Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 7.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-12.00 higher. Offerings also included 593 head sold on video. The video sale report can be seen at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $302.79/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −141.74 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$302.79

153 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

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

$61.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.07

vs TN average

−15.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	304.81	1,696	148
Medium and Large 2-3	552	242.92	1,340	5thin

One grade step is worth $61.89/cwt here — about $356 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $479.44, low $368.65, median $444.53 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale153 hd

302.79

—

TN average12 barns · 526 hd

294.72

+8.07

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−15.50

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−141.74

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,288	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	320.02/cwt	295.00–328.00	1,318	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	267.42/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	225.54/cwt	197.50–283.00	1,204	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	308	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	305.04/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,144	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	617	198.84/cwt	191.00–215.00	1,227	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	268.74/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,204	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	314	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	977	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	231.50/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,310	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	242.02/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	738	177.55/cwt	172.50–180.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	472	299.88/cwt	299.75–300.00	1,415	57
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,513	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	287.00/cwt	285.00–290.25	1,759	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,896	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	290.66/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,151	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	259.15/cwt	227.50–272.50	1,368	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,627	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	303.52/cwt	299.00–304.00	1,757	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	311.57/cwt	295.00–316.00	1,446	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,815	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,334	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	432	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,551	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	284.58/cwt	276.00–286.50	1,483	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	226.60/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,675	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	269.02/cwt	267.00–274.00	1,550	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	275.41/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,228	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	322.58/cwt	318.00–324.00	1,684	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	473	341.15/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,614	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	261.59/cwt	252.00–266.00	1,653	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,720	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	297.97/cwt	289.00–301.00	1,573	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,100	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	241.17/cwt	240.50–248.00	1,411	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	931	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,983	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,184	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	202.74/cwt	198.00–209.00	1,472	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	263.61/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,418	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	259	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	881	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,567	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	225.74/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,427	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	224.21/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,491	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	283.77/cwt	282.00–297.00	1,640	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	182.11/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,612	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	275.67/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,773	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	301.04/cwt	288.00–302.00	1,544	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	330.15/cwt	321.00–335.00	1,238	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	215.10/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,747	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,008	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	325.59/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,527	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	320.60/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,414	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	265.64/cwt	261.00–269.00	1,769	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	264	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	950	5

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 Mar 20, 2024

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	331.00	331.00
16	400–450	412	295.00–328.00	320.02
35	450–500	464	295.00–316.00	311.57
35	500–550	528	289.00–301.00	297.97
30	550–600	581	280.00	280.00
30	600–650	632	252.00–266.00	261.59
20	700–750	739	224.00–228.00	226.60
3	800–850	827	195.00	195.00
4	850–900	891	178.00	178.00
1	900–950	945	162.00	162.00
3	950–1000	980	162.00	162.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	528	227.50–272.50	259.15
1	550–600	595	247.00	247.00
2	600–650	618	240.00–244.00	242.02
1	750–800	770	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	311.00	311.00
14	400–450	448	261.00–270.00	268.74
2	450–500	465	265.00–270.00	267.42
12	550–600	566	226.00–232.00	231.50
3	600–650	617	191.00–215.00	198.84
3	700–750	738	172.50–180.00	177.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	472	299.75–300.00	299.88
77	500–550	521	276.00–286.50	284.58
40	550–600	576	267.00–274.00	269.02
9	600–650	610	248.00	248.00
10	650–700	651	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	259	340.00	340.00
10	300–350	326	337.50	337.50
16	350–400	396	284.00–300.00	290.66
29	400–450	446	275.00–277.00	275.41
6	450–500	460	290.00	290.00
34	500–550	538	255.00–270.00	263.61
22	550–600	585	240.50–248.00	241.17
6	600–650	632	221.00–240.00	225.74
22	650–700	665	220.00–226.00	224.21
35	700–750	726	198.00–209.00	202.74
3	750–800	768	204.00	204.00
9	850–900	885	175.00–185.00	182.11
2	900–950	945	182.00	182.00
1	950–1000	955	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	312.50	312.50
9	350–400	375	302.50–310.00	305.04
1	400–450	435	275.00	275.00
3	500–550	534	197.50–283.00	225.54
2	550–600	578	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	432	359.00	359.00
14	450–500	473	340.00–342.00	341.15
41	500–550	522	318.00–324.00	322.58
64	550–600	579	299.00–304.00	303.52
80	600–650	613	285.00–290.25	287.00
34	700–750	732	248.00	248.00
50	750–800	777	244.00	244.00
9	900–950	931	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	264	360.00	360.00
11	300–350	329	360.00	360.00
6	350–400	375	321.00–335.00	330.15
15	400–450	441	315.00–335.00	320.60
16	450–500	469	300.00–331.00	325.59
15	500–550	513	288.00–302.00	301.04
28	550–600	578	282.00–297.00	283.77
12	600–650	643	261.00–277.00	275.67
44	650–700	666	261.00–269.00	265.64
3	700–750	730	235.00	235.00
5	750–800	781	214.00	214.00
8	800–850	812	212.00–224.00	215.10
2	850–900	858	220.00	220.00
3	1000–1050	1,008	192.00	192.00

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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