Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-10.00 lower. Offerings also included 1154 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 $215.35/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −166.88 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$215.35

50 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$161

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

$25.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.36

vs TN average

−45.11 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	225.07	1,224	31
Medium and Large 2-3	532	199.48	1,062	19thin

One grade step is worth $25.59/cwt here — about $161 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 sale50 hd

215.35

—

TN average14 barns · 881 hd

229.70

−14.36

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−45.11

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−166.88

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

53 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	1000–1050	1,011	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,956	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,303	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,723	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	398	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	209.13/cwt	190.00–217.00	1,516	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	693	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,178	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	193.32/cwt	191.00–200.00	824	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	831	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,413	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	183.26/cwt	181.00–192.50	958	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,542	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	654	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,197	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	258.21/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,105	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	592	214.37/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,269	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	579	195.50/cwt	182.50–198.00	1,132	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	511	201.32/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,029	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	940	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,852	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	218	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	871	229.49/cwt	228.50–231.50	1,999	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	256.80/cwt	255.00–259.00	984	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	246.05/cwt	231.00–251.00	1,129	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	230.58/cwt	226.00–233.00	770	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	273.85/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,076	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	200.11/cwt	195.00–208.00	1,239	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	220.49/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,477	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	217.16/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,264	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	263.88/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,375	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	253.44/cwt	252.00–256.00	692	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	233.04/cwt	230.50–237.00	1,067	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	221.66/cwt	220.00–222.00	867	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	923	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	230.79/cwt	224.50–234.00	1,191	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	200.77/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,478	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,386	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	204.90/cwt	203.00–210.00	1,188	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	230.69/cwt	222.00–237.00	1,004	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	274.58/cwt	274.00–275.00	1,170	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	214.95/cwt	211.00–225.00	1,466	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	241.28/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,494	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	752	235.00/cwt	232.00–236.00	1,767	12

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 30, 2024

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

Receipts 602Last week 618Year ago 474

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
4	600–650	603	252.00	252.00
4	650–700	673	256.00	256.00
12	750–800	752	232.00–236.00	235.00
21	850–900	871	228.50–231.50	229.49
9	1000–1050	1,011	193.50	193.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	202.50	202.50
3	350–400	398	206.00	206.00
18	400–450	428	250.00–267.50	258.21
1	500–550	535	235.00	235.00
8	550–600	592	210.00–217.00	214.37
1	650–700	675	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	720	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	273	252.00–256.00	253.44
10	300–350	331	279.00	279.00
7	350–400	393	267.00–275.00	273.85
9	400–450	426	274.00–275.00	274.58
2	450–500	450	267.50	267.50
18	500–550	521	261.00–265.00	263.88
1	550–600	585	251.00	251.00
21	600–650	619	230.00–243.00	241.28
2	650–700	670	220.00–221.00	220.49
2	700–750	708	228.00	228.00
1	750–800	780	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	383	255.00–259.00	256.80
16	450–500	459	231.00–251.00	246.05
13	500–550	532	245.00	245.00
14	550–600	580	203.00–210.00	204.90
8	650–700	657	211.00	211.00
10	700–750	725	190.00–217.00	209.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	426	191.00–200.00	193.32
3	450–500	490	221.00	221.00
5	500–550	523	181.00–192.50	183.26
2	650–700	693	170.00	170.00
10	800–850	831	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	682	211.00–225.00	214.95
15	700–750	701	220.00	220.00
10	900–950	940	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	511	200.00–208.00	201.32
6	550–600	579	182.50–198.00	195.50
7	650–700	654	183.00	183.00
1	700–750	720	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	218	240.00	240.00
22	300–350	334	226.00–233.00	230.58
12	350–400	391	220.00–222.00	221.66
30	400–450	435	222.00–237.00	230.69
36	450–500	458	230.50–237.00	233.04
18	500–550	516	224.50–234.00	230.79
13	550–600	582	210.00–223.00	217.16
20	600–650	619	195.00–208.00	200.11
5	700–750	736	200.00–204.00	200.77
1	800–850	830	196.00	196.00
1	850–900	885	174.00	174.00
1	900–950	900	184.00	184.00

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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