Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 lower with instances of 15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00-15.00 higher. Offerings also included 542 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 $319.63/cwt on 307 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −62.60 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$319.63

307 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$367

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

$60.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.61

vs TN average

−1.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	323.54	1,801	287
Medium and Large 2-3	544	263.48	1,434	20

One grade step is worth $60.06/cwt here — about $367 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

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 sale307 hd

319.63

—

TN average14 barns · 1,008 hd

314.02

+5.61

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−1.75

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−62.60

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

62 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	500–550	524	323.07/cwt	320.50–327.00	1,693	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,903	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	954	227.69/cwt	215.00–235.00	2,172	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	367.66/cwt	345.00–372.50	1,614	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	281.23/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	341.96/cwt	335.00–349.50	1,935	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	643	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,752	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,947	151
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,326	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	584	255.96/cwt	251.00–267.50	1,495	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	476	302.69/cwt	297.50–307.00	1,441	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	691	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	270.18/cwt	255.00–280.00	986	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	268.50/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,391	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	291.47/cwt	275.00–305.00	1,239	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	959	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,043	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	760	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	2,162	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	469	385.91/cwt	385.00–386.00	1,810	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	364.91/cwt	351.00–369.00	1,938	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	297.88/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,874	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	420.38/cwt	392.50–427.50	1,572	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	341.22/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,495	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	436.37/cwt	427.50–442.50	1,584	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	363.78/cwt	356.00–372.50	1,768	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	300.82/cwt	276.00–304.00	1,691	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	276.63/cwt	260.00–279.00	2,152	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	309.51/cwt	292.50–315.00	2,064	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	440.00/cwt	430.00–447.50	1,421	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	332.65/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,766	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	307	391.76/cwt	365.00–402.50	1,203	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,429	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	319.27/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,893	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	326.04/cwt	321.00–336.00	1,529	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,075	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	320.11/cwt	312.50–322.00	1,975	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	302.67/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,622	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	361.44/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,522	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	456	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,610	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	272.17/cwt	265.00–277.00	2,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	283.24/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,711	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,796	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	252.51/cwt	250.00–256.00	2,066	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	417	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,714	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,122	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,763	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	339.25/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,882	178

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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,205Last week 1,209Year ago 805

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
28	400–450	405	400.00	400.00
25	450–500	456	353.00	353.00
37	500–550	524	320.50–327.00	323.07
178	550–600	566	332.50	332.50
151	650–700	669	291.00	291.00
30	700–750	712	287.00	287.00
12	750–800	760	284.50	284.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	225	367.50	367.50
11	300–350	307	365.00–402.50	391.76
9	350–400	397	360.00	360.00
22	400–450	438	330.00–360.00	341.22
32	450–500	469	321.00–336.00	326.04
32	500–550	536	301.00–305.00	302.67
40	550–600	562	276.00–304.00	300.82
6	600–650	604	270.00–286.00	283.24
11	650–700	653	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	743	240.00	240.00
8	750–800	751	264.00	264.00
17	800–850	818	250.00–256.00	252.51
11	950–1000	954	215.00–235.00	227.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	295	325.00	325.00
1	300–350	340	315.00	315.00
3	350–400	365	255.00–280.00	270.18
5	400–450	425	275.00–305.00	291.47
9	450–500	476	297.50–307.00	302.69
12	500–550	518	262.50–280.00	268.50
8	550–600	584	251.00–267.50	255.96
2	600–650	620	264.00	264.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	275.00	275.00
2	550–600	573	277.50–285.00	281.23
2	650–700	660	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	740	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	775	240.00	240.00
1	850–900	885	215.00	215.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	392.50–427.50	420.38
22	400–450	439	345.00–372.50	367.66
7	450–500	469	335.00–340.00	339.25
8	550–600	584	307.50	307.50
15	600–650	629	296.00–300.00	297.88
2	750–800	755	262.50	262.50
5	800–850	832	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	417	411.00	411.00
32	450–500	469	385.00–386.00	385.91
42	500–550	531	351.00–369.00	364.91
59	550–600	566	335.00–349.50	341.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	495	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	505	262.50	262.50
8	600–650	643	272.50	272.50
4	650–700	691	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	250	430.00	430.00
21	300–350	323	430.00–447.50	440.00
10	350–400	363	427.50–442.50	436.37
7	400–450	421	350.00–370.00	361.44
30	450–500	486	356.00–372.50	363.78
29	500–550	531	330.00–341.00	332.65
12	550–600	593	310.00–326.00	319.27
10	600–650	617	312.50–322.00	320.11
31	650–700	667	292.50–315.00	309.51
5	700–750	740	265.00–277.00	272.17
8	750–800	778	260.00–279.00	276.63
1	900–950	945	251.00	251.00

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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