Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2024-11-06

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 6
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
317 head
▼ 285 vs last sale 602▼ 157 vs year ago 474 · −33.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 2.00-8.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers steady to 8.00 higher. Offering also included 289 head sol 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 $214.98/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −151.39 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$214.98
30 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,138
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$352
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1-2
$82.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.73
vs TN average
−43.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525227.161,19321
Medium and Large 2-3534191.781,0248thin
Small 1-2580145.008411thin
One grade step is worth $82.16/cwt here — about $352 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale30 hd
214.98
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TN average13 barns · 696 hd
230.71
−15.73
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
−43.41
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−151.39
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

51 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245295.00/cwt295.00–295.007232
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3305211.52/cwt195.00–227.506452
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320280.00/cwt280.00–280.008965
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1914
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,3165
Steers450–500Small 1-2473222.70/cwt210.00–235.001,0532
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0611
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3884
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2481
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595231.68/cwt230.00–235.001,3786
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added617256.00/cwt252.00–259.001,58014
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642236.03/cwt231.00–239.001,5159
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6337
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4965
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6982
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,73116
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added777232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8036
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,7571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2233267.50/cwt267.50–267.506232
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2308230.00/cwt230.00–230.007082
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370239.23/cwt227.50–243.008854
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3438170.00/cwt170.00–170.007452
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458239.96/cwt239.50–242.001,09911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3489197.16/cwt188.00–215.009646
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513230.31/cwt230.00–235.001,18117
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527191.12/cwt185.00–203.001,0076
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555193.75/cwt192.50–195.001,0752
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578213.76/cwt211.00–222.001,2364
Heifers550–600Small 1-2580145.00/cwt145.00–145.008411
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625216.34/cwt212.00–218.001,35219
Heifers600–650Small 1-2625150.00/cwt150.00–150.009381
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3638188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1994
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667192.21/cwt186.00–208.001,28215
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714194.78/cwt187.50–198.001,3917
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3738177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3062
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3825165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3611
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2945180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7011
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2384308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,18311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0861
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2450268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,20616
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3490225.85/cwt200.00–234.001,1074
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,26910
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2955
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1213
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625212.42/cwt212.00–213.001,3287
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3650185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2032
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2659216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4238
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2713199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4192
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763198.06/cwt186.00–202.001,51112
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3835171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4282
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2840184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5464

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.