt145.50–147.5070420
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523132.00/cwt132.00–132.006905
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570111.00/cwt111.00–111.006333
Bulls—Small 1-2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2581127.91/cwt124.50–133.007435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635118.00/cwt118.00–118.007491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655124.34/cwt123.00–125.0081412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2719118.00/cwt116.00–119.008486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282589.00/cwt89.00–89.007342
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 1-21,210810.00/cwt810.00–810.009,8011

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.