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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 16

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

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Receipts

574 head

▼ 631 vs last sale 1,205▼ 241 vs year ago 815 · −29.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers under 600 lbs. 3.00-10.00 higher, over 600 lbs. 3.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Bulls on a light test due to light offerings on the last sale, 2.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 3.00-15.00 lower. Offerings also included 661 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 $348.53/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −64.97 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$348.53

34 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$24.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.37

vs TN average

−16.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	356.55	1,951	23
Medium and Large 2-3	538	331.78	1,786	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.77/cwt here — about $165 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale34 hd

348.53

—

TN average16 barns · 552 hd

354.90

−6.37

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−16.23

This barn, trailing median18 sales

413.50

−64.97

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

62 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	248	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	980	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,097	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	397.83/cwt	350.00–435.00	1,321	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	372.50/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,635	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	366.85/cwt	359.00–379.00	1,691	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	512	334.22/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,711	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	355.04/cwt	347.50–362.50	1,860	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	357.71/cwt	350.00–361.00	2,021	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	584	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,913	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	302.57/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,897	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	635	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,699	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	638	330.91/cwt	326.00–336.00	2,111	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,142	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,802	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	304.81/cwt	289.00–315.00	2,048	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	726	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,156	51
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,019	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	754	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,104	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,984	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,079	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	873	251.74/cwt	251.00–254.00	2,198	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	890	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,314	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	230	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	690	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	876	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	812	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	301	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,242	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,118	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	330.27/cwt	319.00–335.00	1,215	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,292	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	424	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,495	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	331.23/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,461	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	452	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,537	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,428	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	461	281.59/cwt	265.00–283.50	1,298	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,713	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	298.99/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,585	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	537	281.71/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,513	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	568	253.40/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,439	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,786	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	280.95/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,621	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	602	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,812	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,676	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	613	236.23/cwt	235.00–237.50	1,448	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	271.70/cwt	264.00–276.00	1,793	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	251.58/cwt	243.00–258.00	1,839	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	738	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,720	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,875	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,037	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	383	333.46/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,277	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,357	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,668	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	353.35/cwt	322.50–357.50	1,622	17
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	525	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,628	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,776	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	323.94/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,885	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,901	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	725	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,686	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,875	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	222.50/cwt	217.50–225.00	1,902	3

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 Apr 16, 2025

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

Receipts 574Last week 1,205Year ago 815

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	385	352.50	352.50
11	400–450	436	382.50	382.50
17	450–500	459	322.50–357.50	353.35
16	500–550	534	332.50	332.50
10	550–600	582	310.00–330.00	323.94
4	600–650	639	297.50	297.50
2	650–700	655	255.00	255.00
3	700–750	728	257.50	257.50
3	850–900	855	217.50–225.00	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	327.00–340.00	333.46
4	500–550	525	310.00	310.00
1	600–650	610	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	725	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	301	412.50	412.50
16	400–450	424	352.50	352.50
6	450–500	452	340.00	340.00
13	500–550	519	330.00	330.00
4	550–600	576	310.00	310.00
7	600–650	602	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	300.00	300.00
1	250–300	290	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	410	315.00	315.00
10	450–500	461	265.00–283.50	281.59
6	500–550	537	270.00–287.50	281.71
2	550–600	568	242.50–265.00	253.40
2	600–650	613	235.00–237.50	236.23
3	700–750	738	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	365.00	365.00
8	300–350	328	341.00	341.00
13	350–400	368	319.00–335.00	330.27
8	400–450	441	327.50–332.50	331.23
15	450–500	457	312.50	312.50
24	500–550	530	290.00–314.00	298.99
17	550–600	577	270.00–290.00	280.95
5	600–650	603	278.00	278.00
22	650–700	660	264.00–276.00	271.70
12	700–750	731	243.00–258.00	251.58
2	750–800	788	238.00	238.00
1	800–850	840	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	335.00	335.00
7	500–550	512	330.00–340.00	334.22
4	550–600	584	327.50	327.50
1	600–650	635	267.50	267.50
2	650–700	665	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	638	326.00–336.00	330.91
4	650–700	651	329.00	329.00
51	700–750	726	297.00	297.00
26	750–800	754	279.00	279.00
14	850–900	890	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	248	395.00	395.00
1	250–300	255	430.00	430.00
18	300–350	332	350.00–435.00	397.83
16	400–450	439	365.00–375.00	372.50
5	450–500	461	359.00–379.00	366.85
10	500–550	524	347.50–362.50	355.04
13	550–600	565	350.00–361.00	357.71
9	600–650	627	296.00–316.00	302.57
15	650–700	672	289.00–315.00	304.81
1	700–750	745	271.00	271.00
1	750–800	760	261.00	261.00
1	800–850	840	247.50	247.50
4	850–900	873	251.00–254.00	251.74

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.