Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2024-06-05

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 5
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
316 head
▼ 81 vs last sale 397▼ 160 vs year ago 476 · −33.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers steady to 5.00 lower; Feeder Bulls unevenly steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 130 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 classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.47/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −108.90 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$257.47
58 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,441
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.88
vs TN average
−15.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561258.791,45253
Medium and Large 2-3544243.521,3265thin
One grade step is worth $15.27/cwt here — about $127 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale58 hd
257.47
—
TN average11 barns · 556 hd
259.35
−1.88
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
−15.56
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−108.90
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
444398353307median 366.3803/0404/2907/1509/0210/21
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.53, low $321.48, median $366.38 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

54 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2225332.50/cwt332.50–332.507481
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335275.00/cwt275.00–275.009211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0851
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3322
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2457296.68/cwt290.00–300.001,3563
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3262
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546291.98/cwt289.00–296.001,5947
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,70317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574297.64/cwt287.50–299.001,70817
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5831
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613287.22/cwt286.00–289.001,76111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6653
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647267.71/cwt266.50–279.001,73210
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670262.04/cwt256.00–264.001,7564
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8234
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added707262.13/cwt260.00–267.001,85313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8702
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8822
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833220.02/cwt213.00–227.001,8332
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373255.87/cwt250.00–262.509542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385289.33/cwt282.00–294.001,1145
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0871
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,27712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476282.24/cwt277.50–291.001,3435
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3481254.48/cwt200.00–263.001,2247
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3503255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2832
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,3949
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526260.79/cwt258.00–265.001,37217
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3572235.86/cwt235.00–237.501,3493
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added597258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5408
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597252.97/cwt251.00–254.001,51019
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added626251.29/cwt251.00–252.001,57310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,54611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,6284
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665237.50/cwt236.00–240.501,5796
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5125
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6753
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4631
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6061
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,4511
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,5521
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2368311.32/cwt300.00–332.501,1463
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2415292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2121
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2474271.54/cwt269.00–281.001,2877
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2526284.03/cwt275.00–285.001,49410
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2585270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,5824
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2632261.28/cwt258.00–267.001,65112
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5631
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3670212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,4241
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2723218.52/cwt207.50–224.001,5806
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5001
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2852181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,5425

This sale against other markets

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.