Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers uneven with heifers weighing under 550 lbs. 5.00-10.00 lower, over 550 lbs. 5.00-15.00 higher. Offerings also included a video sale. 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 $329.27/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −52.96 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$329.27

42 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,788

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$31.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.07

vs TN average

−18.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	333.03	1,803	37
Medium and Large 2-3	554	301.50	1,671	5thin

One grade step is worth $31.53/cwt here — about $133 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 sale42 hd

329.27

—

TN average14 barns · 679 hd

342.34

−13.07

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−18.23

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−52.96

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,817	204.49	3,715	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	173.78	2,555	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,169	164.26	1,920	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	944	132.44	1,250	4thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2-3	400–450	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	460.06/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,560	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	343.40/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,143	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	317.49/cwt	316.00–318.00	2,295	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	303.81/cwt	300.00–309.50	1,990	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	359	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,486	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	295.41/cwt	290.00–300.50	1,876	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,309	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	357.95/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,854	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	336.47/cwt	322.00–343.00	1,787	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	379.76/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,773	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,339	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	1
Bulls	—	—	1,785	206.74/cwt	206.50–207.00	3,690	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	181.71/cwt	176.00–185.00	2,626	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,976	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,770	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	156.01/cwt	155.00–158.00	1,902	4
Bulls	—	—	1,880	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	282.71/cwt	281.00–284.50	2,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	351.73/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,527	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	288.63/cwt	283.00–290.00	2,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	372.16/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	451	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,759	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	326.67/cwt	312.50–337.00	1,833	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,923	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,078	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	429.12/cwt	418.00–435.00	1,751	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	356.04/cwt	352.00–360.00	1,976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	343	327.84/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,124	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	374.19/cwt	362.50–379.00	1,950	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,067	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,347	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,318	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	132.44/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,887	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	710	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,938	2

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 267Last week 671Year ago 622

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 84Year ago 63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	365.00	365.00
19	450–500	467	375.00–385.00	379.76
5	500–550	518	350.00–360.00	357.95
4	550–600	574	335.00	335.00
4	600–650	626	332.00	332.00
1	650–700	650	311.00	311.00
2	700–750	733	282.00	282.00
2	950–1000	978	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	385.00	385.00
8	300–350	305	439.00	439.00
5	350–400	368	370.00	370.00
10	400–450	434	340.00–370.00	351.73
3	450–500	477	340.00	340.00
24	500–550	531	322.00–343.00	336.47
13	550–600	561	312.50–337.00	326.67
10	600–650	635	290.00–300.50	295.41
10	650–700	655	300.00–309.50	303.81
5	700–750	740	283.00–290.00	288.63
4	800–850	823	281.00–284.50	282.71
1	950–1000	980	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	414.00	414.00
7	450–500	451	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	325.00–340.00	327.84
2	350–400	385	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	435	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	538	300.00	300.00
3	550–600	565	302.50	302.50
2	700–750	710	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	339	450.00–470.00	460.06
6	400–450	408	418.00–435.00	429.12
2	450–500	463	360.00–385.00	372.16
36	500–550	521	362.50–379.00	374.19
2	550–600	555	352.00–360.00	356.04
9	600–650	624	340.00–345.00	343.40
9	700–750	723	316.00–318.00	317.49
1	750–800	790	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	810	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	585	322.50	322.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,785	206.50–207.00	206.74
1	—	1,880	200.00	200.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,445	176.00–185.00	181.71
1	—	1,545	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,098	180.00	180.00
1	—	1,180	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,219	155.00–158.00	156.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	944	130.00–135.00	132.44

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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