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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 29

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Jan 15Jan 29Feb 5 →

Receipts

726 head

▼ 582 vs last sale 1,308▼ 914 vs year ago 1,640 · −55.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls under 600 lbs. 2.00-15.00 higher, over 600 lbs. Steady to 5.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-9.00 higher. Offerings also included 441 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 — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.39/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −82.98 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$283.39

116 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$43.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.45

vs TN average

−21.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	284.14	1,621	114
Medium and Large 2-3	578	240.86	1,392	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.28/cwt here — about $229 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale116 hd

283.39

—

TN average14 barns · 1,462 hd

278.95

+4.45

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−21.25

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−82.98

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $429.53, low $321.48, median $366.38 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

66 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	235	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	940	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,052	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	390.69/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,281	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,577	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	368.01/cwt	363.00–369.00	1,704	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,782	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	321.49/cwt	312.50–325.00	1,710	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	322.62/cwt	320.00–326.00	1,791	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	300.04/cwt	296.00–304.00	1,761	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	591	284.23/cwt	272.50–287.00	1,680	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	295.02/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,841	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	281.98/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,765	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	652	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,845	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	656	242.67/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,592	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	262.02/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,790	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,734	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	730	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,770	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	749	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,015	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	775	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,608	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	254.10/cwt	253.00–256.00	1,987	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	786	259.32/cwt	258.50–263.00	2,038	59
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	803	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,032	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	290	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	921	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	340.47/cwt	339.00–342.50	1,127	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	340	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	995	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	354	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,062	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	323.33/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,222	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	299.83/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,220	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	454	316.53/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,437	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	300.05/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,368	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,554	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	288.61/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,518	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	578	240.86/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,392	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	273.59/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,584	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	283.12/cwt	283.00–284.00	1,662	73
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	608	263.50/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,602	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	242.83/cwt	237.50–248.00	1,506	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	255.40/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,632	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	245.49/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,682	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	242.70/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,764	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	735	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,624	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	741	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,838	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,620	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	766	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,854	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	215.02/cwt	214.00–216.00	1,791	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,829	9
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,840	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	364.82/cwt	350.00–371.00	1,368	25
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	364.12/cwt	353.00–373.00	1,537	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	352.62/cwt	331.00–360.00	1,643	21
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,580	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	314.68/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,649	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,659	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,640	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,706	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	687	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,711	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	710	221.26/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,571	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,818	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,865	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,847	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	895	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,723	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	940	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,739	2

This sale against other markets

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 Jan 29, 2025

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

Receipts 726Last week 1,308Year ago 1,640

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	375	350.00–371.00	364.82
18	400–450	422	353.00–373.00	364.12
21	450–500	466	331.00–360.00	352.62
15	500–550	524	310.00–315.00	314.68
3	550–600	578	287.00	287.00
3	600–650	613	267.50	267.50
4	650–700	650	262.50	262.50
2	700–750	745	244.00	244.00
1	750–800	755	247.00	247.00
2	800–850	803	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	322.50	322.50
1	500–550	500	300.00	300.00
3	650–700	687	249.00	249.00
2	700–750	710	220.00–222.50	221.26
1	850–900	895	192.50	192.50
2	900–950	940	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	317.50	317.50
12	300–350	331	339.00–342.50	340.47
15	350–400	378	315.00–327.50	323.33
25	400–450	407	290.00–301.00	299.83
9	450–500	456	292.00–305.00	300.05
22	500–550	526	281.00–295.00	288.61
13	550–600	579	265.00–279.00	273.59
36	600–650	639	251.00–258.00	255.40
22	650–700	685	236.00–247.00	245.49
16	700–750	727	234.00–244.00	242.70
4	750–800	750	216.00	216.00
2	800–850	833	214.00–216.00	215.02
9	900–950	910	201.00	201.00
1	1000–1050	1,000	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	454	315.00–317.00	316.53
6	500–550	513	303.00	303.00
73	550–600	587	283.00–284.00	283.12
8	600–650	608	261.00–265.00	263.50
7	700–750	741	248.00	248.00
35	750–800	766	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	292.50	292.50
3	350–400	354	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	420	285.00	285.00
2	550–600	578	230.00–252.00	240.86
2	600–650	620	237.50–248.00	242.83
3	700–750	735	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	521	342.00	342.00
16	550–600	555	320.00–326.00	322.62
8	600–650	624	293.00–297.00	295.02
9	650–700	652	283.00	283.00
23	700–750	749	269.00	269.00
59	750–800	786	258.50–263.00	259.32
8	800–850	803	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	591	272.50–287.00	284.23
1	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
9	650–700	656	240.00–246.00	242.67
1	700–750	730	242.50	242.50
1	750–800	775	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	400.00	400.00
1	250–300	275	382.50	382.50
7	300–350	328	365.00–395.00	390.69
1	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
2	400–450	435	362.50	362.50
12	450–500	463	363.00–369.00	368.01
7	500–550	532	312.50–325.00	321.49
17	550–600	587	296.00–304.00	300.04
20	600–650	626	277.00–290.00	281.98
22	650–700	683	258.00–268.00	262.02
1	700–750	705	246.00	246.00
8	750–800	782	253.00–256.00	254.10

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.