Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2024-07-31

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 31
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
622 head
▼ 488 vs last sale 1,110▼ 11 vs year ago 633 · −1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00- 15.00 lower. Offerings also included 729 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 $252.67/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −113.70 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$252.67
60 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,352
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.82
vs TN average
−5.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535252.671,35260
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale60 hd
252.67
—
TN average14 barns · 847 hd
251.85
+0.82
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
−5.79
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−113.70
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

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2286342.50/cwt342.50–342.509804
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2316329.46/cwt327.50–330.001,0419
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390285.46/cwt280.00–300.001,1138
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1041
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423305.65/cwt280.00–309.001,2939
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3458260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added474311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,4749
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2831
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535282.99/cwt271.00–290.001,51434
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5174
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3614231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4184
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615261.25/cwt261.00–261.501,60710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642247.00/cwt238.00–250.001,5868
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,67911
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2720241.68/cwt240.00–244.001,74013
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6991
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2862222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,9143
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3295276.28/cwt247.50–280.008158
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326280.00/cwt280.00–280.009136
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3334256.00/cwt256.00–256.008554
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388259.04/cwt250.00–265.001,00513
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424261.12/cwt249.00–263.001,10719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3429229.66/cwt170.00–245.009857
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,23610
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482265.63/cwt265.00–266.001,28033
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,1281
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518242.00/cwt240.00–248.001,25412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520260.95/cwt260.00–263.001,35728
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added563258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,4532
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567246.32/cwt239.00–248.001,39718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3441
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631230.10/cwt228.00–231.001,45258
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667230.87/cwt221.00–235.001,54021
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4704
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3723172.03/cwt153.00–192.001,2442
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3758164.97/cwt159.00–177.001,2503
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773207.57/cwt202.00–213.501,60535
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added849210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,78327
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2849192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6304
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2941176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,6564
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7463
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,010170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7171
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2376275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0344
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3395263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,0391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3438240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0512
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,22719
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2453246.78/cwt246.00–247.001,1189
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2513267.86/cwt244.00–276.001,37432
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3529216.06/cwt202.50–221.001,1434
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3567225.41/cwt225.00–226.001,2785
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572255.58/cwt244.00–257.001,4629
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2921
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2649246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5977
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3660200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2663225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4922
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2739221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6334

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.