Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Offerings also included 487 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 $346.58/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −97.95 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$346.58

29 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$289

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

$52.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.97

vs TN average

−31.47 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	355.55	1,979	24
Medium and Large 2-3	557	303.51	1,691	5thin

One grade step is worth $52.04/cwt here — about $289 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

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 sale29 hd

346.58

—

TN average14 barns · 555 hd

359.55

−12.97

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−31.47

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−97.95

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

63 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	350–400	381	320.56/cwt	265.00–335.00	1,221	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	301.63/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,882	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	370.21/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,947	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	347.69/cwt	339.00–360.00	1,512	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	294.91/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,719	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,067	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	304.62/cwt	304.00–306.00	1,788	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	427	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,046	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,237	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,516	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	687	291.02/cwt	277.00–292.50	1,999	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	352.19/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,314	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	765	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	329	354.83/cwt	310.00–370.00	1,167	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	316.41/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,639	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,870	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,009	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,087	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,179	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	335.06/cwt	330.00–342.00	1,742	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	389.53/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	453.11/cwt	452.50–465.00	1,427	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,583	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,414	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	309.40/cwt	308.00–310.00	1,671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,377	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	338.22/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,006	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,254	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	250.66/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	227	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,033	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	396.83/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,333	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	313.20/cwt	296.00–319.00	2,152	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	331.28/cwt	322.00–339.00	2,080	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	282.12/cwt	276.00–287.00	1,817	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	351.34/cwt	335.00–353.00	1,823	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	329.73/cwt	324.00–336.00	1,543	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	286.61/cwt	284.00–291.00	2,181	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	246	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,205	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	436.27/cwt	435.00–437.50	1,636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	838	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,422	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	598	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,854	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	362.03/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,734	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	272.21/cwt	269.00–282.00	2,341	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	279	462.15/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,289	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	331.87/cwt	329.00–333.50	2,263	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	763	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,365	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	312.47/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,491	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.

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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	250–300	260	355.00	355.00
8	300–350	329	310.00–370.00	354.83
5	350–400	381	265.00–335.00	320.56
1	400–450	445	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	480	310.00–315.00	312.47
2	500–550	538	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	735	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	520	330.00–342.00	335.06
20	550–600	598	310.00	310.00
25	600–650	624	300.00–307.00	301.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	455.00	455.00
15	300–350	336	390.00–405.00	396.83
12	350–400	381	371.00	371.00
16	400–450	435	339.00–360.00	347.69
18	450–500	468	324.00–336.00	329.73
10	500–550	540	308.00–310.00	309.40
24	550–600	587	304.00–306.00	304.62
13	600–650	644	276.00–287.00	282.12
3	700–750	707	250.00–252.00	250.66
1	750–800	795	232.50	232.50
1	850–900	855	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	246	490.00	490.00
8	250–300	279	450.00–485.00	462.15
20	300–350	315	452.50–465.00	453.11
2	350–400	375	435.00–437.50	436.27
3	400–450	425	380.00–410.00	389.53
7	450–500	479	345.00–375.00	362.03
13	500–550	526	350.00–377.50	370.21
11	550–600	593	330.00–340.00	338.22
16	600–650	628	322.00–339.00	331.28
8	650–700	687	296.00–319.00	313.20
8	750–800	761	284.00–291.00	286.61
8	800–850	802	281.00	281.00
4	850–900	860	269.00–282.00	272.21
1	900–950	935	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	395.00	395.00
4	350–400	378	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	427	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	470	322.50	322.50
2	500–550	518	305.00–327.50	316.41
3	550–600	583	280.00–302.50	294.91
10	650–700	687	277.00–292.50	291.02
2	750–800	755	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	682	329.00–333.50	331.87
9	700–750	745	319.00	319.00
12	750–800	763	310.00	310.00
27	800–850	838	289.00	289.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	340.00–375.00	352.19
1	450–500	470	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	530	280.00	280.00
1	550–600	560	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	630	300.00	300.00
1	750–800	765	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	387	409.00	409.00
1	400–450	430	370.00	370.00
21	500–550	519	335.00–353.00	351.34
7	550–600	579	323.00	323.00
7	600–650	646	320.00	320.00
5	700–750	720	279.00	279.00
2	750–800	780	267.50	267.50
1	800–850	820	257.50	257.50
1	1050–1100	1,050	207.50	207.50

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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