Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends this week are on a light test due to light offerings. Compared to the last sale, All classes of Feeder Cattle were sharply lower with Feeder Steers 15.00-25.00 lower with instances of 30.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 20.00-30.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 15.00-25.00 lower with instances of 30.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower. Offerings also included a video sale. The video sale can be seen at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.16/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −90.37 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$354.16

12 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$7.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.27

vs TN average

−75.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	354.77	1,938	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	535	347.50	1,859	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.27/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $479.44, low $368.65, median $444.53 across 17 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 sale12 hd

354.16

—

TN average14 barns · 358 hd

360.43

−6.27

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−75.56

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−90.37

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	1,808	174.65	3,158	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,222	159.27	1,947	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,490	153.61	2,289	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,115	131.61	1,468	11

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1-2	700–750	730	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	316.69/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	570	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,867	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,320	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,664	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	308.30/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,905	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,484	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	909	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,777	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,887	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	613	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	458	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,511	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	146.44/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,282	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,150	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	153.93/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,309	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,691	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	175.14/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,216	2
Bulls	—	—	1,835	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	157.50/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,923	11
Bulls	—	—	1,795	181.98/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,267	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	122.26/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,256	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,470	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,231	137.28/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,690	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	277.54/cwt	273.00–279.00	2,057	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,793	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	327.43/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,037	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,569	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	360.61/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,908	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	320.87/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,678	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	301.32/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,889	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	751	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,384	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	455.09/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,292	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	339.18/cwt	332.50–342.50	2,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	314.96/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	346.44/cwt	346.00–347.50	1,479	7

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 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 219Last week 815Year ago 602

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 72Year ago 137

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	445.00–465.00	455.09
3	300–350	322	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	435	387.50	387.50
3	450–500	478	400.00	400.00
8	500–550	529	355.00–365.00	360.61
3	550–600	592	332.50–342.50	339.18
9	600–650	622	325.00–332.50	327.43
3	650–700	667	315.00–320.00	316.69
3	700–750	730	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	418	429.00	429.00
20	750–800	751	317.50	317.50
7	900–950	909	305.50	305.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	347.50	347.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	405.00	405.00
4	300–350	321	402.50	402.50
4	350–400	368	368.00	368.00
7	400–450	427	346.00–347.50	346.44
8	450–500	453	327.50	327.50
13	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	589	312.50–317.50	314.96
6	600–650	618	300.00–310.00	308.30
2	650–700	658	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	740	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	570	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	695	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	438	380.00	380.00
6	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
21	500–550	523	320.00–322.00	320.87
3	550–600	588	300.00	300.00
11	600–650	627	300.00–305.00	301.32
2	650–700	668	282.50	282.50
8	700–750	741	273.00–279.00	277.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	505	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	613	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	145.00–148.00	146.44
1	—	1,295	166.00	166.00
6	—	1,500	150.00–160.00	153.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	147.00	147.00
2	—	1,265	170.00–180.00	175.14
11	—	1,221	150.00–164.00	157.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,027	115.00–125.00	122.26
1	—	980	150.00	150.00
5	—	1,231	130.00–144.00	137.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,795	180.00–185.00	181.98

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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