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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Feb 5

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Jan 29Feb 5Mar 5 →

Receipts

626 head

▼ 100 vs last sale 726▼ 1,148 vs year ago 1,774 · −64.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 10.00-20.00 lower with instances of 30.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 7.00-15.00 lower with instances of 20.00 lower. Offerings also included 439 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 $270.45/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −95.93 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$270.45

62 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$38.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.87

vs TN average

−28.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	271.07	1,508	61
Medium and Large 2-3	560	232.50	1,302	1thin

One grade step is worth $38.57/cwt here — about $206 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 sale62 hd

270.45

—

TN average15 barns · 1,054 hd

271.32

−0.87

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−28.41

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−95.93

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

59 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	891	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,040	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,373	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,542	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,235	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	300.31/cwt	292.50–308.00	1,598	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	288.22/cwt	284.00–292.50	1,654	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	593	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,560	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	222.44/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,435	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	251.09/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,692	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	679	276.79/cwt	268.00–279.75	1,879	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,587	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	708	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,834	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,807	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	746	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,604	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	791	238.49/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,886	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	820	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,714	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	821	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,970	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,060	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	902	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,002	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	868	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	321	290.03/cwt	267.50–297.50	931	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,046	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	286.25/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,002	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	971	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	403	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,018	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	284.96/cwt	282.00–292.50	1,257	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	473	238.65/cwt	235.00–242.50	1,129	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	272.13/cwt	271.00–272.50	1,352	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	276.01/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,455	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	560	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,302	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	280.62/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,583	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	261.05/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,485	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	255.41/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,622	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	239.16/cwt	232.50–243.00	1,617	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	685	260.23/cwt	256.00–262.50	1,783	120
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	714	252.12/cwt	251.00–252.50	1,800	51
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	220.74/cwt	211.00–236.00	1,605	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,748	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	797	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,833	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,702	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	943	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,924	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,084	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,843	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	324.75/cwt	310.00–332.00	1,260	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	315.67/cwt	302.00–320.00	1,474	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,200	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,568	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	533	258.83/cwt	242.50–275.00	1,380	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,608	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	598	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,411	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	250.60/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,584	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	640	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,440	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	242.22/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,637	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,703	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	229.49/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,730	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	865	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,579	1

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 Feb 5, 2025

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

Receipts 626Last week 726Year ago 1,774

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	247.50	247.50
2	500–550	533	242.50–275.00	258.83
2	550–600	598	236.00	236.00
1	600–650	640	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	655	225.00	225.00
1	850–900	865	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	310.00–332.00	324.75
8	450–500	467	302.00–320.00	315.67
5	500–550	528	297.00	297.00
9	550–600	589	273.00	273.00
4	600–650	632	240.00–254.00	250.60
5	650–700	676	241.00–243.00	242.22
3	700–750	747	228.00	228.00
5	750–800	754	227.50–230.00	229.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	310.00	310.00
5	300–350	327	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	350	280.00–292.50	286.25
25	400–450	441	282.00–292.50	284.96
4	450–500	497	271.00–272.50	272.13
16	500–550	527	271.00–280.00	276.01
26	550–600	569	257.00–265.00	261.05
19	600–650	635	248.00–257.00	255.41
9	650–700	676	232.50–243.00	239.16
6	700–750	727	211.00–236.00	220.74
1	750–800	770	227.00	227.00
1	800–850	820	207.50	207.50
4	900–950	943	204.00	204.00
4	1050–1100	1,084	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	564	275.00–282.00	280.62
120	650–700	685	256.00–262.50	260.23
51	700–750	714	251.00–252.50	252.12
16	750–800	797	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	267.50–297.50	290.03
1	350–400	370	262.50	262.50
2	400–450	403	252.50	252.50
2	450–500	473	235.00–242.50	238.65
1	550–600	560	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	679	268.00–279.75	276.79
6	700–750	708	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	252.00	252.00
2	550–600	593	263.00	263.00
6	600–650	645	220.00–235.00	222.44
1	650–700	690	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	746	215.00	215.00
4	800–850	820	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	330.00	330.00
2	300–350	305	341.00	341.00
8	350–400	370	371.00	371.00
1	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
8	450–500	482	320.00	320.00
19	500–550	532	292.50–308.00	300.31
27	550–600	574	284.00–292.50	288.22
1	600–650	600	265.00	265.00
29	650–700	674	247.00–255.00	251.09
1	700–750	720	251.00	251.00
12	750–800	791	238.00–240.00	238.49
13	800–850	821	240.00	240.00
7	850–900	873	236.00	236.00
5	900–950	902	222.00	222.00

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.