Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls unevenly steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 130 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 $257.47/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −124.76 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$257.47

58 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,441

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

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

$15.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

vs TN average

−15.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	258.79	1,452	53
Medium and Large 2-3	544	243.52	1,326	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.27/cwt here — about $127 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 sale58 hd

257.47

—

TN average11 barns · 556 hd

259.35

−1.88

National average170 barns · 13,742 hd

273.03

−15.56

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−124.76

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

54 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 1-2	350–400	385	289.33/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,114	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	282.24/cwt	277.50–291.00	1,343	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,512	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	261.28/cwt	258.00–267.00	1,651	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,212	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	260.79/cwt	258.00–265.00	1,372	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	252.97/cwt	251.00–254.00	1,510	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,606	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,552	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	237.50/cwt	236.00–240.50	1,579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	291.98/cwt	289.00–296.00	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	262.04/cwt	256.00–264.00	1,756	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	296.68/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	297.64/cwt	287.50–299.00	1,708	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	267.71/cwt	266.50–279.00	1,732	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	220.02/cwt	213.00–227.00	1,833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,882	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,277	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,546	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,542	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	218.52/cwt	207.50–224.00	1,580	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	271.54/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,287	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	284.03/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,494	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,394	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	255.87/cwt	250.00–262.50	954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	503	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	633	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,665	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,085	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,326	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	235.86/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	254.48/cwt	200.00–263.00	1,224	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,441	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	251.29/cwt	251.00–252.00	1,573	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	287.22/cwt	286.00–289.00	1,761	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	707	262.13/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,853	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,703	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	311.32/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,146	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	758	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,628	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	597	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,540	8

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 Jun 5, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	282.00–294.00	289.33
12	400–450	442	289.00	289.00
5	450–500	476	277.50–291.00	282.24
17	500–550	526	258.00–265.00	260.79
19	550–600	597	251.00–254.00	252.97
11	600–650	644	240.00	240.00
6	650–700	665	236.00–240.50	237.50
5	700–750	741	204.00	204.00
1	750–800	770	190.00	190.00
1	800–850	845	190.00	190.00
1	850–900	885	164.00	164.00
1	900–950	935	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	520	268.00	268.00
8	550–600	597	258.00	258.00
10	600–650	626	251.00–252.00	251.29
4	650–700	650	250.50	250.50
3	750–800	758	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	250.00–262.50	255.87
1	400–450	410	265.00	265.00
7	450–500	481	200.00–263.00	254.48
2	500–550	503	255.00	255.00
3	550–600	572	235.00–237.50	235.86
1	600–650	635	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	300.00–332.50	311.32
1	400–450	415	292.00	292.00
7	450–500	474	269.00–281.00	271.54
10	500–550	526	275.00–285.00	284.03
4	550–600	585	270.50	270.50
12	600–650	632	258.00–267.00	261.28
1	650–700	665	235.00	235.00
6	700–750	723	207.50–224.00	218.52
1	750–800	750	200.00	200.00
5	850–900	852	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	670	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	332.50	332.50
2	350–400	370	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	440	290.00	290.00
3	450–500	457	290.00–300.00	296.68
7	500–550	546	289.00–296.00	291.98
17	550–600	574	287.50–299.00	297.64
10	600–650	647	266.50–279.00	267.71
4	650–700	670	256.00–264.00	262.04
2	700–750	745	251.00	251.00
2	750–800	765	246.00	246.00
2	800–850	833	213.00–227.00	220.02
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	275.00	275.00
1	350–400	350	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	525	252.50	252.50
1	550–600	580	273.00	273.00
3	600–650	633	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	564	302.00	302.00
11	600–650	613	286.00–289.00	287.22
4	650–700	675	270.00	270.00
13	700–750	707	260.00–267.00	262.13

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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