Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2024-10-30

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 30
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
602 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 618▲ 128 vs year ago 474 · +27.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-10.00 lower. Offerings also included 1154 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 $215.35/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −151.03 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$215.35
50 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.36
vs TN average
−45.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544225.071,22431
Medium and Large 2-3532199.481,06219thin
One grade step is worth $25.59/cwt here — about $161 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale50 hd
215.35
—
TN average14 barns · 881 hd
229.70
−14.36
National average194 barns · 26,693 hd
260.46
−45.11
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−151.03
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273253.44/cwt252.00–256.0069211
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2331279.00/cwt279.00–279.0092310
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3340202.50/cwt202.50–202.506892
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393273.85/cwt267.00–275.001,0767
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3398206.00/cwt206.00–206.008203
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426274.58/cwt274.00–275.001,1709
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3428258.21/cwt250.00–267.501,10518
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2042
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521263.88/cwt261.00–265.001,37518
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2571
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4681
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3592214.37/cwt210.00–217.001,2698
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,5204
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619241.28/cwt230.00–243.001,49421
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670220.49/cwt220.00–221.001,4772
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7234
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6142
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,3141
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752235.00/cwt232.00–236.001,76712
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6851
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added871229.49/cwt228.50–231.501,99921
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,011193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,9569
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2218240.00/cwt240.00–240.005233
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334230.58/cwt226.00–233.0077022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391221.66/cwt220.00–222.0086712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435230.69/cwt222.00–237.001,00430
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458233.04/cwt230.50–237.001,06736
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3511201.32/cwt200.00–208.001,02913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516230.79/cwt224.50–234.001,19118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3579195.50/cwt182.50–198.001,1326
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582217.16/cwt210.00–223.001,26413
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619200.11/cwt195.00–208.001,23920
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3654183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1977
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682214.95/cwt211.00–225.001,46627
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added701220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,54215
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2311
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736200.77/cwt200.00–204.001,4785
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,6271
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5401
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2900184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,6561
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added940197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,85210
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2383256.80/cwt255.00–259.009849
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3426193.32/cwt191.00–200.0082411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2459246.05/cwt231.00–251.001,12916
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,0833
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3523183.26/cwt181.00–192.509585
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,30313
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580204.90/cwt203.00–210.001,18814
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2657211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3868
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3693170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1782
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725209.13/cwt190.00–217.001,51610
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3831170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,41310

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.