Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the Christmas and New Year Holidays. Offerings also included 1066 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $312.18/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −132.35 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$312.18

127 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$19.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.77

vs TN average

−30.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	313.43	1,735	119
Medium and Large 2-3	552	293.63	1,620	8thin

One grade step is worth $19.80/cwt here — about $115 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $479.44, low $368.65, median $444.53 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale127 hd

312.18

—

TN average11 barns · 561 hd

316.95

−4.77

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−30.27

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−132.35

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

78 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,613	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	806	263.71/cwt	250.00–264.50	2,126	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	374	378.50/cwt	377.00–380.00	1,416	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	349	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,340	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	270.10/cwt	266.00–272.50	1,974	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	321.12/cwt	315.50–330.00	1,853	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	329.53/cwt	328.00–333.00	1,727	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	459	379.29/cwt	372.50–381.00	1,741	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,863	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	506	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,457	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	322.50/cwt	312.50–337.50	1,219	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	727	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,581	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,299	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	681	248.63/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,693	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,609	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	793	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	492	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,562	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	870	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,905	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	313	310.16/cwt	290.00–330.00	971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	443	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,311	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	312	271.25/cwt	255.00–287.50	846	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	239.18/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,361	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	394	288.75/cwt	272.50–305.00	1,138	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	453	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	543	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,707	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	422	387.42/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,635	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	854	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,084	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	263.44/cwt	258.50–265.25	1,778	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	626	262.64/cwt	259.00–266.00	1,644	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	239.69/cwt	236.50–242.00	1,759	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	256.66/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,655	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	877	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,855	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	468	312.89/cwt	312.50–313.00	1,464	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	295.68/cwt	294.00–301.00	1,520	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	779	265.77/cwt	258.00–268.50	2,070	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	295.65/cwt	285.00–298.25	1,990	94
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	285.00/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,653	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	293.24/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,551	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,823	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	755	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,835	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	327.19/cwt	324.00–329.00	1,430	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	361.52/cwt	347.50–364.00	1,403	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,697	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	876	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	190.10/cwt	187.00–198.00	1,739	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	236.89/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,469	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	305.53/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,497	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	342.65/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,347	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	318.23/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,387	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	247.73/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,650	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	263.60/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,532	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,005	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	205.43/cwt	202.00–212.50	1,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	228.44/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,021	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	351.05/cwt	337.00–362.50	1,682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	356.94/cwt	355.00–359.00	1,381	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	281.34/cwt	272.50–289.00	1,466	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	237.48/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,836	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	300.28/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,739	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,205	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	359.90/cwt	352.50–368.00	1,515	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,169	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,883	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	283.63/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,793	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	316.26/cwt	302.50–323.00	1,648	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	274.18/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,845	21

How this sale compares

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	468	312.50–313.00	312.89
27	500–550	514	294.00–301.00	295.68
9	550–600	570	283.00	283.00
43	600–650	626	259.00–266.00	262.64
81	650–700	675	258.50–265.25	263.44
3	700–750	732	249.00	249.00
5	750–800	755	243.00	243.00
12	850–900	877	211.50	211.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	255.00–287.50	271.25
10	350–400	394	272.50–305.00	288.75
7	400–450	443	296.00	296.00
4	450–500	453	282.50	282.50
2	500–550	543	265.00	265.00
7	550–600	569	230.00–243.00	239.18
2	600–650	630	230.00	230.00
7	700–750	730	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	785	217.50	217.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
19	350–400	393	340.00–350.00	342.65
26	400–450	436	315.00–325.00	318.23
15	450–500	490	305.00–307.00	305.53
25	500–550	521	272.50–289.00	281.34
61	550–600	581	256.00–270.00	263.60
11	600–650	620	236.00–238.00	236.89
37	650–700	666	242.00–250.00	247.73
25	750–800	773	236.00–240.00	237.48
7	800–850	829	202.00–212.50	205.43
7	900–950	915	187.00–198.00	190.10
1	1000–1050	1,000	181.00	181.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	384.00	384.00
6	350–400	374	377.00–380.00	378.50
8	400–450	422	385.00–395.00	387.42
10	450–500	459	372.50–381.00	379.29
16	500–550	524	328.00–333.00	329.53
25	550–600	577	315.50–330.00	321.12
9	600–650	621	300.00	300.00
94	650–700	673	285.00–298.25	295.65
42	700–750	731	266.00–272.50	270.10
77	750–800	779	258.00–268.50	265.77
73	800–850	806	250.00–264.50	263.71
4	850–900	854	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	290.00–330.00	310.16
1	400–450	445	292.00	292.00
3	450–500	492	317.50	317.50
6	500–550	538	299.00	299.00
2	550–600	593	277.50	277.50
1	600–650	625	272.50	272.50
17	650–700	681	240.00–260.00	248.63
3	750–800	793	236.00	236.00
2	850–900	870	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	410.00	410.00
6	300–350	328	367.50	367.50
10	350–400	387	355.00–359.00	356.94
10	400–450	421	352.50–368.00	359.90
9	450–500	479	337.00–362.50	351.05
36	500–550	521	302.50–323.00	316.26
42	550–600	579	290.00–305.00	300.28
24	600–650	632	274.00–287.00	283.63
21	650–700	673	270.00–278.00	274.18
5	700–750	710	250.00	250.00
4	750–800	753	250.00	250.00
7	800–850	813	227.00–230.00	228.44
8	850–900	851	237.50	237.50
3	900–950	947	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	378	312.50–337.50	322.50
1	450–500	455	297.00	297.00
7	500–550	506	288.00	288.00
1	550–600	565	262.50	262.50
1	650–700	675	215.00	215.00
3	700–750	727	217.50	217.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	388	347.50–364.00	361.52
11	400–450	437	324.00–329.00	327.19
32	500–550	529	290.00–294.00	293.24
25	550–600	580	277.00–288.00	285.00
15	600–650	645	247.00–259.00	256.66
19	700–750	734	236.50–242.00	239.69
2	800–850	838	202.50	202.50
4	850–900	876	209.00	209.00

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