Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the July 4th Independence Day Holiday. Offerings also included 348 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 $329.08/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −53.16 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$329.08

97 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$37.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.20

vs TN average

−9.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	332.56	1,805	88
Medium and Large 2-3	521	295.02	1,537	9thin

One grade step is worth $37.54/cwt here — about $268 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale97 hd

329.08

—

TN average16 barns · 1,016 hd

319.88

+9.20

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

−9.66

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−53.16

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

58 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	900–950	940	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	972	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,508	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	344.21/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,786	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	315.11/cwt	313.50–317.00	2,303	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	311.56/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,829	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	295.00/cwt	282.00–298.00	1,941	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,395	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,830	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,573	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,887	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	280.76/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,831	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	463	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	379	291.80/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,106	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	664	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,892	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,447	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	631	256.90/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,621	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	521	295.02/cwt	291.00–297.00	1,537	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	384	326.34/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,253	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	315.82/cwt	312.50–319.00	1,810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	282.45/cwt	230.00–307.50	1,313	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	747	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	262	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	313.44/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	629	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,029	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	322.03/cwt	280.00–345.00	1,504	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	338.19/cwt	326.00–343.00	1,769	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,389	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	293.64/cwt	280.00–298.00	2,305	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	335.72/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,108	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	384.98/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,498	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	307.08/cwt	304.00–311.25	1,904	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	522	338.66/cwt	336.00–345.00	1,768	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,985	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	361.04/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	366.16/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,651	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	266.99/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,938	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,321	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,257	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,381	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	297.78/cwt	288.00–303.00	1,724	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	848	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,256	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	295.86/cwt	282.50–299.00	1,574	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	358.19/cwt	349.00–364.00	1,705	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	364.09/cwt	364.00–365.00	1,627	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	416	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,664	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	361.08/cwt	358.00–363.00	1,849	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	342.93/cwt	331.00–346.00	1,787	43

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 Jul 16, 2025

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

Receipts 671Last week 1,192Year ago 1,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	525.00	525.00
4	300–350	339	465.00	465.00
5	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	472	360.00–362.00	361.04
26	500–550	519	335.00–350.00	344.21
3	550–600	588	337.50	337.50
31	600–650	628	330.00–341.00	335.72
17	700–750	731	313.50–317.00	315.11
4	750–800	785	280.00–298.00	293.64
10	800–850	843	282.50	282.50
1	900–950	940	268.00	268.00
15	950–1000	972	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	463	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	528	305.00–330.00	313.44
2	550–600	573	312.50–319.00	315.82
4	600–650	629	322.50	322.50
7	650–700	664	285.00	285.00
4	700–750	747	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	400.00	400.00
13	500–550	512	358.00–363.00	361.08
5	700–750	712	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	262	457.50	457.50
8	300–350	326	426.00	426.00
16	350–400	389	370.00–390.00	384.98
33	400–450	447	364.00–365.00	364.09
35	450–500	476	349.00–364.00	358.19
43	500–550	521	331.00–346.00	342.93
26	550–600	587	304.00–320.00	311.56
14	600–650	620	304.00–311.25	307.08
25	650–700	658	282.00–298.00	295.00
12	700–750	726	264.00–268.00	266.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	260.00	260.00
10	350–400	379	280.00–300.00	291.80
12	400–450	423	342.00	342.00
4	450–500	465	230.00–307.50	282.45
9	500–550	521	291.00–297.00	295.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	522	336.00–345.00	338.66
6	550–600	551	336.00	336.00
14	650–700	688	328.00	328.00
2	800–850	848	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	437	360.00	360.00
22	450–500	451	356.00–370.00	366.16
37	500–550	523	326.00–343.00	338.19
22	550–600	579	288.00–303.00	297.78
4	600–650	641	285.50	285.50
16	650–700	652	271.00–284.00	280.76
10	700–750	723	261.00	261.00
1	750–800	770	231.00	231.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	384	320.00–340.00	326.34
3	450–500	467	280.00–345.00	322.03
6	500–550	532	282.50–299.00	295.86
3	550–600	595	285.00	285.00
4	600–650	631	245.00–262.50	256.90
3	650–700	668	267.50	267.50
2	800–850	825	205.00	205.00

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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