Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers Steady to 5.00 lower. Offerings also included 494 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 $255.16/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −127.07 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$255.16

54 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$0

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

$16.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.88

vs TN average

−12.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	255.47	1,410	53
Medium and Large 2-3	590	239.00	1,410	1thin

One grade step is worth $16.47/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale54 hd

255.16

—

TN average14 barns · 535 hd

259.04

−3.88

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−12.06

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−127.07

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

53 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	550–600	558	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	240.29/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,531	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	278.90/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,445	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,512	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	249.70/cwt	244.50–258.00	1,456	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	529	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,428	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,144	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	245.75/cwt	245.75–245.75	1,597	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	261.70/cwt	240.00–282.50	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	989	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	271.88/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,025	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	239.25/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,364	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,484	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,086	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	693	233.11/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,615	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	783	203.54/cwt	201.00–206.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	239.50/cwt	227.00–249.50	1,138	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	253.86/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,609	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,265	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,654	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	308.30/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	613	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,762	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,779	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	262.87/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	285.72/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,511	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	277.70/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,613	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	232.17/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	761	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,031	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,299	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	256.35/cwt	250.00–258.50	1,338	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,084	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,309	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,721	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,570	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	267.86/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,795	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	225.75/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,887	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	197.70/cwt	196.00–207.00	1,473	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,124	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	262.29/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	319.97/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,472	2

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 432Last week 316Year ago 1,157

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
7	500–550	529	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	558	265.00	265.00
4	600–650	606	246.00	246.00
6	650–700	650	245.75	245.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	292.50	292.50
3	300–350	347	285.00	285.00
4	350–400	388	280.00	280.00
3	400–450	447	256.00	256.00
8	450–500	456	267.00	267.00
20	500–550	522	250.00–258.50	256.35
24	550–600	583	244.50–258.00	249.70
61	600–650	637	240.00–242.00	240.29
2	650–700	663	228.00	228.00
13	700–750	745	196.00–207.00	197.70
3	750–800	778	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	475	227.00–249.50	239.50
1	550–600	590	239.00	239.00
8	650–700	690	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	440	287.50	287.50
6	450–500	465	305.00–309.00	308.30
11	500–550	518	268.00–288.00	278.90
7	550–600	584	261.00–264.00	262.29
13	600–650	634	250.00–255.00	253.86
8	650–700	659	251.00	251.00
8	700–750	732	243.00	243.00
8	800–850	835	188.00	188.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	240.00–290.00	271.88
1	400–450	400	272.50	272.50
1	450–500	490	285.00	285.00
1	500–550	530	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	570	230.00–249.00	239.25
1	700–750	715	222.00	222.00
3	800–850	820	179.00	179.00
1	950–1000	985	166.00	166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	230.00	230.00
2	450–500	475	240.00–282.50	261.70
2	550–600	555	230.00	230.00
7	650–700	693	232.00–240.00	233.11
2	750–800	783	201.00–206.00	203.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	613	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	460	317.50–322.50	319.97
12	500–550	529	276.00–290.00	285.72
10	550–600	581	268.00–285.00	277.70
8	600–650	646	261.00–264.00	262.87
31	650–700	670	261.00–274.00	267.86
10	700–750	726	237.00	237.00
7	750–800	783	230.00–235.00	232.17
4	800–850	836	225.00–226.00	225.75
1	950–1000	960	220.00	220.00
4	1000–1050	1,031	223.00	223.00
23	1050–1100	1,084	213.00	213.00

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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