Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 3.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 650 lbs. 10.00-20.00 higher, over 650 lbs. 5.00-10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00-7.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Offerings also included 310 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 $347.26/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −34.97 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$347.26

101 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$14.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.49

vs TN average

−3.31 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	348.14	1,939	95
Medium and Large 2-3	528	333.38	1,761	6thin

One grade step is worth $14.76/cwt here — about $177 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

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 sale101 hd

347.26

—

TN average17 barns · 1,283 hd

338.77

+8.49

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−3.31

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−34.97

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	1,599	204.18	3,265	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,444	174.26	2,517	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,131	171.33	1,938	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	982	151.48	1,488	11

Every lot, as filed

67 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	350–400	382	477.88/cwt	455.00–482.50	1,826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	280.63/cwt	277.50–285.00	2,324	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	320.63/cwt	311.00–324.00	2,187	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	342.12/cwt	342.00–342.50	2,190	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	642	364.01/cwt	360.00–369.50	2,337	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	425.45/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,876	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	318.56/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,978	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	659	312.95/cwt	308.00–314.00	2,062	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	389.75/cwt	377.50–392.50	1,734	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,052	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	322.39/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,918	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	524	412.64/cwt	404.00–414.50	2,162	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,293	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,483	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,291	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,761	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	847	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,473	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	764	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,472	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	567	348.20/cwt	345.50–350.00	1,974	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	386.32/cwt	377.50–389.00	2,233	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	295.99/cwt	285.00–298.00	2,178	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,905	3
Bulls	—	—	1,683	217.67/cwt	212.00–220.00	3,663	3
Bulls	—	—	1,608	197.54/cwt	195.00–200.00	3,176	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	168.42/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,452	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,419	185.36/cwt	180.00–200.00	2,630	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	949	1
Bulls	—	—	1,330	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,354	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	157.39/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,840	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	152.03/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,545	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	183.76/cwt	179.00–190.00	2,067	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,557	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,126	168.28/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,895	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	160.41/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	533	356.28/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	519	341.05/cwt	339.00–342.50	1,770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,802	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	441	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,698	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,115	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	329.08/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,142	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	362.59/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,893	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,886	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	411.65/cwt	382.50–420.00	1,560	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,184	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,718	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	386.35/cwt	382.50–392.50	2,028	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	312.61/cwt	302.50–314.50	2,679	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,976	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	764	329.30/cwt	323.00–331.00	2,516	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	363.96/cwt	353.00–370.00	1,762	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	285.96/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,919	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	397.67/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,929	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	362.77/cwt	357.00–369.00	2,119	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	430.01/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	354.93/cwt	352.50–357.50	1,917	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,461	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	464.34/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,746	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	319.16/cwt	305.00–333.00	2,343	20

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 Aug 6, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 780Last week 267Year ago 345

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 26Year ago 43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	455.00–482.50	477.88
6	400–450	439	425.00–440.00	430.01
6	450–500	495	381.00	381.00
7	500–550	522	360.00–366.00	362.59
1	550–600	580	355.00	355.00
23	600–650	639	331.00	331.00
11	650–700	651	320.00–330.00	329.08
4	700–750	725	283.00	283.00
3	750–800	758	276.00	276.00
6	800–850	833	275.00	275.00
1	950–1000	960	227.50	227.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	340.00	340.00
3	600–650	600	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	417.50	417.50
8	350–400	379	382.50–420.00	411.65
11	400–450	445	377.50–392.50	389.75
32	450–500	484	353.00–370.00	363.96
49	500–550	540	352.50–357.50	354.93
13	550–600	595	312.00–330.00	322.39
19	600–650	621	316.00–320.00	318.56
16	650–700	671	282.00–290.00	285.96
12	700–750	729	271.00	271.00
3	750–800	780	294.00	294.00
8	800–850	828	277.50–285.00	280.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	400	437.50	437.50
33	550–600	567	345.50–350.00	348.20
34	650–700	659	308.00–314.00	312.95
23	700–750	736	285.00–298.00	295.99
37	750–800	764	323.50	323.50
3	800–850	847	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	345.00	345.00
5	500–550	519	339.00–342.50	341.05
1	550–600	575	295.00	295.00
6	600–650	630	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	460.00	460.00
23	350–400	376	440.00–480.00	464.34
22	400–450	441	425.00–435.00	425.45
14	450–500	485	397.50–400.00	397.67
16	500–550	525	382.50–392.50	386.35
11	550–600	584	357.00–369.00	362.77
8	600–650	640	342.00–342.50	342.12
10	650–700	682	311.00–324.00	320.63
20	700–750	734	305.00–333.00	319.16
1	750–800	775	317.50	317.50
32	850–900	857	302.50–314.50	312.61
3	900–950	915	297.00	297.00
1	950–1000	950	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	524	404.00–414.50	412.64
13	550–600	578	377.50–389.00	386.32
47	600–650	642	360.00–369.50	364.01
5	650–700	673	369.00	369.00
53	750–800	764	323.00–331.00	329.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	441	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	533	350.00–362.50	356.28
1	550–600	550	345.00	345.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,683	212.00–220.00	217.67
2	—	1,608	195.00–200.00	197.54
1	—	1,330	177.00	177.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,456	165.00–175.00	168.42
9	—	1,419	180.00–200.00	185.36
3	—	1,480	156.00–163.00	160.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	130.00	130.00
8	—	1,016	145.00–156.00	152.03
2	—	973	160.00	160.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,169	150.00–162.00	157.39
11	—	1,125	179.00–190.00	183.76
22	—	1,126	165.00–175.00	168.28

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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