Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 296 head that 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 $315.70/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −66.53 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$315.70

79 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$405

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

$77.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.78

vs TN average

−17.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	318.63	1,701	76
Medium and Large 2-3	537	241.57	1,296	3thin

One grade step is worth $77.06/cwt here — about $405 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 sale79 hd

315.70

—

TN average16 barns · 772 hd

322.49

−6.78

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−17.12

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−66.53

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

57 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 1-2Value Added	500–550	516	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,064	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	303	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	335.53/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,476	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	324.67/cwt	324.00–325.00	2,179	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	303.00/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,733	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	376.31/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,422	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	361.06/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,888	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	325.22/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	283.48/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,829	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	222.08/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	304.00/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,404	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	229.85/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,184	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	785	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,061	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,676	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,887	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	295.76/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,976	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	390.92/cwt	390.00–392.50	1,697	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,044	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	839	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,980	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	220.48/cwt	216.00–225.00	2,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,175	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	278.55/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,738	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	321.11/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	316.93/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,689	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	424	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,531	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	299.17/cwt	297.50–300.00	2,022	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	381.96/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	261.89/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,804	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	364.86/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,901	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	305.93/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	320	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,338	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	742	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,204	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	335.06/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	985	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,374	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	428.50/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,367	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,854	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	860	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,399	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,076	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,302	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	322.35/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,850	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,094	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	329.90/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,696	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,199	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
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	516	400.00	400.00
4	600–650	634	327.50	327.50
21	650–700	671	324.00–325.00	324.67
42	850–900	860	279.00	279.00
4	950–1000	985	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	465.00	465.00
10	300–350	319	410.00–435.00	428.50
2	350–400	368	350.00	350.00
12	400–450	438	370.00–385.00	381.96
11	500–550	523	352.50–370.00	361.06
4	550–600	585	327.50–337.50	335.06
5	600–650	610	300.00–307.50	305.93
6	650–700	676	297.50–300.00	299.17
4	700–750	730	298.00	298.00
15	750–800	769	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	285.00	285.00
4	450–500	470	320.00–340.00	325.22
2	600–650	638	262.50	262.50
3	750–800	785	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	342.50	342.50
3	550–600	563	275.00–290.00	283.48
1	600–650	605	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	695	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	377.50	377.50
16	400–450	434	390.00–392.50	390.92
4	450–500	456	367.50	367.50
10	500–550	521	360.00–370.00	364.86
7	550–600	574	312.50–330.00	322.35
4	600–650	616	301.00	301.00
19	650–700	668	293.00–297.00	295.76
11	750–800	764	267.50	267.50
2	800–850	803	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	945	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	303	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
8	450–500	462	295.00–307.50	304.00
2	500–550	515	225.00–235.00	229.85
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	405.00	405.00
2	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
10	350–400	378	370.00–378.00	376.31
8	400–450	440	330.00–345.00	335.53
2	450–500	473	317.50–325.00	321.11
37	500–550	533	302.50–320.00	316.93
14	550–600	572	295.00–307.50	303.00
19	600–650	624	265.00–289.00	278.55
35	650–700	689	250.00–270.00	261.89
2	700–750	733	266.00	266.00
3	800–850	832	215.00–229.00	222.08
1	850–900	870	227.00	227.00
2	900–950	925	216.00–225.00	220.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	418.00	418.00
7	400–450	424	361.00	361.00
25	500–550	514	327.50–330.00	329.90
74	700–750	742	297.00	297.00
12	800–850	839	236.00	236.00

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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