Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 lower with instances of 15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 5.00-15.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 3.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $360.86/cwt on 46 head, down $9.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 18 comparable sales and sits −21.37 against this barn's trailing median of $382.23.

Average price

$360.86

▼ 9.45 vs prior sale

46 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$51.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.78

vs TN average

+0.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	361.99	1,996	45
Medium and Large 2-3	590	310.00	1,829	1thin

One grade step is worth $51.99/cwt here — about $167 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

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 sale46 hd

360.86

—

TN average16 barns · 450 hd

355.09

+5.78

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

+0.34

This barn, trailing median18 sales

382.23

−21.37

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	—	Average	1,653	212.50	3,513	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,615	193.00	3,117	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,240	183.98	2,282	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	145.00	1,403	2thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	—	—	1,619	209.37/cwt	205.00–215.00	3,390	4
Bulls	—	—	1,790	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	4,028	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,117	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	830	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,245	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,547	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	178.14/cwt	173.00–184.00	2,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	350.36/cwt	342.50–357.50	1,843	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	336.30/cwt	336.00–337.50	2,542	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,110	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	386.82/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,714	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	992	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	367.59/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,136	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	283.69/cwt	275.00–292.50	2,156	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	396.91/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,496	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	416.84/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	294.27/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	276.46/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,369	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	371.52/cwt	365.00–397.50	1,735	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	356.39/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,010	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	333.13/cwt	327.50–336.00	2,239	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,962	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,905	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,765	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	322.96/cwt	316.00–340.00	2,064	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	383.11/cwt	377.50–387.50	2,165	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	531	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,018	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	445	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	359.35/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,271	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	314.17/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	456	381.29/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,739	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	330.48/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	612	342.13/cwt	341.00–342.50	2,094	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,829	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	320.67/cwt	275.00–340.00	1,972	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	378	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	330.14/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,727	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	194.12/cwt	185.00–210.00	2,345	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	168.17/cwt	165.00–171.00	1,897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	429.40/cwt	422.50–437.50	1,980	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	434.47/cwt	410.00–437.50	2,029	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,086	6

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 Jul 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 351Last week 1,074Year ago 267

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 74Year ago 26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,619	205.00–215.00	209.37
1	—	1,790	225.00	225.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	193.00	193.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,105	140.00	140.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,324	173.00–184.00	178.14
6	—	1,208	185.00–210.00	194.12
2	—	1,128	165.00–171.00	168.17

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	245	405.00	405.00
1	250–300	290	405.00	405.00
5	350–400	377	395.00–400.00	396.91
32	400–450	443	370.00–400.00	386.82
19	450–500	467	365.00–397.50	371.52
12	500–550	526	342.50–357.50	350.36
11	550–600	564	340.00–360.00	356.39
3	600–650	633	310.00	310.00
4	650–700	676	287.50–300.00	294.27
8	750–800	760	275.00–292.50	283.69
7	850–900	857	275.00–280.00	276.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	531	380.00	380.00
13	550–600	578	365.00	365.00
12	600–650	612	341.00–342.50	342.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	375.00	375.00
3	450–500	495	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	590	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	630	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	490.00	490.00
1	300–350	335	430.00	430.00
19	350–400	390	452.50	452.50
2	400–450	428	425.00	425.00
26	450–500	467	410.00–437.50	434.47
5	500–550	532	410.00–427.50	416.84
7	550–600	565	377.50–387.50	383.11
17	600–650	632	355.00–367.50	359.35
9	650–700	672	327.50–336.00	333.13
2	700–750	715	332.50	332.50
20	750–800	756	336.00–337.50	336.30
1	800–850	835	322.50	322.50
3	900–950	908	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	523	320.00–340.00	330.14
1	550–600	565	355.00	355.00
7	600–650	615	275.00–340.00	320.67
1	650–700	660	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
8	400–450	421	452.50	452.50
11	450–500	461	422.50–437.50	429.40
6	500–550	512	407.50	407.50
8	550–600	581	350.00–370.00	367.59
7	600–650	639	316.00–340.00	322.96
1	700–750	735	320.00	320.00
1	800–850	831	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	456	350.00–395.00	381.29
4	500–550	526	310.00–350.00	330.48
7	550–600	560	300.00–320.00	314.17
1	750–800	760	280.00	280.00

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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