Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 10.00-20.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 10.00-20.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Offerings also included 599 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 $344.00/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −38.24 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$344.00

58 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$52.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.59

vs TN average

−15.66 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	346.70	1,883	55
Medium and Large 2-3	572	294.36	1,684	3thin

One grade step is worth $52.34/cwt here — about $200 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 sale58 hd

344.00

—

TN average16 barns · 756 hd

340.41

+3.59

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−15.66

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−38.24

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	—	Low	1,814	194.83	3,534	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,436	162.96	2,340	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	160.94	1,959	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,040	136.39	1,418	13

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,661	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	299.33/cwt	296.00–301.00	2,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,151	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	328.50/cwt	328.00–332.50	1,757	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	447	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,685	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	348.71/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	726	304.44/cwt	301.00–316.00	2,210	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,913	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	870	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,958	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	302.21/cwt	292.50–307.00	1,940	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,233	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	514	364.81/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,875	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	387.05/cwt	371.00–390.00	1,479	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	296.58/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	756	333.25/cwt	333.25–333.25	2,519	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	325.43/cwt	324.00–330.00	2,079	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	760	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,736	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	340.26/cwt	331.00–341.00	2,001	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	329.67/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	906	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,650	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	299.98/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,386	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	635	315.50/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	335.17/cwt	315.00–353.00	1,592	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	643	318.76/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	317.40/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	534	340.37/cwt	315.00–357.50	1,818	9
Bulls	—	—	1,685	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,067	1
Bulls	—	—	1,835	206.47/cwt	205.00–208.00	3,789	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,084	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	163.61/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,349	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	149.51/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,682	2
Bulls	—	—	1,831	192.74/cwt	188.00–198.00	3,529	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	149.87/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,848	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	139.88/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,467	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	171.59/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,063	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	118.33/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,134	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	161.05/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,960	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	172.73/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	348.36/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,014	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	581	302.28/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,756	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	572	294.36/cwt	273.00–307.50	1,684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	324.11/cwt	312.50–329.00	1,705	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	323	386.20/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,247	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,152	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,219	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	423.12/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,615	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	282.51/cwt	258.00–285.00	2,133	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	384.48/cwt	381.00–388.00	1,834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	382.25/cwt	372.50–387.00	2,022	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	310.69/cwt	303.00–318.00	2,408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	319.12/cwt	313.00–320.00	2,374	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	314.00/cwt	313.00–316.00	2,082	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	331.36/cwt	326.00–336.00	1,938	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	333.87/cwt	333.00–340.00	2,204	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	373.84/cwt	360.00–381.00	2,217	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,978	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	378.41/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,710	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	278.69/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,962	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	369.64/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,401	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	236	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,156	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	394.31/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,116	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	954	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,643	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	386.19/cwt	382.50–393.00	1,622	9

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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 702Last week 412Year ago 517

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 64Year ago 116

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	283	380.00–410.00	394.31
3	300–350	313	390.00	390.00
34	350–400	379	357.50–375.00	369.64
4	400–450	448	360.00	360.00
6	450–500	460	345.00–367.50	348.71
9	500–550	535	328.00–332.50	328.50
20	550–600	585	326.00–336.00	331.36
11	600–650	642	292.50–307.00	302.21
3	650–700	687	296.00–301.00	299.33
4	700–750	704	267.50–290.00	278.69
3	800–850	817	300.00	300.00
8	900–950	900	290.50	290.50
9	950–1000	954	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	377.00	377.00
16	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
26	500–550	514	360.00–366.00	364.81
9	650–700	683	315.00	315.00
25	700–750	726	301.00–316.00	304.44
30	750–800	756	333.25	333.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	315.00–337.50	329.67
9	450–500	462	296.00–301.00	299.98
3	550–600	572	273.00–307.50	294.36
2	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	236	490.00	490.00
5	300–350	313	400.00	400.00
9	400–450	420	382.50–393.00	386.19
10	450–500	477	381.00–388.00	384.48
6	500–550	529	372.50–387.00	382.25
33	550–600	593	360.00–381.00	373.84
9	600–650	604	327.50	327.50
16	650–700	660	333.00–340.00	333.87
8	700–750	744	313.00–320.00	319.12
2	750–800	775	303.00–318.00	310.69
1	850–900	860	287.00	287.00
1	900–950	905	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	385.00	385.00
21	750–800	760	360.00	360.00
24	850–900	870	340.00	340.00
19	900–950	906	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	370.00–395.00	386.20
1	400–450	420	312.50	312.50
9	500–550	534	315.00–357.50	340.37
12	550–600	578	340.00–354.00	348.36
2	600–650	643	315.00–322.50	318.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	382	371.00–390.00	387.05
3	400–450	433	420.00–430.00	423.12
13	450–500	452	365.00–382.50	378.41
16	500–550	510	375.00	375.00
13	550–600	588	331.00–341.00	340.26
16	600–650	639	324.00–330.00	325.43
6	650–700	663	313.00–316.00	314.00
4	700–750	715	301.00	301.00
11	750–800	755	258.00–285.00	282.51
1	900–950	935	230.00	230.00
3	950–1000	995	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	310.00–325.00	317.40
3	400–450	428	285.00–302.50	296.58
10	450–500	475	315.00–353.00	335.17
14	500–550	526	312.50–329.00	324.11
7	550–600	581	291.00–305.00	302.28
2	600–650	635	315.00–316.00	315.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	182.00	182.00
2	—	1,835	205.00–208.00	206.47
5	—	1,831	188.00–198.00	192.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,380	150.00–152.00	151.00
10	—	1,436	158.00–168.00	163.61
3	—	1,493	170.00–175.00	172.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	148.00–151.00	149.51
8	—	1,049	135.00–145.00	139.88
3	—	958	115.00–121.00	118.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	148.00–152.00	149.87
3	—	1,202	170.00–173.00	171.59
11	—	1,217	156.00–166.00	161.05

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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