Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers under 600 lbs. 3.00-10.00 higher, over 600 lbs. 3.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls on a light test due to light offerings on the last sale, 2.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-15.00 lower. Offerings also included 661 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 $348.53/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −95.99 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$348.53

34 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$24.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.37

vs TN average

−16.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	356.55	1,951	23
Medium and Large 2-3	538	331.78	1,786	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.77/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale34 hd

348.53

—

TN average16 barns · 552 hd

354.90

−6.37

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−16.23

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−95.99

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,776	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	383	333.46/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,277	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	323.94/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,885	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	452	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,537	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	301	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,242	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	461	281.59/cwt	265.00–283.50	1,298	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	537	281.71/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	602	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,812	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,357	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	738	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,720	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,802	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,118	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	584	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	334.22/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	236.23/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,448	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	568	253.40/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	230	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	726	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,156	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	330.91/cwt	326.00–336.00	2,111	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	222.50/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,902	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	353.35/cwt	322.50–357.50	1,622	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	372.50/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,635	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	331.23/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,461	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	248	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	355.04/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,860	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	330.27/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,215	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	251.58/cwt	243.00–258.00	1,839	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	298.99/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,585	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	302.57/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,897	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	357.71/cwt	350.00–361.00	2,021	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	397.83/cwt	350.00–435.00	1,321	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	304.81/cwt	289.00–315.00	2,048	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	280.95/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,621	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	251.74/cwt	251.00–254.00	2,198	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,104	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	890	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,314	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	366.85/cwt	359.00–379.00	1,691	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,037	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,676	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	424	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,495	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	519	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,713	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	271.70/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,793	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,428	15

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	352.50	352.50
11	400–450	436	382.50	382.50
17	450–500	459	322.50–357.50	353.35
16	500–550	534	332.50	332.50
10	550–600	582	310.00–330.00	323.94
4	600–650	639	297.50	297.50
2	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
3	700–750	728	257.50	257.50
3	850–900	855	217.50–225.00	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	327.00–340.00	333.46
4	500–550	525	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	610	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	725	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	301	412.50	412.50
16	400–450	424	352.50	352.50
6	450–500	452	340.00	340.00
13	500–550	519	330.00	330.00
4	550–600	576	310.00	310.00
7	600–650	602	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	290	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	410	315.00	315.00
10	450–500	461	265.00–283.50	281.59
6	500–550	537	270.00–287.50	281.71
2	550–600	568	242.50–265.00	253.40
2	600–650	613	235.00–237.50	236.23
3	700–750	738	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	365.00	365.00
8	300–350	328	341.00	341.00
13	350–400	368	319.00–335.00	330.27
8	400–450	441	327.50–332.50	331.23
15	450–500	457	312.50	312.50
24	500–550	530	290.00–314.00	298.99
17	550–600	577	270.00–290.00	280.95
5	600–650	603	278.00	278.00
22	650–700	660	264.00–276.00	271.70
12	700–750	731	243.00–258.00	251.58
2	750–800	788	238.00	238.00
1	800–850	840	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
7	500–550	512	330.00–340.00	334.22
4	550–600	584	327.50	327.50
1	600–650	635	267.50	267.50
2	650–700	665	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	638	326.00–336.00	330.91
4	650–700	651	329.00	329.00
51	700–750	726	297.00	297.00
26	750–800	754	279.00	279.00
14	850–900	890	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	248	395.00	395.00
1	250–300	255	430.00	430.00
18	300–350	332	350.00–435.00	397.83
16	400–450	439	365.00–375.00	372.50
5	450–500	461	359.00–379.00	366.85
10	500–550	524	347.50–362.50	355.04
13	550–600	565	350.00–361.00	357.71
9	600–650	627	296.00–316.00	302.57
15	650–700	672	289.00–315.00	304.81
1	700–750	745	271.00	271.00
1	750–800	760	261.00	261.00
1	800–850	840	247.50	247.50
4	850–900	873	251.00–254.00	251.74

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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