Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the las sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-20.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 15.00-25.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 10.00-20.00 lower. Offerings also included 488 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 $216.63/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −165.61 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$216.63

30 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$28.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.80

vs TN average

−28.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	221.37	1,213	25
Medium and Large 2-3	536	192.91	1,034	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.46/cwt here — about $179 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 sale30 hd

216.63

—

TN average17 barns · 922 hd

243.43

−26.80

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

−28.44

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−165.61

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,669	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	207.33/cwt	200.00–215.00	902	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	250.51/cwt	245.00–253.00	939	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	192.45/cwt	182.50–202.50	997	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,368	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	255	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	457	199.40/cwt	182.50–205.00	911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	982	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	771	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,027	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	196.76/cwt	187.50–200.00	1,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	452	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,035	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,126	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,488	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,651	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,671	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,553	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	707	199.26/cwt	194.00–201.00	1,409	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	219.01/cwt	217.50–222.00	1,297	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	219.68/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,419	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	278.26/cwt	274.00–294.00	1,199	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	237.90/cwt	226.00–242.00	1,261	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	168.99/cwt	168.00–172.00	1,215	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	223.08/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,412	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,210	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	188.09/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,245	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	228.95/cwt	224.00–246.00	1,211	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	256.68/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,222	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,892	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	274.43/cwt	257.00–279.00	1,402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,506	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,049	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,137	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,724	4

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	431	274.00–294.00	278.26
2	450–500	455	250.00	250.00
25	500–550	530	226.00–242.00	237.90
3	550–600	592	217.50–222.00	219.01
9	600–650	646	217.00–220.00	219.68
2	650–700	693	210.00	210.00
2	700–750	735	223.00	223.00
1	800–850	845	197.50	197.50
1	900–950	925	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	245.00–253.00	250.51
4	400–450	435	200.00–215.00	207.33
1	450–500	495	227.50	227.50
2	500–550	518	182.50–202.50	192.45
1	650–700	675	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	735	187.00	187.00
1	750–800	760	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	255.00	255.00
1	350–400	350	200.00	200.00
1	400–450	425	231.00	231.00
4	450–500	457	182.50–205.00	199.40
1	650–700	675	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	515	289.00	289.00
18	600–650	623	265.00	265.00
17	650–700	678	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	275.00	275.00
2	350–400	368	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	425	267.50	267.50
1	450–500	495	263.00	263.00
5	500–550	511	257.00–279.00	274.43
1	550–600	580	248.00	248.00
8	600–650	625	241.00	241.00
4	650–700	650	225.50	225.50
1	850–900	860	220.00	220.00
4	950–1000	958	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	230.00	230.00
3	450–500	452	229.00	229.00
4	500–550	526	187.50–200.00	196.76
1	550–600	575	177.50	177.50
1	600–650	615	167.00	167.00
1	800–850	805	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	635	230.00	230.00
8	650–700	658	236.00	236.00
4	700–750	707	194.00–201.00	199.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	250.00	250.00
2	300–350	310	262.50	262.50
2	350–400	388	246.00	246.00
3	400–450	448	230.00	230.00
40	450–500	476	251.00–260.00	256.68
15	500–550	529	224.00–246.00	228.95
10	550–600	576	210.00	210.00
5	600–650	633	220.00–228.00	223.08
13	650–700	662	185.00–190.00	188.09
4	700–750	719	168.00–172.00	168.99
5	950–1000	955	175.00	175.00

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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