Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Offerings also included 564 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 $344.25/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −100.28 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$344.25

42 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$40.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.99

vs TN average

−34.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	349.01	1,958	37
Medium and Large 2-3	551	309.00	1,703	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.01/cwt here — about $256 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale42 hd

344.25

—

TN average14 barns · 683 hd

359.24

−14.99

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−34.33

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−100.28

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

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	358.86/cwt	351.00–360.00	1,636	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	445.37/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,456	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	368.66/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,397	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	619	285.28/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,766	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	634	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,105	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	551	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	321.25/cwt	316.00–324.50	2,024	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	286.37/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,867	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	692	294.20/cwt	275.00–298.00	2,036	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,031	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	268.54/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	733	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,442	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,066	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,185	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,013	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	319.21/cwt	316.00–320.00	2,113	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,075	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	282.46/cwt	279.00–285.50	2,198	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	318.12/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,845	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	350.87/cwt	347.00–361.00	2,032	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	373.25/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	538	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	389.44/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,069	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	318.81/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,702	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	266.21/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,922	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	302.01/cwt	292.00–306.00	1,740	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	285.63/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,062	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	402	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,497	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,452	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,657	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	432.26/cwt	400.00–437.50	1,349	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	249.16/cwt	242.00–251.00	1,916	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	343.71/cwt	336.00–349.00	1,502	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	287.08/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,866	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	306.05/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,849	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	339.13/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,563	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	498	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,183	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	262.33/cwt	261.00–263.00	2,434	3

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
5	350–400	377	382.50	382.50
2	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
8	450–500	456	351.00–360.00	358.86
5	500–550	505	313.00	313.00
7	550–600	576	292.00–306.00	302.01
13	650–700	650	271.00–290.00	287.08
3	700–750	715	289.00	289.00
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	805	250.00	250.00
2	950–1000	950	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	480	312.50	312.50
1	500–550	530	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	585	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	275	430.00	430.00
3	300–350	327	425.00–455.00	445.37
3	350–400	384	382.50–405.00	389.44
5	400–450	402	372.50	372.50
6	450–500	471	365.00–377.50	373.25
7	500–550	513	323.00	323.00
23	550–600	579	347.00–361.00	350.87
40	600–650	630	316.00–324.50	321.25
10	650–700	662	316.00–320.00	319.21
5	700–750	722	280.00–289.00	285.63
31	750–800	778	279.00–285.50	282.46
3	900–950	928	261.00–263.00	262.33
7	950–1000	977	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	375.00	375.00
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	430	310.00	310.00
5	550–600	551	309.00	309.00
8	600–650	619	275.00–292.00	285.28
6	650–700	692	275.00–298.00	294.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	538	367.50	367.50
4	550–600	560	370.00	370.00
5	600–650	634	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
7	300–350	312	400.00–437.50	432.26
3	350–400	379	340.00–382.50	368.66
5	400–450	437	336.00–349.00	343.71
12	450–500	461	335.00–340.00	339.13
22	500–550	534	313.00–325.00	318.81
33	550–600	580	311.00–325.00	318.12
18	600–650	604	302.00–310.00	306.05
11	650–700	652	282.00–290.00	286.37
20	700–750	722	265.00–267.00	266.21
5	750–800	769	242.00–251.00	249.16
3	800–850	800	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	498	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	523	260.00–277.50	268.54
1	550–600	585	307.00	307.00
1	650–700	695	256.00	256.00
2	700–750	733	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	557	372.50	372.50

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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