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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Dec 18

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Dec 4Dec 18Jan 15 →

Receipts

758 head

▲ 283 vs last sale 475▲ 615 vs year ago 143 · +430.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 higher with instances of 20.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00-15.00 higher with instances of 24.00 higher. Offerings also included 283 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 class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $284.67/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −81.70 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$284.67

135 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$326

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.00

vs TN average

−0.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	287.19	1,515	131
Medium and Large 2-3	588	202.19	1,189	4thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $326 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 sale135 hd

284.67

—

TN average12 barns · 596 hd

260.67

+24.00

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−0.28

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−81.70

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

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

59 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	270	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	864	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	277	399.47/cwt	345.00–417.50	1,107	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	358.16/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,132	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	326	298.91/cwt	275.00–307.50	974	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	358	431.05/cwt	430.00–432.00	1,543	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	445	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,744	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	452	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,758	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,516	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,473	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	527	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,428	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	539	326.63/cwt	323.00–329.00	1,761	67
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,443	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	625	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,725	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	263.04/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,647	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,535	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	248.80/cwt	241.00–255.00	1,647	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	743	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,802	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	774	240.91/cwt	232.50–243.00	1,865	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,853	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	242	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	623	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	269	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	820	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	257.84/cwt	255.00–260.00	869	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	338	373.20/cwt	371.00–375.00	1,261	40
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	946	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,134	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	284.47/cwt	272.50–297.50	1,212	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	434	326.81/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,418	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,067	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,264	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	491	289.84/cwt	282.50–291.00	1,423	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	525	294.94/cwt	281.00–301.00	1,548	108
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	251.56/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,346	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,409	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	588	202.19/cwt	187.50–219.00	1,189	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,551	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	240.30/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,526	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	240.19/cwt	231.00–241.00	1,573	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,467	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,663	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,424	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,471	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	831	202.23/cwt	182.50–204.00	1,681	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,555	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,680	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,003	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,906	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,254	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,120	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,458	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,322	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,271	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,442	11
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	238.27/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,511	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,521	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	710	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,385	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	220.12/cwt	217.50–221.00	1,585	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,702	1

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.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN

Wed Dec 18, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

Receipts 758Last week 475Year ago 143

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	330.00	330.00
10	450–500	450	300.00	300.00
9	500–550	519	281.00	281.00
11	550–600	586	246.00	246.00
7	600–650	634	238.00–240.00	238.27
3	650–700	670	227.00	227.00
5	700–750	720	217.50–221.00	220.12
1	800–850	830	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	257.50	257.50
1	500–550	545	242.50	242.50
1	550–600	565	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	710	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	358	430.00–432.00	431.05
12	400–450	445	392.00	392.00
36	450–500	452	389.00	389.00
67	500–550	539	323.00–329.00	326.63
33	600–650	625	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	320.00	320.00
4	300–350	326	275.00–307.50	298.91
3	500–550	527	271.00	271.00
1	550–600	595	242.50	242.50
1	600–650	615	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	660	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	277	345.00–417.50	399.47
6	300–350	316	355.00–360.00	358.16
4	450–500	463	327.50	327.50
6	500–550	508	290.00	290.00
9	600–650	626	261.00–264.00	263.04
11	650–700	662	241.00–255.00	248.80
2	700–750	743	242.50	242.50
5	750–800	774	232.50–243.00	240.91
1	850–900	850	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	300–350	338	371.00–375.00	373.20
21	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
49	400–450	434	325.00–327.00	326.81
10	450–500	491	282.50–291.00	289.84
108	500–550	525	281.00–301.00	294.94
40	600–650	612	253.50	253.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	242.50	242.50
1	450–500	485	220.00	220.00
4	550–600	588	187.50–219.00	202.19
1	650–700	670	219.00	219.00
1	700–750	730	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	242	257.50	257.50
5	250–300	269	305.00	305.00
7	300–350	337	255.00–260.00	257.84
2	350–400	398	285.00	285.00
12	400–450	426	272.50–297.50	284.47
5	450–500	486	260.00	260.00
21	500–550	535	250.00–253.00	251.56
2	550–600	580	243.00	243.00
8	600–650	635	240.00–242.50	240.30
13	650–700	655	231.00–241.00	240.19
19	700–750	728	228.50	228.50
1	750–800	770	191.00	191.00
12	800–850	831	182.50–204.00	202.23
5	850–900	859	181.00	181.00
2	900–950	923	182.00	182.00
5	1000–1050	1,003	190.00	190.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.