Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-18.00 lower with instances of 25.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00-15.00 lower with instances of 20.00 lower. Offerings also included 1053 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $248.24/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −134.00 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$248.24

136 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

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

$26.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.59

vs TN average

−22.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	248.62	1,377	134
Medium and Large 2-3	555	222.50	1,235	2thin

One grade step is worth $26.12/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.53, low $321.48, median $382.23 across 18 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 sale136 hd

248.24

—

TN average12 barns · 689 hd

249.83

−1.59

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−22.35

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−134.00

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

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 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	240.24/cwt	238.50–247.00	1,456	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	498	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	187.66/cwt	185.00–189.00	1,426	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	229.73/cwt	218.00–231.00	1,344	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	236.51/cwt	207.50–255.00	1,386	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	252.36/cwt	247.50–263.00	1,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,089	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	200.56/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,338	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	274.33/cwt	266.00–277.00	1,432	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	255.87/cwt	242.00–260.00	1,323	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	489	243.07/cwt	202.50–257.00	1,189	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	731	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	434	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,124	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,289	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,414	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	244.89/cwt	244.50–247.00	1,428	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	261.59/cwt	256.50–264.00	1,321	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	682	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,582	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	643	238.06/cwt	220.00–242.00	1,531	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	198.63/cwt	172.50–205.00	1,267	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	374	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	984	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	230.42/cwt	197.50–242.00	1,196	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	247.47/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,250	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	220.05/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,384	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,833	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	217.73/cwt	207.50–223.00	1,463	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,415	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	297.56/cwt	267.50–310.00	1,089	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	216.17/cwt	212.50–225.00	1,887	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,092	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	274.61/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,574	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	244.93/cwt	239.00–251.00	1,631	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,639	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	249.92/cwt	245.00–262.00	1,577	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	315.73/cwt	285.00–322.00	1,219	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	286.14/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,459	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	140.23/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,301	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	268.33/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,540	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	223.80/cwt	223.50–225.00	1,598	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	266.61/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,280	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,033	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	271.74/cwt	263.50–286.00	1,155	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,864	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	257.21/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,739	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	302.54/cwt	296.00–307.50	865	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	303.67/cwt	301.00–309.00	1,309	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 Apr 3, 2024

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

Receipts 805Last week 1,233Year ago 297

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	505	256.50–264.00	261.59
74	550–600	583	244.50–247.00	244.89
28	600–650	606	238.50–247.00	240.24
52	700–750	745	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	307.50	307.50
9	250–300	286	296.00–307.50	302.54
10	350–400	366	267.50–310.00	297.56
26	400–450	425	263.50–286.00	271.74
19	450–500	480	263.00–275.00	266.61
13	500–550	505	246.00–253.00	247.47
10	550–600	585	218.00–231.00	229.73
31	600–650	629	215.00–227.00	220.05
7	650–700	667	200.00–202.00	200.56
8	700–750	711	199.00	199.00
12	750–800	760	185.00–189.00	187.66
20	850–900	874	187.50	187.50
13	900–950	928	139.00–143.00	140.23
1	950–1000	985	142.00	142.00
3	1000–1050	1,033	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	235.00	235.00
5	400–450	434	259.00	259.00
7	450–500	489	202.50–257.00	243.07
1	500–550	540	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	570	210.00	210.00
5	600–650	638	172.50–205.00	198.63
4	700–750	731	180.50	180.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	440	247.50	247.50
2	450–500	498	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	517	242.00–260.00	255.87
11	600–650	643	220.00–242.00	238.06
16	650–700	682	232.00	232.00
1	750–800	765	210.00	210.00
3	800–850	825	224.00	224.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	735	252.00	252.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	312	350.00	350.00
15	400–450	431	301.00–309.00	303.67
3	450–500	455	285.00	285.00
23	500–550	510	275.00–289.00	286.14
18	550–600	574	263.00–271.00	268.33
25	600–650	631	245.00–262.00	249.92
11	650–700	676	254.00–266.00	257.21
20	700–750	714	223.50–225.00	223.80
3	750–800	770	238.00	238.00
10	850–900	873	212.50–225.00	216.17
5	950–1000	960	185.50	185.50
14	1050–1100	1,065	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	263.00	263.00
6	400–450	428	247.50–263.00	252.36
4	500–550	519	197.50–242.00	230.42
6	550–600	586	207.50–255.00	236.51
3	650–700	672	207.50–223.00	217.73
2	750–800	765	202.50	202.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	386	285.00–322.00	315.73
8	400–450	446	317.00	317.00
6	450–500	454	284.00	284.00
21	500–550	522	266.00–277.00	274.33
21	550–600	573	267.00–277.00	274.61
16	650–700	666	239.00–251.00	244.93

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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