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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Mar 5

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

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Receipts

1,452 head

▲ 826 vs last sale 626▲ 506 vs year ago 946 · +53.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to inclement weather during the las sale causing light receipts. Offerings also included 386 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.32/cwt on 248 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −87.18 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$326.32

248 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$32.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.11

vs TN average

−22.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	327.74	1,894	237
Medium and Large 2-3	542	295.72	1,604	11thin

One grade step is worth $32.01/cwt here — about $290 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale248 hd

326.32

—

TN average15 barns · 962 hd

333.43

−7.11

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

−22.96

This barn, trailing median18 sales

413.50

−87.18

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $479.44, low $366.05, median $413.50 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

68 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,067	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,264	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,274	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	445	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,593	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	357.54/cwt	349.00–364.00	1,655	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	467	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,578	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	301.66/cwt	292.50–306.00	1,599	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	323.63/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,718	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	334.50/cwt	332.00–336.50	1,927	111
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	321.34/cwt	310.00–323.00	1,899	102
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	598	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,609	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	602	315.24/cwt	314.00–320.50	1,898	42
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	309.49/cwt	300.00–310.50	1,959	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	638	272.21/cwt	269.00–285.00	1,737	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	658	256.50/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,688	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	281.00/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,919	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	687	292.17/cwt	291.00–293.00	2,007	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	268.30/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,942	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	729	278.08/cwt	276.50–287.50	2,027	89
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	733	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,851	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	770	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,790	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	776	272.58/cwt	269.50–275.50	2,115	115
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	782	257.75/cwt	253.00–260.00	2,016	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,065	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	244.57/cwt	237.50–248.00	2,140	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	925	245.70/cwt	239.00–248.00	2,273	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	325	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	861	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,142	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	369	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,282	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	325.75/cwt	302.50–330.00	1,410	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	447	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,274	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	293.41/cwt	287.50–298.00	1,347	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	254.84/cwt	247.50–262.50	1,172	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	286.04/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,487	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	271.54/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,412	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,541	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	561	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,649	76
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	588	240.20/cwt	220.00–262.50	1,412	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	281.75/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,671	112
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,292	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	261.01/cwt	256.00–272.00	1,639	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	260.77/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,773	149
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	242.59/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,650	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	701	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,788	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	237.74/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,736	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	237.22/cwt	232.00–238.00	1,810	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	768	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,893	33
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	824	236.12/cwt	231.00–237.00	1,946	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	893	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,023	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	356.67/cwt	340.00–367.00	1,373	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,514	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,035	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	468	282.23/cwt	255.00–307.50	1,321	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	320.08/cwt	318.00–322.50	1,504	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,601	20
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	538	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,426	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,429	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	314.70/cwt	308.00–316.00	1,832	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	635	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,508	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,862	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	675	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,637	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	742	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,484	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,953	22
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	835	192.75/cwt	192.75–192.75	1,609	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 Mar 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,452Last week 626Year ago 946

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	265.00	265.00
3	400–450	447	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	460	247.50–262.50	254.84
17	500–550	520	240.00–275.00	271.54
8	550–600	588	220.00–262.50	240.20
1	600–650	615	210.00	210.00
5	650–700	680	237.00–244.00	242.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	524	294.00	294.00
76	550–600	561	294.00	294.00
15	700–750	701	255.00	255.00
33	750–800	768	246.50	246.50
21	800–850	824	231.00–237.00	236.12
6	850–900	893	226.50	226.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	346.00	346.00
8	350–400	369	347.50	347.50
15	400–450	433	302.50–330.00	325.75
15	450–500	459	287.50–298.00	293.41
44	500–550	520	280.00–292.00	286.04
112	550–600	593	273.00–285.00	281.75
27	600–650	628	256.00–272.00	261.01
149	650–700	680	257.00–266.00	260.77
11	700–750	730	233.00–241.00	237.74
8	750–800	763	232.00–238.00	237.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	402.50	402.50
6	300–350	324	390.00	390.00
18	450–500	463	349.00–364.00	357.54
24	500–550	531	319.00–335.00	323.63
102	550–600	591	310.00–323.00	321.34
10	600–650	633	300.00–310.50	309.49
32	650–700	683	273.00–285.00	281.00
4	700–750	724	260.00–271.00	268.30
9	750–800	782	253.00–260.00	257.75
3	800–850	843	245.00	245.00
6	850–900	875	237.50–248.00	244.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	395	322.50	322.50
2	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
9	450–500	467	338.00	338.00
9	500–550	530	292.50–306.00	301.66
2	550–600	598	269.00	269.00
10	600–650	638	269.00–285.00	272.21
7	650–700	658	255.00–265.00	256.50
2	700–750	733	252.50	252.50
1	750–800	770	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
6	400–450	445	358.00	358.00
111	550–600	576	332.00–336.50	334.50
42	600–650	602	314.00–320.50	315.24
38	650–700	687	291.00–293.00	292.17
89	700–750	729	276.50–287.50	278.08
115	750–800	776	269.50–275.50	272.58
24	900–950	925	239.00–248.00	245.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	232.50	232.50
2	450–500	468	255.00–307.50	282.23
3	500–550	538	265.00	265.00
1	550–600	555	257.50	257.50
1	600–650	635	237.50	237.50
1	650–700	675	242.50	242.50
3	700–750	742	200.00	200.00
2	800–850	835	192.75	192.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	385	340.00–367.00	356.67
8	400–450	440	344.00	344.00
9	450–500	470	318.00–322.50	320.08
20	500–550	513	312.00	312.00
6	550–600	582	308.00–316.00	314.70
12	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
7	650–700	651	286.00	286.00
2	700–750	725	260.00	260.00
22	750–800	754	259.00	259.00

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.