Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher. Offerings also included 484 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 $233.62/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −148.61 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$233.62

167 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$26.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.64

vs TN average

−10.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	234.10	1,274	164
Medium and Large 2-3	527	207.29	1,092	3thin

One grade step is worth $26.81/cwt here — about $181 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale167 hd

233.62

—

TN average15 barns · 955 hd

236.26

−2.64

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−10.79

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−148.61

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

57 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	450–500	471	251.72/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,186	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	217.34/cwt	200.00–235.00	819	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,024	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	257.45/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,346	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	174.14/cwt	162.50–178.00	1,458	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	536	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,163	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	187.72/cwt	181.00–205.00	1,154	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,087	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	182.63/cwt	178.00–187.00	1,333	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	259.24/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,006	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,535	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	258	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	203.07/cwt	200.00–213.00	1,054	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	207.29/cwt	192.50–217.50	1,092	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	214.80/cwt	212.50–224.00	1,375	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	454	222.88/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	245.49/cwt	242.50–248.00	813	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	184.17/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,529	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,343	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	228.90/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,316	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	256.02/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,193	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	207.85/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,376	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	218.05/cwt	208.00–221.50	1,276	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,292	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	237.42/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,230	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	219.67/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,322	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	233.48/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,205	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	210.98/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	832	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	261.42/cwt	256.00–264.00	1,216	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	244.64/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,103	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	257.04/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,080	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	240.57/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,407	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	224.73/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,620	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	184.28/cwt	183.00–188.00	1,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	236.41/cwt	230.50–241.00	1,345	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,060	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	505	249.70/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,261	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	240.94/cwt	240.50–244.00	1,506	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	473	275.16/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,302	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	837	220.49/cwt	219.00–221.00	1,846	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	218.61/cwt	215.50–220.00	1,384	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,481	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	213.98/cwt	212.50–215.00	1,864	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	197.97/cwt	194.00–201.00	1,301	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,564	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	402	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,162	16

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 Aug 21, 2024

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

Receipts 822Last week 345Year ago 1,058

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
31	400–450	400	265.00	265.00
15	450–500	471	250.00–252.00	251.72
23	500–550	505	246.00–251.00	249.70
55	550–600	569	230.50–241.00	236.41
20	600–650	633	215.50–220.00	218.61
4	650–700	668	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	225.00	225.00
4	350–400	377	200.00–235.00	217.34
1	400–450	435	202.50	202.50
3	500–550	527	192.50–217.50	207.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	331	242.50–248.00	245.49
18	350–400	388	255.00–261.00	259.24
10	400–450	442	246.00	246.00
29	450–500	451	241.00–248.00	244.64
58	500–550	516	229.00–240.00	233.48
28	550–600	585	208.00–221.50	218.05
5	600–650	643	201.00	201.00
11	650–700	657	194.00–201.00	197.97
25	700–750	730	178.00–187.00	182.63
4	750–800	765	183.00–188.00	184.28
6	800–850	830	180.00–185.00	184.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	258	200.00	200.00
1	350–400	385	237.50	237.50
1	450–500	475	220.00	220.00
5	500–550	536	217.00	217.00
9	600–650	640	212.50–224.00	214.80
3	750–800	775	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	256.00	256.00
7	350–400	394	260.00	260.00
3	400–450	420	251.00–260.00	257.04
9	450–500	465	256.00–264.00	261.42
22	500–550	523	254.00–259.00	257.45
17	550–600	585	239.00–243.00	240.57
8	600–650	625	240.50–244.00	240.94
6	650–700	667	222.00	222.00
12	700–750	721	220.00–231.00	224.73
5	750–800	792	207.00–217.00	210.98
5	850–900	871	212.50–215.00	213.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	402	289.00	289.00
22	450–500	473	269.00–277.00	275.16
16	550–600	588	266.00	266.00
3	700–750	732	233.00	233.00
21	800–850	837	219.00–221.00	220.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	251.00	251.00
30	450–500	466	245.00–266.00	256.02
24	500–550	518	236.00–238.00	237.42
31	550–600	575	215.00–233.00	228.90
21	600–650	602	214.00–221.00	219.67
24	650–700	662	206.00–209.00	207.85
6	700–750	718	187.00	187.00
5	750–800	751	187.00	187.00
8	800–850	837	162.50–178.00	174.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	205.00	205.00
7	450–500	454	210.00–225.00	222.88
13	500–550	519	200.00–213.00	203.07
6	600–650	615	181.00–205.00	187.72
1	700–750	720	155.00	155.00

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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