Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 10.00-20.00 lower with instances of 30.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 7.00-15.00 lower with instances of 20.00 lower. Offerings also included 439 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.45/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −111.78 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$270.45

62 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$38.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.87

vs TN average

−28.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	271.07	1,508	61
Medium and Large 2-3	560	232.50	1,302	1thin

One grade step is worth $38.57/cwt here — about $206 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.53, low $321.48, median $382.23 across 18 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 sale62 hd

270.45

—

TN average15 barns · 1,054 hd

271.32

−0.87

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−28.41

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−111.78

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	598	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,411	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	250.60/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	220.74/cwt	211.00–236.00	1,605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,834	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,084	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,843	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	260.23/cwt	256.00–262.50	1,783	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	714	252.12/cwt	251.00–252.50	1,800	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	238.65/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,129	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	258.83/cwt	242.50–275.00	1,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	971	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	865	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	321	290.03/cwt	267.50–297.50	931	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	746	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,604	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	222.44/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,435	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	490	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	403	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	229.49/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,568	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	276.79/cwt	268.00–279.75	1,879	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,608	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	324.75/cwt	310.00–332.00	1,260	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,970	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,373	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	238.49/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,886	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,002	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	255.41/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,622	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,807	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	251.09/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,692	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	261.05/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,485	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	288.22/cwt	284.00–292.50	1,654	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	300.31/cwt	292.50–308.00	1,598	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	239.16/cwt	232.50–243.00	1,617	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,046	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,060	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	272.13/cwt	271.00–272.50	1,352	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	943	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,542	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	242.22/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	276.01/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,455	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	315.67/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,474	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	286.25/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	280.62/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,583	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	284.96/cwt	282.00–292.50	1,257	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	797	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,833	16

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.

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

Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN

Wed Feb 5, 2025

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

Receipts 626Last week 726Year ago 1,774

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	247.50	247.50
2	500–550	533	242.50–275.00	258.83
2	550–600	598	236.00	236.00
1	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	865	182.50	182.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	310.00–332.00	324.75
8	450–500	467	302.00–320.00	315.67
5	500–550	528	297.00	297.00
9	550–600	589	273.00	273.00
4	600–650	632	240.00–254.00	250.60
5	650–700	676	241.00–243.00	242.22
3	700–750	747	228.00	228.00
5	750–800	754	227.50–230.00	229.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	310.00	310.00
5	300–350	327	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	350	280.00–292.50	286.25
25	400–450	441	282.00–292.50	284.96
4	450–500	497	271.00–272.50	272.13
16	500–550	527	271.00–280.00	276.01
26	550–600	569	257.00–265.00	261.05
19	600–650	635	248.00–257.00	255.41
9	650–700	676	232.50–243.00	239.16
6	700–750	727	211.00–236.00	220.74
1	750–800	770	227.00	227.00
1	800–850	820	207.50	207.50
4	900–950	943	204.00	204.00
4	1050–1100	1,084	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	564	275.00–282.00	280.62
120	650–700	685	256.00–262.50	260.23
51	700–750	714	251.00–252.50	252.12
16	750–800	797	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	267.50–297.50	290.03
1	350–400	370	262.50	262.50
2	400–450	403	252.50	252.50
2	450–500	473	235.00–242.50	238.65
1	550–600	560	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	679	268.00–279.75	276.79
6	700–750	708	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	252.00	252.00
2	550–600	593	263.00	263.00
6	600–650	645	220.00–235.00	222.44
1	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	746	215.00	215.00
4	800–850	820	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	330.00	330.00
2	300–350	305	341.00	341.00
8	350–400	370	371.00	371.00
1	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
8	450–500	482	320.00	320.00
19	500–550	532	292.50–308.00	300.31
27	550–600	574	284.00–292.50	288.22
1	600–650	600	265.00	265.00
29	650–700	674	247.00–255.00	251.09
1	700–750	720	251.00	251.00
12	750–800	791	238.00–240.00	238.49
13	800–850	821	240.00	240.00
7	850–900	873	236.00	236.00
5	900–950	902	222.00	222.00

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.

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