Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls mostly steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 548 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 $228.22/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −154.01 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$228.22

41 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$39.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.72

vs TN average

−12.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	232.09	1,246	37
Medium and Large 3	542	192.48	1,042	4thin

One grade step is worth $39.61/cwt here — about $204 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale41 hd

228.22

—

TN average11 barns · 360 hd

225.50

+2.72

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−12.47

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−154.01

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

59 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	900–950	908	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,337	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	755	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	226.53/cwt	211.00–229.00	1,334	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	879	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,111	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,334	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,527	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	187.57/cwt	186.00–188.00	1,260	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	241.75/cwt	241.00–242.50	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	259.45/cwt	258.00–261.00	976	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	202.50/cwt	201.00–204.00	1,225	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	248.55/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,128	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	233.49/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,228	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	503	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	175.08/cwt	165.00–191.00	1,101	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,616	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	215.50/cwt	202.50–230.00	1,002	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,638	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,310	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	230.59/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,427	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	633	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,472	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	965	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,132	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	733	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,187	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	178.48/cwt	176.00–181.00	937	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	261.25/cwt	254.00–262.00	1,152	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	260.77/cwt	259.50–261.50	1,619	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	246.91/cwt	242.50–250.50	1,684	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	891	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,907	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,160	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	248.81/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,453	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,388	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	234.93/cwt	234.00–238.50	1,788	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	552	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,435	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	214.20/cwt	209.00–221.00	1,626	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	771	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,487	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	799	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,694	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,155	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	199.13/cwt	187.50–210.00	743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	184.96/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,073	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 Sep 4, 2024

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

Receipts 438Last week 822Year ago 457

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	376	258.00–261.00	259.45
14	450–500	454	243.00–250.00	248.55
29	500–550	526	226.00–235.00	233.49
8	550–600	577	227.00	227.00
2	600–650	605	201.00–204.00	202.50
9	650–700	672	186.00–188.00	187.57
3	750–800	773	173.00	173.00
1	800–850	810	177.00	177.00
3	850–900	855	189.00	189.00
3	900–950	908	186.00	186.00
5	950–1000	950	178.00	178.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	230.00	230.00
2	350–400	373	187.50–210.00	199.13
5	450–500	465	202.50–230.00	215.50
2	500–550	503	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	580	180.00–190.00	184.96
5	600–650	629	165.00–191.00	175.08
1	700–750	700	137.50	137.50
1	750–800	755	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	619	230.00–231.00	230.59
6	650–700	654	225.00	225.00
36	700–750	728	225.00	225.00
22	750–800	799	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	247.50	247.50
10	400–450	441	254.00–262.00	261.25
4	450–500	450	241.00–242.50	241.75
13	500–550	535	240.00	240.00
14	550–600	589	211.00–229.00	226.53
13	650–700	667	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	720	200.00	200.00
5	750–800	771	198.00	198.00
4	800–850	815	181.00	181.00
3	900–950	943	177.00	177.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	534	212.00	212.00
3	550–600	567	196.00	196.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	176.00–181.00	178.48
1	550–600	585	165.00	165.00
3	700–750	733	162.00	162.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	212.00	212.00
1	600–650	600	220.00	220.00
1	650–700	670	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	534	260.00	260.00
3	550–600	552	260.00	260.00
11	600–650	621	259.50–261.50	260.77
22	650–700	682	242.50–250.50	246.91
29	750–800	761	234.00–238.50	234.93
11	850–900	891	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	240.00	240.00
2	300–350	320	241.00	241.00
2	400–450	425	270.00	270.00
9	450–500	455	255.00	255.00
5	500–550	519	266.00	266.00
8	550–600	584	240.00–256.00	248.81
7	600–650	630	236.00	236.00
2	650–700	678	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	720	206.00	206.00
7	750–800	759	209.00–221.00	214.20
2	800–850	848	194.00	194.00
1	900–950	915	208.00	208.00

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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