Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-02

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 class

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	114.55	656	214
Medium and Large 2-3	486	104.42	507	26

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	50.00	625	1thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	758	130.23/cwt	130.00–130.50	987	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	557	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	123.08/cwt	113.00–125.00	636	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	459	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	505	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	115.33/cwt	112.00–121.00	534	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	493	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,066	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	787	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	818	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	588	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	632	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	115.17/cwt	115.00–116.00	507	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	122.75/cwt	121.00–125.00	659	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	120.81/cwt	116.50–123.00	1,006	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	123.42/cwt	118.00–127.00	815	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	736	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	573	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	111.11/cwt	110.00–115.00	684	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	110.83/cwt	105.00–118.00	647	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	692	117.88/cwt	117.00–118.50	816	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	492	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	125.25/cwt	125.00–125.50	956	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	126.03/cwt	120.00–131.00	805	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	107.70/cwt	105.00–109.00	681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	113.80/cwt	109.00–115.00	668	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	533	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	116.72/cwt	113.00–118.00	617	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	850	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	935	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	554	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	587	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	497	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	141.03/cwt	131.00–145.00	725	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	552	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	618	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	761	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	810	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	800	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	118.84/cwt	112.00–120.00	453	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	315	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	810	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	318	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	150.10/cwt	148.00–151.00	666	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	142.31/cwt	140.00–144.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	387	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	575	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	693	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	109.48/cwt	105.00–115.00	723	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	780	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	145.01/cwt	139.00–148.00	557	15

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 Oct 2, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 658Last week 852Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 68Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 22Last week 87Year ago 0

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.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	758	130.00–130.50	130.23
6	—	579	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	385	150.00	150.00
10	—	863	123.50	123.50
3	—	272	152.00	152.00
9	—	833	116.50–123.00	120.81
32	—	660	118.00–127.00	123.42
8	—	763	125.00–125.50	125.25
23	—	639	120.00–131.00	126.03
8	—	330	150.50	150.50
22	—	514	131.00–145.00	141.03
14	—	581	131.00	131.00
6	—	738	115.00	115.00
18	—	444	148.00–151.00	150.10
7	—	475	140.00–144.00	142.31
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	552	112.00	112.00
3	—	318	102.00	102.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	449	124.00	124.00
25	—	517	113.00–125.00	123.08
4	—	843	97.00	97.00
19	—	452	130.00	130.00
3	—	753	107.00	107.00
16	—	657	112.00	112.00
3	—	632	105.00–109.00	107.70
15	—	587	109.00–115.00	113.80
10	—	717	113.00	113.00
15	—	384	139.00–148.00	145.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	459	110.00	110.00
5	—	632	106.00	106.00
4	—	573	105.00	105.00
4	—	508	105.00	105.00
2	—	420	110.00	110.00
3	—	740	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	463	112.00–121.00	115.33
12	—	440	115.00–116.00	115.17
9	—	616	110.00–115.00	111.11
40	—	584	105.00–118.00	110.83
5	—	712	111.00	111.00
33	—	529	113.00–118.00	116.72
19	—	381	112.00–120.00	118.84
1	—	260	121.00	121.00
21	—	660	105.00–115.00	109.48
4	—	780	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	493	123.00	123.00
3	—	760	112.00	112.00
14	—	537	121.00–125.00	122.75
12	—	692	117.00–118.50	117.88
8	—	850	110.00	110.00
5	—	800	112.00	112.00
7	—	575	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	100.00	100.00
10	—	460	107.00	107.00
9	—	554	106.00	106.00
1	—	810	86.00	86.00
5	—	383	101.00	101.00

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	800.00	800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	50.00	50.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle