Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 550 lbs. steady to 10.00 higher, over 550 lbs. steady to 10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Offerings also included 643 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 $347.78/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 4 of 18 comparable sales and sits −34.45 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$347.78

100 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$29.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.58

vs TN average

−50.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	348.67	1,945	97
Medium and Large 2-3	580	319.00	1,850	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.67/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale100 hd

347.78

—

TN average15 barns · 647 hd

352.37

−4.58

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−50.08

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−34.45

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	1,848	191.25	3,534	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,529	166.63	2,548	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	160.45	1,882	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,006	137.73	1,385	6thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,022	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	331.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,031	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	292.14/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,124	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,843	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	407.25/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,886	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,019	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	344.52/cwt	335.00–348.50	2,494	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	431.26/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,643	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	340	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,703	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	455	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,929	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	429.96/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,578	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	592	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,273	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,339	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	359.72/cwt	345.00–373.00	1,860	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	317.90/cwt	314.00–321.00	2,149	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	529	335.43/cwt	290.00–343.00	1,774	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	240.85/cwt	240.00–242.50	2,076	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	359.11/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,555	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	325	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,544	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,522	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,325	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	373	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	474	317.52/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,505	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	348.26/cwt	341.00–365.00	1,602	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	164.52/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,596	4
Bulls	—	—	1,810	209.29/cwt	205.00–214.00	3,788	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	176.67/cwt	173.00–180.00	2,461	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	152.40/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,690	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	170.90/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,039	3
Bulls	—	—	1,573	177.26/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	160.53/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,915	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	142.28/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,510	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,488	1
Bulls	—	—	2,073	192.72/cwt	188.00–198.00	3,995	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	820	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,276	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	319.00/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,850	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	776	332.37/cwt	331.00–334.00	2,579	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,198	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,924	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	338.21/cwt	332.50–343.00	2,006	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	313.01/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,100	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	342.89/cwt	337.00–351.00	2,143	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	343.88/cwt	343.00–347.50	2,314	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	477.28/cwt	465.00–520.00	1,336	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	378.03/cwt	372.50–402.50	2,015	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	390.71/cwt	372.50–417.00	1,625	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	430.69/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,374	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	409.73/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,131	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	452.71/cwt	435.00–480.00	1,521	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	361.07/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,101	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	364.84/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,908	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	341.88/cwt	336.00–344.00	1,969	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	358.74/cwt	342.50–361.00	2,253	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	386.19/cwt	370.00–396.00	1,746	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	319.07/cwt	312.50–320.00	2,246	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	308.93/cwt	308.00–311.00	2,227	16

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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 815Last week 416Year ago 618

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 81Year ago 103

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	340	501.00	501.00
20	400–450	418	483.00	483.00
9	450–500	457	442.50	442.50
20	500–550	531	414.00	414.00
7	550–600	592	384.00	384.00
24	600–650	606	386.00	386.00
17	700–750	724	335.00–348.50	344.52
11	750–800	776	331.00–334.00	332.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	346.00	346.00
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	625	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	820	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	465.00–520.00	477.28
17	300–350	336	435.00–480.00	452.71
10	400–450	422	430.00	430.00
22	500–550	533	372.50–402.50	378.03
12	550–600	582	357.50–365.00	361.07
22	600–650	628	342.50–361.00	358.74
10	650–700	673	343.00–347.50	343.88
8	700–750	704	312.50–320.00	319.07
4	800–850	835	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	420.00	420.00
4	250–300	276	380.00–440.00	409.73
13	300–350	319	410.00–455.00	430.69
20	350–400	381	430.00–435.00	431.26
34	400–450	416	372.50–417.00	390.71
13	450–500	452	370.00–396.00	386.19
21	500–550	517	345.00–373.00	359.72
69	550–600	576	336.00–344.00	341.88
11	600–650	613	320.00–340.00	331.31
19	650–700	671	305.00–316.00	313.01
7	700–750	727	290.00–295.00	292.14
2	750–800	780	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	820	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	475.00	475.00
31	450–500	455	424.00	424.00
7	500–550	503	382.50	382.50
4	700–750	738	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
10	450–500	460	341.00–365.00	348.26
3	550–600	580	305.00–326.00	319.00
1	600–650	620	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	683	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	367	410.00–440.00	429.96
7	400–450	444	415.00	415.00
21	450–500	463	400.00–415.00	407.25
22	500–550	523	352.50–370.00	364.84
10	550–600	593	332.50–343.00	338.21
32	600–650	625	337.00–351.00	342.89
11	650–700	676	314.00–321.00	317.90
16	700–750	721	308.00–311.00	308.93
3	750–800	773	309.00	309.00
2	800–850	823	260.00	260.00
3	850–900	862	240.00–242.50	240.85
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	400.00	400.00
14	400–450	433	350.00–395.00	359.11
6	450–500	474	305.00–350.00	317.52
10	500–550	529	290.00–343.00	335.43
2	550–600	580	302.50	302.50
1	650–700	655	282.50	282.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,578	160.00–169.00	164.52
2	—	1,393	173.00–180.00	176.67
1	—	1,605	155.00	155.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,109	150.00–154.00	152.40
3	—	1,193	169.00–173.00	170.90
10	—	1,193	155.00–165.00	160.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	115.00	115.00
5	—	1,061	135.00–145.00	142.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	205.00–214.00	209.29
3	—	1,573	170.00–180.00	177.26
4	—	2,073	188.00–198.00	192.72

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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