Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00-15.00 higher with instances of 24.00 higher. Offerings also included 283 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 $284.67/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −97.56 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$284.67

135 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

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

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.00

vs TN average

−0.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	287.19	1,515	131
Medium and Large 2-3	588	202.19	1,189	4thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $326 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 sale135 hd

284.67

—

TN average12 barns · 596 hd

260.67

+24.00

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−0.28

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−97.56

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,458	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,442	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	326.63/cwt	323.00–329.00	1,761	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	491	289.84/cwt	282.50–291.00	1,423	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	338	373.20/cwt	371.00–375.00	1,261	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	434	326.81/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,418	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	946	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	527	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	326	298.91/cwt	275.00–307.50	974	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	202.19/cwt	187.50–219.00	1,189	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	452	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,758	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,385	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	220.12/cwt	217.50–221.00	1,585	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,725	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,409	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	445	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,744	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	263.04/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,647	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	240.91/cwt	232.50–243.00	1,865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	284.47/cwt	272.50–297.50	1,212	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,264	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	399.47/cwt	345.00–417.50	1,107	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,663	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	248.80/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,647	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	358.16/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,132	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	240.30/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,526	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,473	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	240.19/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,573	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,555	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	251.56/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,346	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	269	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	820	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	202.23/cwt	182.50–204.00	1,681	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	257.84/cwt	255.00–260.00	869	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	238.27/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,511	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,003	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,906	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	358	431.05/cwt	430.00–432.00	1,543	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	242	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	294.94/cwt	281.00–301.00	1,548	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,551	40

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 758Last week 475Year ago 143

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
10	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
9	500–550	519	281.00	281.00
11	550–600	586	246.00	246.00
7	600–650	634	238.00–240.00	238.27
3	650–700	670	227.00	227.00
5	700–750	720	217.50–221.00	220.12
1	800–850	830	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	257.50	257.50
1	500–550	545	242.50	242.50
1	550–600	565	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	710	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	358	430.00–432.00	431.05
12	400–450	445	392.00	392.00
36	450–500	452	389.00	389.00
67	500–550	539	323.00–329.00	326.63
33	600–650	625	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	320.00	320.00
4	300–350	326	275.00–307.50	298.91
3	500–550	527	271.00	271.00
1	550–600	595	242.50	242.50
1	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	660	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	277	345.00–417.50	399.47
6	300–350	316	355.00–360.00	358.16
4	450–500	463	327.50	327.50
6	500–550	508	290.00	290.00
9	600–650	626	261.00–264.00	263.04
11	650–700	662	241.00–255.00	248.80
2	700–750	743	242.50	242.50
5	750–800	774	232.50–243.00	240.91
1	850–900	850	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	300–350	338	371.00–375.00	373.20
21	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
49	400–450	434	325.00–327.00	326.81
10	450–500	491	282.50–291.00	289.84
108	500–550	525	281.00–301.00	294.94
40	600–650	612	253.50	253.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	242.50	242.50
1	450–500	485	220.00	220.00
4	550–600	588	187.50–219.00	202.19
1	650–700	670	219.00	219.00
1	700–750	730	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	242	257.50	257.50
5	250–300	269	305.00	305.00
7	300–350	337	255.00–260.00	257.84
2	350–400	398	285.00	285.00
12	400–450	426	272.50–297.50	284.47
5	450–500	486	260.00	260.00
21	500–550	535	250.00–253.00	251.56
2	550–600	580	243.00	243.00
8	600–650	635	240.00–242.50	240.30
13	650–700	655	231.00–241.00	240.19
19	700–750	728	228.50	228.50
1	750–800	770	191.00	191.00
12	800–850	831	182.50–204.00	202.23
5	850–900	859	181.00	181.00
2	900–950	923	182.00	182.00
5	1000–1050	1,003	190.00	190.00

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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