Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 10.00-20.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Offerings also included 422 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 $345.93/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −36.30 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$345.93

32 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$21.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.35

vs TN average

−22.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	354.68	1,878	19thin
Medium and Large 2-3	553	333.14	1,842	13thin

One grade step is worth $21.54/cwt here — about $36 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 sale32 hd

345.93

—

TN average16 barns · 782 hd

339.59

+6.35

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−22.98

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−36.30

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	1,736	192.39	3,339	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,252	166.68	2,087	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,443	164.28	2,370	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	141.26	1,390	6thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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	650–700	652	320.54/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,090	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	387.17/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,460	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,422	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,280	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	323.90/cwt	317.00–329.00	2,167	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,198	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,626	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	823	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,510	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	903	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,555	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	362.03/cwt	355.00–364.00	1,904	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	860	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,907	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	816	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,774	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,364	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	728	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	331.69/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,715	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	640	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,968	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,371	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	312.48/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	508	360.10/cwt	325.00–372.50	1,829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	151.76/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,980	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	174.88/cwt	171.00–185.00	2,207	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	166.21/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,043	16
Bulls	—	—	1,600	179.96/cwt	177.00–183.00	2,879	3
Bulls	—	—	1,837	207.85/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,818	3
Bulls	—	—	1,753	190.87/cwt	185.00–200.00	3,346	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,515	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,543	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	141.39/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,316	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,220	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	172.22/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,480	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	160.78/cwt	155.00–167.00	2,310	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	343.55/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	383	341.32/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	337.28/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	582	328.32/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,911	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	343.85/cwt	340.50–345.00	2,465	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,164	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	722	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,444	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	344.93/cwt	341.00–348.00	1,976	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	416.52/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,591	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,827	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	346.24/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,119	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	367.48/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,183	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,303	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,058	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	381.24/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	300.44/cwt	297.00–315.00	2,364	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	331.90/cwt	327.50–335.00	2,051	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	360.40/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,669	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	355.93/cwt	355.00–357.00	1,851	15

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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 416Last week 702Year ago 645

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 80Year ago 69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	475.00	475.00
4	300–350	316	450.00	450.00
7	350–400	377	380.00–390.00	387.17
2	400–450	443	375.00	375.00
19	450–500	463	355.00–375.00	360.40
15	500–550	520	355.00–357.00	355.93
4	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	618	327.50–335.00	331.90
10	650–700	652	310.00–327.00	320.54
4	700–750	739	313.50	313.50
6	750–800	787	297.00–315.00	300.44
2	800–850	800	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	875	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	722	338.50	338.50
13	800–850	823	305.00	305.00
10	900–950	903	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	383	330.00–352.50	341.32
1	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	465	337.50–350.00	343.55
7	500–550	528	330.00–340.00	337.28
6	550–600	582	327.50–330.00	328.32
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	728	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	382	410.00–420.00	416.52
2	400–450	428	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	465	393.00	393.00
32	500–550	526	355.00–364.00	362.03
27	550–600	573	341.00–348.00	344.93
10	650–700	669	317.00–329.00	323.90
1	700–750	710	302.50	302.50
2	750–800	758	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	890	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	320.00–325.00	322.50
4	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	517	330.00–332.50	331.69
3	550–600	575	310.00–317.50	312.48
1	600–650	640	307.50	307.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	608	356.00	356.00
17	650–700	665	355.50	355.50
16	700–750	717	340.50–345.00	343.85
18	800–850	816	340.00	340.00
33	850–900	860	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	390	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	485	367.50	367.50
4	500–550	508	325.00–372.50	360.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	515.00	515.00
4	300–350	319	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	428	380.00–382.50	381.24
1	450–500	450	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	521	395.00	395.00
4	550–600	594	365.00–370.00	367.48
6	600–650	612	342.50–347.50	346.24
3	650–700	662	331.00	331.00
1	700–750	700	329.00	329.00
1	750–800	775	319.00	319.00
1	800–850	825	312.00	312.00
10	900–950	916	282.00	282.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	146.00–156.00	151.76
10	—	1,262	171.00–185.00	174.88
16	—	1,229	160.00–170.00	166.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,015	152.00	152.00
4	—	931	135.00–146.00	141.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,440	170.00–174.00	172.22
5	—	1,437	155.00–167.00	160.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,600	177.00–183.00	179.96
3	—	1,837	205.00–210.00	207.85
6	—	1,753	185.00–200.00	190.87

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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