Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to inclement weather during the las sale causing light receipts. Offerings also included 386 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 $326.32/cwt on 248 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −118.21 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$326.32

248 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$32.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs TN average

−22.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	327.74	1,894	237
Medium and Large 2-3	542	295.72	1,604	11thin

One grade step is worth $32.01/cwt here — about $290 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale248 hd

326.32

—

TN average15 barns · 962 hd

333.43

−7.11

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−22.96

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−118.21

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

68 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 2-3	400–450	447	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	254.84/cwt	247.50–262.50	1,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	357.54/cwt	349.00–364.00	1,655	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	309.49/cwt	300.00–310.50	1,959	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	301.66/cwt	292.50–306.00	1,599	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	893	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,023	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	824	236.12/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,946	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	323.63/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,718	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	281.00/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,919	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	770	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,790	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	272.21/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,737	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	257.75/cwt	253.00–260.00	2,016	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	244.57/cwt	237.50–248.00	2,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	598	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	925	245.70/cwt	239.00–248.00	2,273	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	445	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,593	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	733	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,264	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	658	256.50/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,688	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	602	315.24/cwt	314.00–320.50	1,898	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	776	272.58/cwt	269.50–275.50	2,115	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	334.50/cwt	332.00–336.50	1,927	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	687	292.17/cwt	291.00–293.00	2,007	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	729	278.08/cwt	276.50–287.50	2,027	89
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,578	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	282.23/cwt	255.00–307.50	1,321	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	742	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,484	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	192.75/cwt	192.75–192.75	1,609	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,953	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	356.67/cwt	340.00–367.00	1,373	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	325.75/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,410	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,514	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,426	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,601	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	293.41/cwt	287.50–298.00	1,347	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,142	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	320.08/cwt	318.00–322.50	1,504	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	314.70/cwt	308.00–316.00	1,832	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	281.75/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,671	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	286.04/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,487	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	271.54/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,412	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,282	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,862	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	261.01/cwt	256.00–272.00	1,639	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	237.22/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,810	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	768	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,893	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,788	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	260.77/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,773	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	237.74/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,736	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,065	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	240.20/cwt	220.00–262.50	1,412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	242.59/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,649	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,541	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	268.30/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	321.34/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,899	102

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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Browning Livestock Market - Lafayette, TN

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	265.00	265.00
3	400–450	447	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	460	247.50–262.50	254.84
17	500–550	520	240.00–275.00	271.54
8	550–600	588	220.00–262.50	240.20
1	600–650	615	210.00	210.00
5	650–700	680	237.00–244.00	242.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	524	294.00	294.00
76	550–600	561	294.00	294.00
15	700–750	701	255.00	255.00
33	750–800	768	246.50	246.50
21	800–850	824	231.00–237.00	236.12
6	850–900	893	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	346.00	346.00
8	350–400	369	347.50	347.50
15	400–450	433	302.50–330.00	325.75
15	450–500	459	287.50–298.00	293.41
44	500–550	520	280.00–292.00	286.04
112	550–600	593	273.00–285.00	281.75
27	600–650	628	256.00–272.00	261.01
149	650–700	680	257.00–266.00	260.77
11	700–750	730	233.00–241.00	237.74
8	750–800	763	232.00–238.00	237.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	402.50	402.50
6	300–350	324	390.00	390.00
18	450–500	463	349.00–364.00	357.54
24	500–550	531	319.00–335.00	323.63
102	550–600	591	310.00–323.00	321.34
10	600–650	633	300.00–310.50	309.49
32	650–700	683	273.00–285.00	281.00
4	700–750	724	260.00–271.00	268.30
9	750–800	782	253.00–260.00	257.75
3	800–850	843	245.00	245.00
6	850–900	875	237.50–248.00	244.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	395	322.50	322.50
2	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
9	450–500	467	338.00	338.00
9	500–550	530	292.50–306.00	301.66
2	550–600	598	269.00	269.00
10	600–650	638	269.00–285.00	272.21
7	650–700	658	255.00–265.00	256.50
2	700–750	733	252.50	252.50
1	750–800	770	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	358.00	358.00
111	550–600	576	332.00–336.50	334.50
42	600–650	602	314.00–320.50	315.24
38	650–700	687	291.00–293.00	292.17
89	700–750	729	276.50–287.50	278.08
115	750–800	776	269.50–275.50	272.58
24	900–950	925	239.00–248.00	245.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	232.50	232.50
2	450–500	468	255.00–307.50	282.23
3	500–550	538	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	555	257.50	257.50
1	600–650	635	237.50	237.50
1	650–700	675	242.50	242.50
3	700–750	742	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	835	192.75	192.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	385	340.00–367.00	356.67
8	400–450	440	344.00	344.00
9	450–500	470	318.00–322.50	320.08
20	500–550	513	312.00	312.00
6	550–600	582	308.00–316.00	314.70
12	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
7	650–700	651	286.00	286.00
2	700–750	725	260.00	260.00
22	750–800	754	259.00	259.00

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