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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, May 7

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

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Receipts

572 head

▲ 238 vs last sale 334▲ 572 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 296 head that 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 $315.70/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −50.67 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$315.70

79 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$405

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

$77.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.78

vs TN average

−17.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	318.63	1,701	76
Medium and Large 2-3	537	241.57	1,296	3thin

One grade step is worth $77.06/cwt here — about $405 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 sale79 hd

315.70

—

TN average16 barns · 772 hd

322.49

−6.78

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−17.12

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−50.67

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

57 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,302	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	310	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	884	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	428.50/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,367	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,288	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	381.96/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,673	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	325.22/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,529	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,064	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	361.06/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,888	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	335.06/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,960	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	305.93/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,866	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	634	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,076	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	638	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,675	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	671	324.67/cwt	324.00–325.00	2,179	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	299.17/cwt	297.50–300.00	2,022	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,175	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,199	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	785	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,061	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	860	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,399	42
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	985	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,374	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	270	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,094	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	285	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	998	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	303	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,076	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	320	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,338	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	376.31/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,422	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	385	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,078	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	424	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,531	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	335.53/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,476	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	462	304.00/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,404	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	321.11/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,519	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	329.90/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,696	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	229.85/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,184	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	316.93/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,689	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	303.00/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,733	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	278.55/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,738	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	261.89/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,804	35
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,950	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	742	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,204	74
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	222.08/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,848	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	839	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,980	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	870	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,975	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	220.48/cwt	216.00–225.00	2,039	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,442	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	390.92/cwt	390.00–392.50	1,697	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,676	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	364.86/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,901	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	534	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,829	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	563	283.48/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,596	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	322.35/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,850	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,603	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,854	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	295.76/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,976	19
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,599	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,044	11
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,887	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	945	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,819	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 May 7, 2025

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Receipts 572Last week 334Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	516	400.00	400.00
4	600–650	634	327.50	327.50
21	650–700	671	324.00–325.00	324.67
42	850–900	860	279.00	279.00
4	950–1000	985	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	465.00	465.00
10	300–350	319	410.00–435.00	428.50
2	350–400	368	350.00	350.00
12	400–450	438	370.00–385.00	381.96
11	500–550	523	352.50–370.00	361.06
4	550–600	585	327.50–337.50	335.06
5	600–650	610	300.00–307.50	305.93
6	650–700	676	297.50–300.00	299.17
4	700–750	730	298.00	298.00
15	750–800	769	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	285.00	285.00
4	450–500	470	320.00–340.00	325.22
2	600–650	638	262.50	262.50
3	750–800	785	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	534	342.50	342.50
3	550–600	563	275.00–290.00	283.48
1	600–650	605	265.00	265.00
1	650–700	695	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	377.50	377.50
16	400–450	434	390.00–392.50	390.92
4	450–500	456	367.50	367.50
10	500–550	521	360.00–370.00	364.86
7	550–600	574	312.50–330.00	322.35
4	600–650	616	301.00	301.00
19	650–700	668	293.00–297.00	295.76
11	750–800	764	267.50	267.50
2	800–850	803	235.00	235.00
1	900–950	945	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	303	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	385	280.00	280.00
8	450–500	462	295.00–307.50	304.00
2	500–550	515	225.00–235.00	229.85
1	550–600	580	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	405.00	405.00
2	300–350	335	400.00	400.00
10	350–400	378	370.00–378.00	376.31
8	400–450	440	330.00–345.00	335.53
2	450–500	473	317.50–325.00	321.11
37	500–550	533	302.50–320.00	316.93
14	550–600	572	295.00–307.50	303.00
19	600–650	624	265.00–289.00	278.55
35	650–700	689	250.00–270.00	261.89
2	700–750	733	266.00	266.00
3	800–850	832	215.00–229.00	222.08
1	850–900	870	227.00	227.00
2	900–950	925	216.00–225.00	220.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	320	418.00	418.00
7	400–450	424	361.00	361.00
25	500–550	514	327.50–330.00	329.90
74	700–750	742	297.00	297.00
12	800–850	839	236.00	236.00

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.