Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2024-11-20

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 20
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
748 head
▲ 431 vs last sale 317▼ 181 vs year ago 929 · −19.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, all classes of feeder cattle, Steers, Bulls, and Heifers 5.00-20.00 higher. Offerings also included 559 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 $241.24/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −125.14 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$241.24
98 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,316
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.13
vs TN average
−25.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545241.521,31696
Medium and Large 2-3568227.501,2922thin
One grade step is worth $14.02/cwt here — about $24 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 sale98 hd
241.24
—
TN average14 barns · 1,003 hd
241.10
+0.13
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−25.81
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−125.14
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

63 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3263225.00/cwt225.00–225.005924
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273312.89/cwt302.50–317.508549
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2344331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,1394
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3390245.00/cwt245.00–245.009561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0335
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467259.47/cwt250.00–266.001,2127
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1281
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526262.70/cwt251.00–267.001,38211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560262.68/cwt258.00–268.001,47113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583246.44/cwt242.00–253.001,43712
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4743
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632260.70/cwt260.00–261.001,64819
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672242.53/cwt241.00–247.001,6304
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729234.62/cwt227.00–239.001,7108
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3731216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,57910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3753200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5063
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added756253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,91670
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7286
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added829230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9074
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added861224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9295
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added906216.20/cwt216.00–219.001,95915
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2Value Added950211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,0051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3216248.60/cwt222.50–257.505374
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245260.00/cwt260.00–260.0063710
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3278245.00/cwt245.00–245.006812
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2283263.56/cwt262.50–265.0074612
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320280.00/cwt280.00–280.008967
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323214.34/cwt212.50–215.006924
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3353217.50/cwt217.50–217.507682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392276.86/cwt261.00–283.001,08521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426266.79/cwt260.00–276.001,13712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3432223.66/cwt217.50–227.509665
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464263.99/cwt253.00–269.001,22524
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485200.00/cwt200.00–200.009701
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521250.20/cwt250.00–251.001,30425
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528241.32/cwt239.00–245.001,27439
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3568227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,2922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584234.99/cwt232.00–237.001,37232
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3081
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621231.18/cwt230.50–232.001,43620
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,63878
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659216.25/cwt215.00–220.001,4259
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3841
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5067
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2729199.25/cwt195.00–203.001,45314
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3730175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2781
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5434
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,6611
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,5747
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3358220.00/cwt220.00–220.007882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2388317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,23211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440231.53/cwt220.00–237.001,0193
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2448276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,23612
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2293
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3495242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2002
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3517240.31/cwt240.00–242.501,2428
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525265.60/cwt256.00–269.001,39433
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3631
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2591247.54/cwt240.00–248.001,46317
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635239.00/cwt221.00–245.001,51823
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2666222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4798
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2741211.49/cwt204.00–213.001,56712
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2813192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5612

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.