Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-20

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 class

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

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	118.83	642	437
Medium and Large 2-3	503	107.44	541	44

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	45.00	608	1thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	757	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	129.00/cwt	120.00–131.50	863	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	115.63/cwt	112.00–118.50	601	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	126.15/cwt	120.00–129.00	481	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	118.26/cwt	115.00–125.00	505	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	109.12/cwt	109.00–109.50	906	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	103.74/cwt	100.00–105.00	690	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	131.92/cwt	125.00–134.00	598	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	138.60/cwt	132.00–141.00	529	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	97.63/cwt	94.00–105.00	747	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	472	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	830	129.87/cwt	125.00–130.50	1,078	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	128.03/cwt	122.00–132.00	664	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	133.28/cwt	130.00–138.00	620	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	590	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	148.71/cwt	145.00–150.00	553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	385	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	456	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	123.57/cwt	122.00–124.50	778	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	621	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	115.07/cwt	112.00–117.00	678	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	111.49/cwt	103.00–113.00	732	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	111.95/cwt	105.00–117.00	819	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	543	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	121.59/cwt	120.00–122.00	633	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	106.96/cwt	103.00–110.00	797	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	780	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	654	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	117.57/cwt	114.00–119.00	688	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	647	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	789	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	831	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	539	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	425	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	730	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	128.87/cwt	120.00–135.00	755	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	120.47/cwt	119.00–122.00	799	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	125.56/cwt	125.00–129.00	811	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	479	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	579	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	638	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	722	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	888	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	814	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	961	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	118.98/cwt	112.00–122.00	547	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	125.78/cwt	124.00–127.00	424	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	117.08/cwt	112.00–118.00	748	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	883	2
Steers	Small 1-2	—	603	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	639	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	727	132.51/cwt	130.00–133.00	963	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	504	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	123.45/cwt	116.00–125.00	920	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	120.25/cwt	120.00–120.50	1,044	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	469	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	478	7

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 Nov 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,119Last week 934Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 122Last week 143Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 80Last week 26Year ago 0

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 6.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	99.00	99.00
11	—	385	118.50	118.50
4	—	305	111.00	111.00
13	—	562	103.00	103.00
6	—	638	105.00	105.00
7	—	469	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	669	120.00–131.50	129.00
19	—	630	122.00–124.50	123.57
6	—	513	121.00	121.00
27	—	722	123.00	123.00
7	—	814	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	520	112.00–118.50	115.63
39	—	381	120.00–129.00	126.15
25	—	427	115.00–125.00	118.26
4	—	830	109.00–109.50	109.12
54	—	589	112.00–117.00	115.07
33	—	657	103.00–113.00	111.49
11	—	732	105.00–117.00	111.95
1	—	265	120.00	120.00
56	—	460	112.00–122.00	118.98
34	—	337	124.00–127.00	125.78
20	—	639	112.00–118.00	117.08
2	—	755	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	665	100.00–105.00	103.74
6	—	468	116.00	116.00
10	—	579	113.00	113.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	453	125.00–134.00	131.92
37	—	382	132.00–141.00	138.60
9	—	765	94.00–105.00	97.63
3	—	437	137.00	137.00
39	—	521	120.00–122.00	121.59
16	—	745	103.00–110.00	106.96
4	—	830	94.00	94.00
39	—	585	114.00–119.00	117.57
29	—	647	122.00	122.00
5	—	884	94.00	94.00
3	—	343	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	390	121.00	121.00
1	—	730	106.00	106.00
3	—	340	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	830	125.00–130.50	129.87
31	—	727	130.00–133.00	132.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	519	122.00–132.00	128.03
17	—	465	130.00–138.00	133.28
9	—	407	145.00	145.00
4	—	372	145.00–150.00	148.71
38	—	586	120.00–135.00	128.87
19	—	663	119.00–122.00	120.47
14	—	646	125.00–129.00	125.56
6	—	272	176.00	176.00
23	—	327	154.00	154.00
14	—	745	116.00–125.00	123.45
6	—	781	122.00	122.00
2	—	868	120.00–120.50	120.25
Steers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	90.00	90.00
2	—	603	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,350	45.00	45.00

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	750.00	750.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle