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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 30

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Apr 16Apr 30May 7 →

Receipts

334 head

▼ 240 vs last sale 574▼ 805 vs year ago 1,139 · −70.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Offerings also included 321 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 $302.95/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −63.43 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$302.95

22 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$17.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.91

vs TN average

−26.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	308.46	1,695	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	534	291.15	1,555	7thin

One grade step is worth $17.31/cwt here — about $140 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 sale22 hd

302.95

—

TN average14 barns · 661 hd

314.87

−11.91

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−26.39

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−63.43

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

52 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	230	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,047	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	292	458.73/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,339	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,456	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,599	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,436	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	373.25/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,788	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,729	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	361.35/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,883	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	544	377.51/cwt	376.00–379.00	2,054	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	579	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,084	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	335.71/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,971	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	330.51/cwt	329.50–333.00	2,086	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	737	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,215	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,978	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	268.50/cwt	267.00–269.00	2,250	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,100	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	881	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,352	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	235	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,034	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	279	386.96/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,080	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,420	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	359.93/cwt	330.00–385.00	1,332	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	331.43/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,462	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	321.65/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,480	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	319.65/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,675	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	524	297.59/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,559	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	291.67/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,715	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,502	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	289.29/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,736	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	263.47/cwt	259.00–267.50	1,778	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	719	267.82/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,926	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	931	238.70/cwt	238.00–239.00	2,222	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	952	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,247	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	958	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,079	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	407.83/cwt	380.00–417.50	1,550	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	392.19/cwt	390.00–392.50	1,706	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,669	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	371.69/cwt	345.00–379.00	1,877	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	524	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,638	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	340.67/cwt	340.00–341.00	1,932	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,697	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	309.43/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,990	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	708	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,593	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,956	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,912	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,119	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,104	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 Apr 30, 2025

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Receipts 334Last week 574Year ago 1,139

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	455.00	455.00
7	250–300	292	450.00–460.00	458.73
5	300–350	320	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	418	382.50	382.50
11	450–500	479	370.00–375.00	373.25
5	500–550	521	347.50–370.00	361.35
16	550–600	587	330.00–355.00	335.71
10	600–650	631	329.50–333.00	330.51
1	650–700	685	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	740	280.00	280.00
2	750–800	758	261.00	261.00
4	800–850	838	267.00–269.00	268.50
1	850–900	875	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
1	400–450	435	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	520	332.50	332.50
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	544	376.00–379.00	377.51
9	550–600	579	360.00	360.00
18	700–750	737	300.50	300.50
6	850–900	881	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	380	380.00–417.50	407.83
8	400–450	435	390.00–392.50	392.19
5	450–500	451	370.00	370.00
14	500–550	505	345.00–379.00	371.69
3	550–600	567	340.00–341.00	340.67
5	600–650	643	305.00–316.00	309.43
6	700–750	741	264.00	264.00
1	750–800	770	240.00	240.00
1	800–850	805	237.50	237.50
2	850–900	865	245.00	245.00
2	900–950	925	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
4	500–550	524	312.50	312.50
1	550–600	585	290.00	290.00
2	700–750	708	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	719	265.00–269.00	267.82
17	900–950	931	238.00–239.00	238.70
6	950–1000	952	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	524	285.00–302.50	297.59
1	550–600	595	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	440.00	440.00
10	250–300	279	385.00–395.00	386.96
2	300–350	338	420.00	420.00
9	350–400	370	330.00–385.00	359.93
7	400–450	441	330.00–332.50	331.43
21	450–500	460	315.00–325.00	321.65
9	500–550	524	310.00–322.50	319.65
6	550–600	588	287.50–292.50	291.67
14	600–650	600	285.00–291.00	289.29
8	650–700	675	259.00–267.50	263.47
2	950–1000	958	217.00	217.00

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.