Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to light offerings this week. Offerings also included 60 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 $371.60/cwt on 16 head, up $12.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 18 comparable sales and sits −10.64 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$371.60

▲ 12.98 vs prior sale

16 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$55.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.65

vs TN average

−59.94 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	375.04	2,024	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	530	320.00	1,696	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.04/cwt here — about $328 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale16 hd

371.60

—

TN average9 barns · 192 hd

397.25

−25.65

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−59.94

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−10.64

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	1,872	194.72	3,645	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,404	177.91	2,498	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	169.36	1,991	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	141.00	1,452	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	800–850	805	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,391	2
Bulls	—	—	1,935	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	3,928	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	190.58/cwt	185.00–195.00	3,507	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	168.25/cwt	163.00–172.00	1,977	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,077	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	172.26/cwt	165.00–177.00	2,420	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	189.21/cwt	180.00–198.00	2,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,291	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,511	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,679	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	385.09/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,214	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,093	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,464	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	379.24/cwt	375.00–380.50	2,700	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	342.06/cwt	337.00–348.00	2,309	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,241	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	369.87/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,082	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	240	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	466.57/cwt	460.00–467.50	2,286	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,018	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	375.83/cwt	362.50–380.00	2,014	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	422.60/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	307.89/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,411	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	966	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,589	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	974	319.40/cwt	319.00–320.00	3,111	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	530	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	377.53/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,378	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	395.94/cwt	360.00–430.00	1,853	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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 179Last week 796Year ago 626

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 84Year ago 61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	415.00	415.00
1	250–300	290	445.00	445.00
3	350–400	380	440.00	440.00
1	400–450	440	440.00	440.00
13	500–550	536	362.50–380.00	375.83
2	550–600	563	360.00–380.00	369.87
8	600–650	644	348.00	348.00
19	650–700	675	337.00–348.00	342.06
6	750–800	758	325.00	325.00
2	800–850	805	297.00	297.00
1	850–900	875	280.00	280.00
4	900–950	915	272.50	272.50
2	1000–1050	1,018	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	375.00–380.00	377.53
1	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
1	500–550	530	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	490	460.00–467.50	466.57
2	550–600	575	380.00–390.00	385.09
10	600–650	608	413.00	413.00
1	700–750	715	350.00	350.00
8	750–800	773	345.00	345.00
5	950–1000	974	319.00–320.00	319.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	360.00–430.00	395.94
1	500–550	535	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	712	375.00–380.50	379.24
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	460	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	415.00–430.00	422.60
1	400–450	445	405.00	405.00
5	500–550	522	401.00	401.00
2	600–650	633	357.50	357.50
5	750–800	783	305.00–320.00	307.89
7	950–1000	966	268.00	268.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	203.00	203.00
2	—	1,840	185.00–195.00	190.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,175	163.00–172.00	168.25
1	—	1,180	176.00	176.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,405	165.00–177.00	172.26
2	—	1,403	180.00–198.00	189.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	141.00	141.00

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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