Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, all classes of feeder cattle, Steers, Bulls, and Heifers 5.00-20.00 higher. Offerings also included 559 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 $241.24/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −141.00 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$241.24

98 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$14.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.13

vs TN average

−25.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	241.52	1,316	96
Medium and Large 2-3	568	227.50	1,292	2thin

One grade step is worth $14.02/cwt here — about $24 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 sale98 hd

241.24

—

TN average14 barns · 1,003 hd

241.10

+0.13

National average196 barns · 21,141 hd

267.05

−25.81

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−141.00

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

63 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 2-3	250–300	278	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	246.44/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,437	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	247.54/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,463	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	242.53/cwt	241.00–247.00	1,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	216	248.60/cwt	222.50–257.50	537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,033	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	216.25/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,425	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,574	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	654	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,638	78
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	240.31/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,242	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	231.53/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,019	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	234.99/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,372	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	731	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,579	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	263	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	592	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	753	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	323	214.34/cwt	212.50–215.00	692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	353	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	768	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,200	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	358	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	788	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	211.49/cwt	204.00–213.00	1,567	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,236	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,232	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,479	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,229	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	234.62/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,710	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	199.25/cwt	195.00–203.00	1,453	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	262.70/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,382	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	637	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	241.32/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,274	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	265.60/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,394	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	312.89/cwt	302.50–317.50	854	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,728	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	950	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	263.99/cwt	253.00–269.00	1,225	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	262.68/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,471	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	861	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	231.18/cwt	230.50–232.00	1,436	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	250.20/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,304	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	259.47/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,212	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	756	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,916	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	632	260.70/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,648	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	276.86/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,085	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	266.79/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,137	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	263.56/cwt	262.50–265.00	746	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	896	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	829	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	906	216.20/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,959	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	239.00/cwt	221.00–245.00	1,518	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	432	223.66/cwt	217.50–227.50	966	5

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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Receipts 748Last week 317Year ago 929

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	216	222.50–257.50	248.60
2	250–300	278	245.00	245.00
4	300–350	323	212.50–215.00	214.34
2	350–400	353	217.50	217.50
5	400–450	432	217.50–227.50	223.66
1	450–500	485	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	568	227.50	227.50
1	650–700	675	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	730	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	200–250	245	260.00	260.00
12	250–300	283	262.50–265.00	263.56
7	300–350	320	280.00	280.00
21	350–400	392	261.00–283.00	276.86
12	400–450	426	260.00–276.00	266.79
24	450–500	464	253.00–269.00	263.99
39	500–550	528	239.00–245.00	241.32
32	550–600	584	232.00–237.00	234.99
1	600–650	600	218.00	218.00
9	650–700	659	215.00–220.00	216.25
14	700–750	729	195.00–203.00	199.25
4	750–800	764	202.00	202.00
1	850–900	865	192.00	192.00
7	900–950	915	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	521	250.00–251.00	250.20
20	600–650	621	230.50–232.00	231.18
78	650–700	654	250.50	250.50
7	700–750	724	208.00	208.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	273	302.50–317.50	312.89
4	300–350	344	331.00	331.00
7	450–500	467	250.00–266.00	259.47
11	500–550	526	251.00–267.00	262.70
12	550–600	583	242.00–253.00	246.44
3	600–650	622	237.00	237.00
4	650–700	672	241.00–247.00	242.53
8	700–750	729	227.00–239.00	234.62
6	750–800	782	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	263	225.00	225.00
1	350–400	390	245.00	245.00
5	400–450	425	243.00	243.00
1	450–500	470	240.00	240.00
10	700–750	731	216.00	216.00
3	750–800	753	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	560	258.00–268.00	262.68
19	600–650	632	260.00–261.00	260.70
70	750–800	756	253.50	253.50
4	800–850	829	230.00	230.00
5	850–900	861	224.00	224.00
15	900–950	906	216.00–219.00	216.20
1	950–1000	950	211.00	211.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	388	317.50	317.50
12	400–450	448	276.00	276.00
3	450–500	455	270.00	270.00
33	500–550	525	256.00–269.00	265.60
17	550–600	591	240.00–248.00	247.54
23	600–650	635	221.00–245.00	239.00
8	650–700	666	222.00	222.00
12	700–750	741	204.00–213.00	211.49
2	800–850	813	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	220.00	220.00
3	400–450	440	220.00–237.00	231.53
2	450–500	495	242.50	242.50
8	500–550	517	240.00–242.50	240.31
1	550–600	585	233.00	233.00

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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