Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 2.00-10.00 higher with instances of 15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-10.00 higher with instances of 18.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 3.00-5.00 higher with Lean Cows being 5.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 2.00-4.00 higher. Offerings also included a video sale that 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 $313.11/cwt on 72 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −69.13 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$313.11

72 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$36.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.70

vs TN average

−43.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	319.20	1,738	60
Medium and Large 2-3	557	282.62	1,575	12thin

One grade step is worth $36.58/cwt here — about $163 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 sale72 hd

313.11

—

TN average17 barns · 982 hd

323.81

−10.70

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−43.78

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−69.13

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	—	Average	1,633	177.97	2,906	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,179	155.05	1,829	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,573	153.68	2,417	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	124.18	1,278	6thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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	450–500	456	344.59/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,571	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	370.87/cwt	360.00–378.00	1,413	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	305.80/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,893	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,385	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	730	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,347	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	349.97/cwt	347.50–355.00	1,872	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	367.53/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,602	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	318.03/cwt	280.00–337.50	1,492	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	528	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,426	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	886	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,069	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	715	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	583	273.38/cwt	255.00–290.00	1,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	629	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,139	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	314.59/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,821	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	391	334.53/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,308	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	521	295.56/cwt	277.00–308.00	1,540	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	486	284.68/cwt	271.00–312.50	1,384	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,657	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	165.93/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,994	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,591	154.40/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,457	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	142.48/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,208	2
Bulls	—	—	1,538	181.22/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,787	6
Bulls	—	—	1,822	171.46/cwt	170.00–172.00	3,124	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	331.23/cwt	305.00–337.50	1,716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	328	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,099	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,548	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	148.86/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,724	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	118.58/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,269	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	129.78/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,282	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	336.66/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,929	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	463.98/cwt	420.00–480.00	1,281	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	245	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,874	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	301.86/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,754	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	284.43/cwt	279.00–286.00	1,877	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	342.41/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,534	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	2,115	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	369.46/cwt	350.00–377.50	1,696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,666	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,711	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	233.75/cwt	230.00–237.50	2,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,239	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	318.64/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,023	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	323.24/cwt	317.00–326.00	1,661	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,244	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	318.69/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,673	29

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 Nov 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 486Last week 501Year ago 748

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 68Year ago 63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	455.00	455.00
3	300–350	315	415.00	415.00
23	350–400	381	360.00–378.00	370.87
20	400–450	448	327.50–345.00	342.41
12	450–500	456	342.50–345.00	344.59
32	500–550	514	317.00–326.00	323.24
28	550–600	579	305.00–317.00	314.59
10	600–650	619	301.00–315.00	305.80
22	650–700	660	279.00–286.00	284.43
2	700–750	723	261.00	261.00
3	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
2	900–950	920	230.00–237.50	233.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	660	320.50	320.50
3	750–800	750	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	245	380.00	380.00
9	350–400	391	300.00–345.00	334.53
1	400–450	440	315.00	315.00
8	450–500	486	271.00–312.50	284.68
5	500–550	521	277.00–308.00	295.56
7	550–600	583	255.00–290.00	273.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	420.00–480.00	463.98
5	300–350	322	430.00	430.00
1	400–450	420	387.50	387.50
7	450–500	459	350.00–377.50	369.46
9	500–550	535	347.50–355.00	349.97
9	550–600	573	335.00–337.50	336.66
7	600–650	635	310.00–325.00	318.64
2	700–750	728	307.50	307.50
2	950–1000	965	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	558	360.00	360.00
8	600–650	629	340.00	340.00
25	700–750	730	321.50	321.50
6	850–900	886	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	350.00	350.00
3	300–350	328	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	440	322.50	322.50
5	500–550	518	305.00–337.50	331.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	395	390.00	390.00
25	400–450	436	350.00–370.00	367.53
14	450–500	466	357.50	357.50
29	500–550	525	312.50–320.00	318.69
29	550–600	581	300.00–307.00	301.86
10	650–700	658	260.00	260.00
9	700–750	729	257.00	257.00
2	750–800	763	249.00	249.00
1	800–850	820	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	850	240.00	240.00
3	900–950	905	248.00	248.00
1	950–1000	970	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	415	345.00	345.00
7	450–500	469	280.00–337.50	318.03
2	500–550	528	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	580	275.00	275.00
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
1	700–750	715	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	790	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	141.00	141.00
3	—	1,202	163.00–169.00	165.93
3	—	1,158	144.00–156.00	148.86
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,591	150.00–160.00	154.40
2	—	1,550	140.00–145.00	142.48
1	—	1,490	171.00	171.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,070	115.00–120.00	118.58
3	—	988	125.00–135.00	129.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,538	175.00–185.00	181.22
3	—	1,822	170.00–172.00	171.46

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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