Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.13/cwt on 276 head.

Average price

$125.13

276 head · 596 lb average

Value per head Derived

$746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$348

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2

$1.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.28

vs TN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	315	127.00	400	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	598	125.12	748	274

One grade step is worth $1.88/cwt here — about −$348 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 sale276 hd

125.13

—

TN average12 barns · 2,980 hd

124.86

+0.28

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	57.00	713	1thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	789	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	116.33/cwt	111.00–117.00	863	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	641	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	131.36/cwt	124.00–135.00	770	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	156.46/cwt	153.00–160.00	595	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	836	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	136.56/cwt	127.00–138.50	714	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	770	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	463	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	579	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	362	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	848	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	126.88/cwt	120.00–130.00	481	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	113.58/cwt	107.00–120.00	830	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	120.44/cwt	117.00–124.50	759	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	130.00/cwt	124.00–132.00	580	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	125.27/cwt	121.00–132.50	725	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	129.61/cwt	125.50–132.00	678	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	124.84/cwt	117.00–127.25	846	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	560	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	748	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	911	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	523	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	146.16/cwt	145.00–147.00	677	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,046	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	139.07/cwt	131.00–140.00	723	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	132.11/cwt	127.00–133.00	983	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	137.68/cwt	128.00–140.00	917	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	140.64/cwt	131.00–143.00	804	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	143.28/cwt	138.50–145.50	898	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	761	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,043	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	313	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	713	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	713	1

How this sale compares

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN

Wed Jul 31, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 648Last week 1,556Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 20Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 113Year ago 0

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 4.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	800.00	800.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	83.00	83.00
3	—	660	124.00	124.00
9	—	742	111.00–117.00	116.33
11	—	442	145.00	145.00
15	—	586	124.00–135.00	131.36
16	—	380	153.00–160.00	156.46
19	—	648	129.00	129.00
23	—	523	127.00–138.50	136.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	114.00	114.00
2	—	770	108.00	108.00
3	—	633	116.00	116.00
4	—	463	125.00	125.00
4	—	575	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	270	134.00	134.00
1	—	320	127.00	127.00
3	—	817	105.00	105.00
6	—	461	129.00	129.00
10	—	750	113.00	113.00
12	—	379	120.00–130.00	126.88
14	—	731	107.00–120.00	113.58
20	—	630	117.00–124.50	120.44
21	—	446	124.00–132.00	130.00
39	—	579	121.00–132.50	125.27
46	—	523	125.50–132.00	129.61
90	—	678	117.00–127.25	124.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	560	133.50	133.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	315	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	137.00	137.00
2	—	273	172.50	172.50
2	—	753	129.00	129.00
2	—	828	110.00	110.00
2	—	915	108.00	108.00
4	—	321	163.00	163.00
7	—	463	145.00–147.00	146.16
7	—	879	119.00	119.00
16	—	520	131.00–140.00	139.07
18	—	744	127.00–133.00	132.11
25	—	666	128.00–140.00	137.68
30	—	572	131.00–143.00	140.64
37	—	627	138.50–145.50	143.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	761	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	313	139.00	139.00
2	—	380	144.00	144.00
2	—	465	105.00	105.00
2	—	533	114.50	114.50
3	—	625	114.00	114.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	57.00	57.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle