Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-10.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 2,00-8.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-8.00 higher with instances of 14.00 higher. Offerings also included 1094 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 $229.13/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −153.11 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$229.13

97 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$32.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.50

vs TN average

−17.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	233.10	1,265	85
Medium and Large 2-3	578	201.00	1,162	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.10/cwt here — about $103 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale97 hd

229.13

—

TN average14 barns · 765 hd

229.63

−0.50

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−17.65

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−153.11

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

61 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	836	220.49/cwt	217.00–224.00	1,843	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	245.77/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,563	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	244.32/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,302	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	239.25/cwt	233.00–242.50	1,517	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	290.45/cwt	282.50–298.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	247.89/cwt	244.00–250.50	1,460	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	870	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,534	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	262.74/cwt	261.00–264.50	1,387	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	292.73/cwt	289.00–295.00	1,385	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	411	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,291	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	231.51/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	237.76/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,738	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	328	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	274.38/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,430	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	277.05/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,213	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	429	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,073	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	226.14/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,316	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	267.37/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,179	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,372	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	211.24/cwt	207.00–218.00	1,515	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,032	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,383	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	232.89/cwt	222.50–236.00	1,223	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	403	232.55/cwt	225.00–240.00	937	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,030	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	211.69/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,348	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	241.91/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,151	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	237.67/cwt	231.00–241.00	877	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	829	208.02/cwt	204.00–209.00	1,724	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	200.77/cwt	192.00–203.00	1,329	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	192.48/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,411	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	316	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	229.04/cwt	221.00–232.00	1,209	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	594	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,188	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	493	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,247	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	234.75/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,054	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	218.77/cwt	214.00–221.00	1,264	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	398	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,154	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	186.06/cwt	181.00–210.00	861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	412	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,129	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	215.65/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,576	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	591	258.60/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,528	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,682	7

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 Oct 2, 2024

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	411	314.00	314.00
25	500–550	521	272.00–282.00	274.38
13	550–600	591	257.00–260.00	258.60
13	600–650	636	245.00–248.00	245.77
7	650–700	674	249.50	249.50
12	700–750	731	236.00–240.00	237.76
6	800–850	836	217.00–224.00	220.49
1	850–900	870	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	262.50	262.50
1	300–350	320	272.50	272.50
2	350–400	380	282.50–298.00	290.45
4	400–450	438	274.00–278.00	277.05
21	450–500	473	289.00–295.00	292.73
14	500–550	528	261.00–264.50	262.74
10	550–600	589	244.00–250.50	247.89
20	600–650	634	233.00–242.50	239.25
4	650–700	672	230.00–232.00	231.51
1	700–750	710	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	240.00	240.00
5	400–450	429	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	490	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	535	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	550	230.00	230.00
1	600–650	600	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	398	290.00	290.00
8	400–450	412	274.00	274.00
19	450–500	493	253.00	253.00
33	500–550	533	243.00–245.00	244.32
4	550–600	561	238.00	238.00
5	600–650	614	221.00	221.00
30	700–750	731	207.00–217.00	215.65
4	750–800	754	208.00	208.00
15	800–850	829	204.00–209.00	208.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	215.00	215.00
1	400–450	420	201.00	201.00
6	450–500	463	181.00–210.00	186.06
2	500–550	500	206.00	206.00
10	550–600	594	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	665	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	241.00	241.00
6	350–400	369	231.00–241.00	237.67
20	400–450	449	228.00–237.00	234.75
23	450–500	476	240.00–243.00	241.91
29	500–550	528	221.00–232.00	229.04
19	550–600	578	214.00–221.00	218.77
17	600–650	637	207.00–215.00	211.69
15	650–700	662	192.00–203.00	200.77
12	700–750	733	190.00–200.00	192.48
3	750–800	752	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	279.00	279.00
15	400–450	441	257.00–269.00	267.37
31	500–550	525	222.50–236.00	232.89
16	550–600	582	221.00–230.00	226.14
10	600–650	635	216.00	216.00
2	650–700	668	207.00	207.00
8	700–750	717	207.00–218.00	211.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	225.00–240.00	232.55
1	450–500	485	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	558	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	710	175.00	175.00
1	800–850	820	152.50	152.50

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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