Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends this week are on a light test due to light offerings. Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/Bulls not well tested. Offerings also included 1648 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 $335.91/cwt on 22 head, up $14.43 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −45.32 against this barn's trailing median of $381.24.

Average price

$335.91

▲ 14.43 vs prior sale

22 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+13.66

vs TN average

+4.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	335.91	1,813	22

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.53, low $321.48, median $381.24 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 sale22 hd

335.91

—

TN average15 barns · 362 hd

322.25

+13.66

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

+4.39

This barn, trailing median18 sales

381.24

−45.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	287.48/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,788	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,049	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	268.30/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,969	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	379.77/cwt	372.50–400.00	1,648	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,147	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	324.09/cwt	321.00–327.50	1,867	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	215	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	284.74/cwt	280.00–286.00	2,019	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,443	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,105	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	313.39/cwt	302.50–326.00	1,971	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	341.43/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,786	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,741	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	343.73/cwt	336.00–352.00	2,148	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	354.34/cwt	342.50–360.00	2,087	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	378.01/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,901	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	342.50/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,302	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	325.26/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,335	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	385	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,939	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,418	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,736	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	295.97/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,992	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,713	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	310.27/cwt	308.00–315.00	2,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,763	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,804	2

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 2, 2026

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

Receipts 244Last week 227Year ago 412

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	387	395.00	395.00
9	450–500	457	381.00	381.00
15	500–550	512	339.00	339.00
11	550–600	571	300.00	300.00
16	600–650	622	280.00–292.00	287.48
2	650–700	650	277.50	277.50
3	700–750	734	267.50–270.00	268.30
2	800–850	845	242.50	242.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	330.00–345.00	342.50
1	400–450	410	335.00	335.00
6	450–500	480	300.00–330.00	325.26
1	550–600	575	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	215	430.00	430.00
6	300–350	310	370.00	370.00
3	350–400	398	362.50	362.50
18	400–450	434	372.50–400.00	379.77
5	450–500	483	365.00	365.00
15	500–550	523	337.50–347.50	341.43
7	550–600	576	321.00–327.50	324.09
10	600–650	629	302.50–326.00	313.39
7	650–700	673	285.00–300.00	295.97
5	700–750	709	280.00–286.00	284.74
1	800–850	805	282.50	282.50
4	850–900	878	272.50	272.50
2	950–1000	993	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	385	330.00	330.00
1	450–500	460	337.50	337.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	400.00	400.00
8	300–350	326	435.00	435.00
10	500–550	503	370.00–380.00	378.01
9	550–600	589	342.50–360.00	354.34
14	600–650	625	336.00–352.00	343.73
3	650–700	689	308.00–315.00	310.27
3	700–750	745	300.00	300.00
7	800–850	805	290.00	290.00
3	900–950	937	282.50	282.50
1	1100–1150	1,105	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	535	362.50	362.50

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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