Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2024-06-19

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 19
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
432 head
▲ 116 vs last sale 316▼ 725 vs year ago 1,157 · −62.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers Steady to 5.00 lower. Offerings also included 494 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 $255.16/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −111.21 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$255.16
54 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,410
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$0
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.88
vs TN average
−12.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552255.471,41053
Medium and Large 2-3590239.001,4101thin
One grade step is worth $16.47/cwt here — about −$0 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale54 hd
255.16
—
TN average14 barns · 535 hd
259.04
−3.88
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−12.06
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−111.21
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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1242
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460319.97/cwt317.50–322.501,4722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475261.70/cwt240.00–282.501,2432
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529285.72/cwt276.00–290.001,51112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2772
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581277.70/cwt268.00–285.001,61310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,7626
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2646262.87/cwt261.00–264.001,6988
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670267.86/cwt261.00–274.001,79531
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3693233.11/cwt232.00–240.001,6157
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,72110
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783232.17/cwt230.00–235.001,8187
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3783203.54/cwt201.00–206.001,5942
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836225.75/cwt225.00–226.001,8874
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1121
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,031223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,2994
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,084213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,30923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260292.50/cwt292.50–292.507612
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347285.00/cwt285.00–285.009893
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0864
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2447256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1443
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,2188
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3475239.50/cwt227.00–249.501,13812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522256.35/cwt250.00–258.501,33820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4287
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4792
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583249.70/cwt244.50–258.001,45624
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4101
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,4914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637240.29/cwt240.00–242.001,53161
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650245.75/cwt245.75–245.751,5976
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5122
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4848
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745197.70/cwt196.00–207.001,47313
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,5023
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2414
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3377271.88/cwt240.00–290.001,0253
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0901
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2440287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,2652
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465308.30/cwt305.00–309.001,4346
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3971
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518278.90/cwt268.00–288.001,44511
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3530255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3521
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3570239.25/cwt230.00–249.001,3642
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2584262.29/cwt261.00–264.001,5327
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2634253.86/cwt250.00–255.001,60913
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2659251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,6548
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3715222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5871
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2732243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7798
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3820179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4683
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2835188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5708
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3985166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,6351

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.