Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Offerings also included 321 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 $302.95/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −79.28 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$302.95

22 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$17.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.91

vs TN average

−26.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	308.46	1,695	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	534	291.15	1,555	7thin

One grade step is worth $17.31/cwt here — about $140 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 sale22 hd

302.95

—

TN average14 barns · 661 hd

314.87

−11.91

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−26.39

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−79.28

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

52 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,100	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	392.19/cwt	390.00–392.50	1,706	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	952	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,247	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	297.59/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,559	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,119	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	931	238.70/cwt	238.00–239.00	2,222	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	719	267.82/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,926	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	737	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,215	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,638	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	708	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,084	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	881	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,352	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	544	377.51/cwt	376.00–379.00	2,054	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	371.69/cwt	345.00–379.00	1,877	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	309.43/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,990	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	458.73/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,339	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,456	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	335.71/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,971	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	373.25/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,788	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	289.29/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,736	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	340.67/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	279	386.96/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,080	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	330.51/cwt	329.50–333.00	2,086	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,978	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	407.83/cwt	380.00–417.50	1,550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	958	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	268.50/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	263.47/cwt	259.00–267.50	1,778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	321.65/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,480	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	331.43/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,462	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	319.65/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,675	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	361.35/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	291.67/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	359.93/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,332	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,034	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,912	1

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 30, 2025

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

Receipts 334Last week 574Year ago 1,139

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	455.00	455.00
7	250–300	292	450.00–460.00	458.73
5	300–350	320	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	418	382.50	382.50
11	450–500	479	370.00–375.00	373.25
5	500–550	521	347.50–370.00	361.35
16	550–600	587	330.00–355.00	335.71
10	600–650	631	329.50–333.00	330.51
1	650–700	685	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	758	261.00	261.00
4	800–850	838	267.00–269.00	268.50
1	850–900	875	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	520	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	544	376.00–379.00	377.51
9	550–600	579	360.00	360.00
18	700–750	737	300.50	300.50
6	850–900	881	267.00	267.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	380	380.00–417.50	407.83
8	400–450	435	390.00–392.50	392.19
5	450–500	451	370.00	370.00
14	500–550	505	345.00–379.00	371.69
3	550–600	567	340.00–341.00	340.67
5	600–650	643	305.00–316.00	309.43
6	700–750	741	264.00	264.00
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	805	237.50	237.50
2	850–900	865	245.00	245.00
2	900–950	925	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
4	500–550	524	312.50	312.50
1	550–600	585	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	708	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	719	265.00–269.00	267.82
17	900–950	931	238.00–239.00	238.70
6	950–1000	952	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	524	285.00–302.50	297.59
1	550–600	595	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	440.00	440.00
10	250–300	279	385.00–395.00	386.96
2	300–350	338	420.00	420.00
9	350–400	370	330.00–385.00	359.93
7	400–450	441	330.00–332.50	331.43
21	450–500	460	315.00–325.00	321.65
9	500–550	524	310.00–322.50	319.65
6	550–600	588	287.50–292.50	291.67
14	600–650	600	285.00–291.00	289.29
8	650–700	675	259.00–267.50	263.47
2	950–1000	958	217.00	217.00

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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