Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls mostly steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included a video sale. 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 $288.36/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −156.17 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$288.36

19 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$42.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.07

vs TN average

−16.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	295.05	1,592	16thin
Medium and Large 2-3	552	252.67	1,394	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.38/cwt here — about $198 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale19 hd

288.36

—

TN average8 barns · 167 hd

296.43

−8.07

National average125 barns · 5,668 hd

305.14

−16.78

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−156.17

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

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,875	1thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 2-3	550–600	560	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,182	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	502	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,150	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	251.57/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,180	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	265.30/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,998	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,766	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	289.35/cwt	288.00–291.00	1,369	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	271.01/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,401	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	454	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,195	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	262	283.74/cwt	282.50–285.00	743	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	642	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	292.52/cwt	291.00–294.00	1,097	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	251.00/cwt	243.00–253.00	1,458	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	289.56/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,265	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	268.97/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,278	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	256.70/cwt	252.00–264.00	1,355	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	230.89/cwt	222.50–235.00	1,406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,404	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	649	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,577	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,675	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,534	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	259.59/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,542	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	226.78/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,508	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,393	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,737	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,473	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,708	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	319.32/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,102	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	272.31/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,713	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	270.95/cwt	262.00–281.00	1,794	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	237.52/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	290.42/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	326.60/cwt	315.00–334.00	1,212	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	261.50/cwt	261.00–262.00	1,935	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,662	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 May 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 397Last week 579Year ago 536

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 12Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	252.50	252.50
4	450–500	469	250.00–256.00	251.57
3	500–550	502	229.00	229.00
1	550–600	560	242.50	242.50
1	600–650	625	238.00	238.00
1	800–850	815	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	287.50	287.50
6	450–500	453	300.00	300.00
7	500–550	516	270.00	270.00
7	550–600	594	251.00–263.00	259.59
6	650–700	668	260.00	260.00
4	700–750	733	233.00	233.00
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	830	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	552	301.00	301.00
27	600–650	609	290.00	290.00
34	750–800	753	264.00–268.00	265.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	270.00	270.00
4	450–500	469	270.00–272.00	271.01
1	500–550	515	272.00	272.00
2	550–600	570	243.00	243.00
3	600–650	642	258.00	258.00
2	650–700	690	235.00–240.00	237.52
1	700–750	705	213.00	213.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	327.50	327.50
7	300–350	345	315.00–320.00	319.32
7	350–400	371	315.00–334.00	326.60
1	400–450	405	295.00	295.00
7	450–500	473	288.00–291.00	289.35
9	500–550	530	279.00–299.00	290.42
26	600–650	629	270.00–275.00	272.31
18	650–700	662	262.00–281.00	270.95
8	700–750	740	261.00–262.00	261.50
2	750–800	750	255.00	255.00
2	800–850	825	233.00	233.00
1	850–900	865	231.00	231.00
1	900–950	935	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	454	280.00	280.00
8	500–550	518	271.00	271.00
5	550–600	550	264.00	264.00
10	600–650	649	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	262	282.50–285.00	283.74
14	350–400	375	291.00–294.00	292.52
9	400–450	437	288.00–290.00	289.56
18	450–500	475	263.00–270.00	268.97
31	500–550	528	252.00–264.00	256.70
12	550–600	581	243.00–253.00	251.00
3	600–650	609	222.50–235.00	230.89
8	650–700	665	221.00–230.00	226.78
4	700–750	720	213.00	213.00
4	750–800	766	200.00	200.00
4	800–850	813	206.00	206.00
1	850–900	855	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	227.50	227.50
1	350–400	375	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	495	257.50	257.50
1	550–600	565	236.00	236.00
1	650–700	680	172.50	172.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	1,875.00	1,875.00

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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