Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows and Bulls not well tested due to light offerings. Offerings also included a video sale. The video sale report 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 $374.49/cwt on 37 head, up $8.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −70.04 against this barn's trailing median of $444.53.

Average price

$374.49

▲ 8.44 vs prior sale

37 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,137

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$43.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.60

vs TN average

−28.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	573	378.00	2,167	34
Medium and Large 2-3	543	334.67	1,818	3thin

One grade step is worth $43.34/cwt here — about $348 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

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $479.44, low $366.05, 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 sale37 hd

374.49

—

TN average14 barns · 531 hd

367.89

+6.60

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−28.87

This barn, trailing median17 sales

444.53

−70.04

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	1,839	196.14	3,607	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	152.05	1,971	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,549	150.07	2,325	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	985	126.30	1,244	4thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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	700–750	739	306.31/cwt	300.00–311.00	2,264	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	359.57/cwt	345.00–362.50	1,913	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,968	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	152.05/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,971	4
Bulls	—	—	1,895	205.85/cwt	203.00–210.00	3,901	3
Bulls	—	—	1,783	186.42/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	593	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	386.63/cwt	365.00–397.50	1,601	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,508	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	531	319.35/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	275.50/cwt	271.00–280.00	2,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	493	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	415	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	332.22/cwt	312.50–337.00	1,927	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,217	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,516	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	359.34/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	318.07/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,251	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	387.23/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	638	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,431	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	308.83/cwt	305.00–312.50	2,387	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,495	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	351.64/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,184	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	350.60/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,648	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	349.05/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,822	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	304.31/cwt	302.50–305.00	2,091	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	361.22/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,135	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,100	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	372.89/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	392.17/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,871	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	292.35/cwt	285.00–296.00	2,114	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,859	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	307.20/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,932	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,156	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,194	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	363.77/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,310	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,208	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	314.25/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,986	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,789	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,624	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	125.60/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,266	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	877	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	2,069	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,621	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	147.64/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,308	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 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 331Last week 244Year ago 702

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 33Year ago 80

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	336	445.00	445.00
3	350–400	380	365.00–390.00	372.89
8	400–450	448	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	490	365.00	365.00
17	500–550	532	345.00–362.50	359.57
10	550–600	583	337.50	337.50
4	600–650	629	301.00–310.00	307.20
3	650–700	650	323.00	323.00
24	700–750	739	300.00–311.00	306.31
3	800–850	847	259.00	259.00
2	950–1000	960	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	330.00	330.00
4	500–550	518	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	300.00	300.00
2	350–400	368	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
4	500–550	531	315.00–322.50	319.35
2	550–600	593	305.00	305.00
3	650–700	665	282.50	282.50
2	700–750	730	271.00–280.00	275.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	345.00	345.00
8	350–400	360	355.00–365.00	363.77
1	400–450	410	362.50	362.50
11	450–500	470	347.50–365.00	350.60
17	500–550	522	337.50–352.50	349.05
21	550–600	580	312.50–337.00	332.22
11	600–650	632	307.50–320.00	314.25
14	650–700	687	302.50–305.00	304.31
3	700–750	723	285.00–296.00	292.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	558	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	318	380.00–400.00	387.23
1	350–400	370	407.50	407.50
11	400–450	414	365.00–397.50	386.63
9	450–500	477	390.00–410.00	392.17
4	500–550	544	357.50–365.00	359.34
8	550–600	591	355.00–365.00	361.22
10	600–650	621	337.50–365.00	351.64
3	650–700	662	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	726	310.00–320.00	318.07
2	750–800	773	305.00–312.50	308.83
1	800–850	835	326.00	326.00
1	900–950	905	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	493	345.00	345.00
2	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	560	324.00	324.00
1	650–700	660	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	572	387.50	387.50
9	600–650	638	381.00	381.00
16	700–750	740	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,296	148.00–157.00	152.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	149.00	149.00
2	—	1,008	125.00–126.00	125.60
1	—	835	105.00	105.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	137.00	137.00
1	—	1,560	168.00	168.00
2	—	1,563	145.00–150.00	147.64
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,895	203.00–210.00	205.85
3	—	1,783	185.00–190.00	186.42

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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