Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 8.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 666 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 $250.49/cwt on 179 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −131.74 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$250.49

179 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$23.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.72

vs TN average

−17.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	252.35	1,406	165
Medium and Large 2-3	556	228.58	1,271	14thin

One grade step is worth $23.77/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale179 hd

250.49

—

TN average13 barns · 789 hd

256.22

−5.72

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−17.89

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−131.74

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

70 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	400–450	436	304.18/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,326	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	263.83/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,406	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,568	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	289.56/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,364	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,534	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	240.62/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,547	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	477	247.21/cwt	239.00–255.00	1,179	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	236.92/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,213	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	252.73/cwt	237.00–258.00	1,360	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	441	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,045	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	378	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,134	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,078	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	589	222.33/cwt	199.00–230.00	1,310	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	703	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,455	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	995	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,791	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	363	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,053	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,270	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,347	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	602	202.01/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	905	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	691	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,638	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	793	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	330	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	269.69/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,686	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,655	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	431	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,384	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	277.39/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,470	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	682	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,378	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	648	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	269.98/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,237	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	220.50/cwt	215.00–223.50	1,495	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	288.95/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,503	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	666	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,598	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	471	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,507	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	263.78/cwt	259.00–272.50	987	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	281.36/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,609	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	325.86/cwt	321.00–342.50	1,053	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	259.46/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,731	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	225.81/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,639	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	261.42/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,161	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	239.41/cwt	234.00–247.00	1,393	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	222.14/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,755	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	301.27/cwt	291.00–304.00	1,274	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	229.11/cwt	226.00–233.00	1,441	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	243.51/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,524	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	487	279.70/cwt	278.50–281.00	1,362	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	238.28/cwt	222.00–242.00	1,573	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	302.92/cwt	298.00–313.00	1,384	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	252.63/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,329	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	223.67/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	250.77/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,475	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,531	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	313.01/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,149	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	196.80/cwt	189.00–200.50	1,500	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,723	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,248	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	1,521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	256.79/cwt	238.00–260.50	1,510	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	526	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,554	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,365	38

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 May 1, 2024

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

Receipts 1,139Last week 815Year ago 747

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	367	310.00–315.00	313.01
23	400–450	436	300.00–311.00	304.18
13	450–500	471	289.00–290.00	289.56
33	500–550	530	270.00–281.00	277.39
17	550–600	588	238.00–260.50	256.79
31	600–650	643	239.00–245.00	240.62
11	650–700	660	222.00–242.00	238.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	441	237.00	237.00
1	450–500	470	242.50	242.50
4	500–550	538	237.00–258.00	252.73
8	550–600	583	231.00	231.00
1	600–650	635	200.00	200.00
3	700–750	740	205.50	205.50
2	750–800	793	183.00	183.00
3	800–850	805	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	322.50	322.50
1	450–500	490	232.50	232.50
4	500–550	533	260.00–276.00	263.83
1	550–600	580	260.00	260.00
3	600–650	610	220.00	220.00
33	650–700	691	237.00	237.00
3	700–750	703	207.00	207.00
1	950–1000	995	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	321.00	321.00
25	450–500	471	320.00	320.00
25	500–550	526	295.50	295.50
11	550–600	564	293.50	293.50
24	600–650	625	266.00–271.00	269.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	342.50	342.50
9	300–350	323	321.00–342.50	325.86
15	400–450	423	291.00–304.00	301.27
12	450–500	457	298.00–313.00	302.92
10	500–550	520	281.00–294.00	288.95
82	550–600	572	269.00–285.00	281.36
20	600–650	626	242.00–248.00	243.51
11	650–700	667	254.00–260.00	259.46
21	700–750	726	223.00–230.00	225.81
17	750–800	790	220.00–223.00	222.14
6	800–850	838	221.00–225.00	223.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	378	300.00	300.00
47	450–500	487	278.50–281.00	279.70
38	500–550	519	263.00	263.00
66	550–600	588	250.00–251.00	250.77
36	600–650	638	240.50	240.50
35	650–700	666	240.00	240.00
15	700–750	709	216.00	216.00
10	750–800	750	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	262.50	262.50
9	400–450	433	249.00	249.00
21	450–500	477	239.00–255.00	247.21
6	500–550	512	231.00–243.00	236.92
8	550–600	589	199.00–230.00	222.33
5	600–650	602	200.00–210.00	202.01
1	800–850	835	173.00	173.00
1	900–950	905	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	374	259.00–272.50	263.78
26	400–450	444	255.00–272.00	261.42
35	450–500	458	263.00–275.00	269.98
37	500–550	526	246.00–259.00	252.63
24	550–600	582	234.00–247.00	239.41
17	600–650	629	226.00–233.00	229.11
27	650–700	678	215.00–223.50	220.50
2	700–750	745	194.00	194.00
10	750–800	762	189.00–200.50	196.80
6	800–850	840	192.00	192.00
1	850–900	860	182.00	182.00
6	900–950	919	187.50	187.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	648	193.00	193.00
28	650–700	682	202.00	202.00

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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