Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-20.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 4.00-18.00 higher. Offerings also included 760 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 $253.32/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −128.92 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$253.32

66 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$17.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.30

vs TN average

−30.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	253.58	1,419	65
Medium and Large 2-3	520	236.00	1,227	1thin

One grade step is worth $17.58/cwt here — about $192 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 sale66 hd

253.32

—

TN average13 barns · 713 hd

247.02

+6.30

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−30.00

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−128.92

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

58 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 2-3	450–500	490	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	260.80/cwt	257.50–264.00	1,807	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	278.55/cwt	262.50–310.00	774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	808	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,656	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	261.12/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	252.47/cwt	250.00–253.50	1,474	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	383	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	297	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	384	247.09/cwt	242.50–255.00	949	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	440	324.19/cwt	321.00–327.50	1,426	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	439	245.55/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,078	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	208.12/cwt	197.50–218.00	1,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	780	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,227	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,354	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	292.09/cwt	277.50–294.00	1,519	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	258.01/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,494	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	307.76/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,173	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,599	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,568	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,136	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,177	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	248.45/cwt	244.00–257.50	1,558	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	328.35/cwt	317.50–334.00	1,198	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	279.17/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,614	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	242.12/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,426	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,058	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,095	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	293.60/cwt	272.50–304.00	1,309	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	203.98/cwt	188.00–208.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	266.22/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,174	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	243.21/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,554	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	261.39/cwt	259.50–263.00	1,375	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	289.10/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,515	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	229.50/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,457	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	993	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	870	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,005	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	256.25/cwt	256.25–256.25	1,909	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	224.13/cwt	221.00–231.00	1,477	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	220.90/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,582	10

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 Dec 4, 2024

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

Receipts 475Last week 748Year ago 814

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	297	265.00	265.00
2	350–400	383	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	490	247.50	247.50
2	550–600	570	237.50	237.50
2	750–800	780	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	321.00–327.50	324.19
4	500–550	511	305.00	305.00
8	600–650	636	260.00–263.00	261.12
32	650–700	693	257.50–264.00	260.80
20	700–750	745	256.25	256.25
26	850–900	870	230.50	230.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	347.50	347.50
2	250–300	273	300.00	300.00
8	300–350	334	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	365	317.50–334.00	328.35
2	400–450	403	292.00	292.00
2	450–500	480	305.00	305.00
10	500–550	524	277.50–300.00	289.10
10	550–600	578	275.00–281.00	279.17
3	600–650	627	244.00–257.50	248.45
1	650–700	680	237.00	237.00
1	700–750	720	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	760	230.00	230.00
1	850–900	880	210.00	210.00
4	900–950	935	201.00	201.00
6	1050–1100	1,058	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	262.50–310.00	278.55
4	300–350	321	297.50	297.50
6	350–400	379	262.00	262.00
21	400–450	441	260.00–279.00	266.22
29	500–550	526	259.50–263.00	261.39
18	550–600	589	235.00–244.00	242.12
15	600–650	635	221.00–235.00	229.50
16	650–700	659	221.00–231.00	224.13
5	700–750	712	188.00–208.00	203.98
3	900–950	937	180.00	180.00
1	950–1000	960	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	584	250.00–253.50	252.47
10	700–750	716	220.00–221.00	220.90
8	800–850	808	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	384	242.50–255.00	247.09
4	400–450	439	238.00–248.00	245.55
1	450–500	460	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	520	236.00	236.00
2	600–650	623	197.50–218.00	208.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	229.00	229.00
4	550–600	571	241.00	241.00
1	600–650	610	187.50	187.50
1	700–750	745	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	810	157.50	157.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	381	295.00–325.00	307.76
21	400–450	446	272.50–304.00	293.60
17	500–550	520	277.50–294.00	292.09
16	550–600	579	255.00–259.00	258.01
21	600–650	639	242.50–245.00	243.21
7	650–700	672	238.00	238.00
3	700–750	722	214.00	214.00
4	800–850	836	187.50	187.50

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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