Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 550 lbs. 5.00-15.00 higher, over 550 lbs. 5.00-15.00 lower. Offerings also included 474 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 $325.48/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −56.75 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$325.48

224 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$35.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.58

vs TN average

−8.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	328.80	1,802	203
Medium and Large 2-3	570	293.42	1,671	21

One grade step is worth $35.38/cwt here — about $131 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

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 sale224 hd

325.48

—

TN average16 barns · 778 hd

324.91

+0.58

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−8.63

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−56.75

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

73 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	450–500	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	330.64/cwt	328.00–331.50	1,845	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	372.44/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,620	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	394.61/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,496	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	636	257.38/cwt	255.00–267.50	1,637	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	371.42/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,054	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	754	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	620	351.41/cwt	344.50–356.00	2,179	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	327.61/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	331.06/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	750	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	740	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	536	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	1,734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,872	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	332.50/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,480	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	256.42/cwt	251.00–273.00	1,654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	315	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,292	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	284.02/cwt	272.00–299.00	1,647	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	457	290.94/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,330	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	285.06/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,879	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	547	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,100	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	892	240.36/cwt	237.00–243.00	2,144	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	323.78/cwt	320.00–329.00	2,367	99
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	268.01/cwt	259.00–269.00	1,978	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	745	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	2,045	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	331.71/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,063	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	272.71/cwt	271.00–276.00	2,383	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	372.49/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,713	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	314.21/cwt	307.00–324.00	1,844	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	361.75/cwt	359.00–367.50	1,917	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	314.45/cwt	312.00–316.00	2,066	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	284.24/cwt	283.00–290.00	1,777	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	423.23/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	351.57/cwt	351.50–352.00	2,011	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	989	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	261.87/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,899	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	334.57/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,743	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	430.23/cwt	426.00–451.00	1,441	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,427	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	269.79/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,797	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	360.03/cwt	355.00–362.00	1,667	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	307.25/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,255	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,969	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	394.22/cwt	370.00–399.00	1,518	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,687	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,926	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	352.04/cwt	337.50–353.00	1,598	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	213	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	607	308.72/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,874	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	366.16/cwt	366.00–367.50	2,109	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,326	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	344.17/cwt	338.00–364.00	1,470	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	352.82/cwt	342.50–357.00	1,866	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,941	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	289.94/cwt	287.50–296.00	1,832	27

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 Jun 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,192Last week 415Year ago 432

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
38	450–500	467	385.00	385.00
10	500–550	547	384.00	384.00
18	550–600	576	366.00–367.50	366.16
38	600–650	620	344.50–356.00	351.41
17	650–700	683	340.50	340.50
99	700–750	731	320.00–329.00	323.78
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	445	325.00–340.00	332.50
6	450–500	470	325.00–340.00	327.61
2	500–550	525	315.00	315.00
2	550–600	573	325.00–337.50	331.06
1	600–650	600	312.00	312.00
1	650–700	660	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	485.00	485.00
1	250–300	280	500.00	500.00
6	300–350	335	426.00–451.00	430.23
4	350–400	376	417.50–425.00	423.23
3	400–450	425	412.50	412.50
9	450–500	460	360.00–375.00	372.49
15	500–550	530	359.00–367.50	361.75
57	550–600	572	351.50–352.00	351.57
20	600–650	622	330.00–335.00	331.71
22	650–700	657	312.00–316.00	314.45
10	700–750	734	290.00–315.00	307.25
1	800–850	800	275.00	275.00
23	850–900	874	271.00–276.00	272.71
2	900–950	915	266.00	266.00
4	950–1000	989	260.50	260.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	359.00	359.00
70	550–600	558	328.00–331.50	330.64
44	600–650	607	307.00–312.00	308.72
46	650–700	659	284.00–291.00	285.06
6	700–750	745	274.50	274.50
6	750–800	754	274.00	274.00
9	850–900	892	237.00–243.00	240.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
1	350–400	395	355.00	355.00
2	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
9	450–500	457	270.00–300.00	290.94
5	500–550	536	323.50	323.50
16	550–600	580	272.00–299.00	284.02
4	600–650	645	251.00–273.00	256.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	430.00	430.00
12	300–350	328	435.00	435.00
25	350–400	385	370.00–399.00	394.22
23	400–450	427	338.00–364.00	344.17
63	450–500	454	337.50–353.00	352.04
89	500–550	521	330.00–342.50	334.57
44	550–600	587	307.00–324.00	314.21
11	600–650	625	283.00–290.00	284.24
15	650–700	666	267.00–275.00	269.79
30	700–750	725	257.00–266.00	261.87
4	750–800	796	242.00	242.00
2	800–850	840	259.00	259.00
5	850–900	871	217.50	217.50
7	900–950	929	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	379	390.00–395.00	394.61
22	400–450	435	370.00–385.00	372.44
23	450–500	463	355.00–362.00	360.03
30	500–550	529	342.50–357.00	352.82
7	550–600	576	337.00	337.00
27	600–650	632	287.50–296.00	289.94
20	700–750	738	259.00–269.00	268.01
6	850–900	889	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	367.50–375.00	371.42
1	400–450	445	305.00	305.00
1	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	575	290.00	290.00
8	600–650	636	255.00–267.50	257.38
3	650–700	662	260.00	260.00
1	700–750	740	230.00	230.00
1	750–800	750	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	805	195.00	195.00

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