Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00- 15.00 lower. Offerings also included 729 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 $252.67/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −129.56 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$252.67

60 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.82

vs TN average

−5.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	252.67	1,352	60

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale60 hd

252.67

—

TN average14 barns · 847 hd

251.85

+0.82

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−5.79

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−129.56

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,039	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	529	216.06/cwt	202.50–221.00	1,143	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	567	225.41/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	438	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	614	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,418	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	305.65/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,293	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	474	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,474	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	261.25/cwt	261.00–261.50	1,607	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,679	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	241.68/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,740	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,699	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	980	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	265.63/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,280	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	563	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,453	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,517	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	329.46/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,041	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	285.46/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,113	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	247.00/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,586	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	723	172.03/cwt	153.00–192.00	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,123	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	282.99/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,514	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	429	229.66/cwt	170.00–245.00	985	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	255.58/cwt	244.00–257.00	1,462	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	246.78/cwt	246.00–247.00	1,118	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	230.87/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,540	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,597	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	259.04/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,005	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	242.00/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,254	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	230.10/cwt	228.00–231.00	1,452	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	207.57/cwt	202.00–213.50	1,605	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	267.86/cwt	244.00–276.00	1,374	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,227	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	913	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	941	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	334	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	758	164.97/cwt	159.00–177.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	261.12/cwt	249.00–263.00	1,107	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	246.32/cwt	239.00–248.00	1,397	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	849	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,783	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	276.28/cwt	247.50–280.00	815	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,236	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	260.95/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,357	28

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 Jul 31, 2024

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

Receipts 622Last week 1,110Year ago 633

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	263.00	263.00
2	400–450	438	240.00	240.00
4	500–550	529	202.50–221.00	216.06
5	550–600	567	225.00–226.00	225.41
1	600–650	615	210.00	210.00
1	650–700	660	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	275.00	275.00
19	400–450	443	277.00	277.00
9	450–500	453	246.00–247.00	246.78
32	500–550	513	244.00–276.00	267.86
9	550–600	572	244.00–257.00	255.58
7	600–650	649	246.00	246.00
2	650–700	663	225.00	225.00
4	700–750	739	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	266.00	266.00
3	450–500	458	260.00	260.00
4	600–650	614	231.00	231.00
1	650–700	670	238.00	238.00
1	750–800	790	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	286	342.50	342.50
9	300–350	316	327.50–330.00	329.46
8	350–400	390	280.00–300.00	285.46
9	400–450	423	280.00–309.00	305.65
1	450–500	475	270.00	270.00
34	500–550	535	271.00–290.00	282.99
4	550–600	562	270.00	270.00
8	600–650	642	238.00–250.00	247.00
11	650–700	652	257.50	257.50
13	700–750	720	240.00–244.00	241.68
3	850–900	862	222.00	222.00
1	950–1000	965	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	311.00	311.00
10	600–650	615	261.00–261.50	261.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	482	265.00–266.00	265.63
28	500–550	520	260.00–263.00	260.95
2	550–600	563	258.00	258.00
27	800–850	849	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	295	247.50–280.00	276.28
4	300–350	334	256.00	256.00
7	400–450	429	170.00–245.00	229.66
1	450–500	485	232.50	232.50
1	600–650	625	215.00	215.00
2	700–750	723	153.00–192.00	172.03
3	750–800	758	159.00–177.00	164.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	326	280.00	280.00
13	350–400	388	250.00–265.00	259.04
19	400–450	424	249.00–263.00	261.12
10	450–500	456	271.00	271.00
12	500–550	518	240.00–248.00	242.00
18	550–600	567	239.00–248.00	246.32
58	600–650	631	228.00–231.00	230.10
21	650–700	667	221.00–235.00	230.87
4	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
35	750–800	773	202.00–213.50	207.57
4	800–850	849	192.00	192.00
4	900–950	941	176.00	176.00
3	950–1000	970	180.00	180.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	170.00	170.00

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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