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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 4

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

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Receipts

415 head

▲ 415 vs last sale 0▲ 99 vs year ago 316 · +31.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-10.00 higher. Offerings also included 564 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 $344.25/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −69.25 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$344.25

42 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$40.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.99

vs TN average

−34.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	349.01	1,958	37
Medium and Large 2-3	551	309.00	1,703	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.01/cwt here — about $256 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale42 hd

344.25

—

TN average14 barns · 683 hd

359.24

−14.99

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−34.33

This barn, trailing median18 sales

413.50

−69.25

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

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,183	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	275	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,031	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,232	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	327	445.37/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,456	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	389.44/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,495	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	402	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,497	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,333	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	373.25/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,758	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,657	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	538	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,977	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	551	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,703	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	350.87/cwt	347.00–361.00	2,032	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	619	285.28/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,766	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	321.25/cwt	316.00–324.50	2,024	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	634	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,105	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	319.21/cwt	316.00–320.00	2,113	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	692	294.20/cwt	275.00–298.00	2,036	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	285.63/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,062	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	282.46/cwt	279.00–285.50	2,198	31
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	262.33/cwt	261.00–263.00	2,434	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	977	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,452	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,069	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	312	432.26/cwt	400.00–437.50	1,349	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	360	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,080	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	368.66/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,397	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	343.71/cwt	336.00–349.00	1,502	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	339.13/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,563	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	498	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,594	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	523	268.54/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,404	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	318.81/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,702	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	557	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,075	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	318.12/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,845	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,796	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	306.05/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,849	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	286.37/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,867	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,779	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	266.21/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,922	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	733	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,833	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	249.16/cwt	242.00–251.00	1,916	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,008	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,442	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,146	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	358.86/cwt	351.00–360.00	1,636	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,500	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	505	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,581	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,431	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	302.01/cwt	292.00–306.00	1,740	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	287.08/cwt	271.00–290.00	1,866	13
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,066	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,013	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,185	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 Jun 4, 2025

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

Receipts 415Last week 0Year ago 316

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	382.50	382.50
2	400–450	425	380.00	380.00
8	450–500	456	351.00–360.00	358.86
5	500–550	505	313.00	313.00
7	550–600	576	292.00–306.00	302.01
13	650–700	650	271.00–290.00	287.08
3	700–750	715	289.00	289.00
1	750–800	770	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	805	250.00	250.00
2	950–1000	950	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	290.00	290.00
1	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	480	312.50	312.50
1	500–550	530	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	585	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	275	430.00	430.00
3	300–350	327	425.00–455.00	445.37
3	350–400	384	382.50–405.00	389.44
5	400–450	402	372.50	372.50
6	450–500	471	365.00–377.50	373.25
7	500–550	513	323.00	323.00
23	550–600	579	347.00–361.00	350.87
40	600–650	630	316.00–324.50	321.25
10	650–700	662	316.00–320.00	319.21
5	700–750	722	280.00–289.00	285.63
31	750–800	778	279.00–285.50	282.46
3	900–950	928	261.00–263.00	262.33
7	950–1000	977	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	375.00	375.00
1	300–350	320	385.00	385.00
1	400–450	430	310.00	310.00
5	550–600	551	309.00	309.00
8	600–650	619	275.00–292.00	285.28
6	650–700	692	275.00–298.00	294.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	538	367.50	367.50
4	550–600	560	370.00	370.00
5	600–650	634	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	375.00	375.00
7	300–350	312	400.00–437.50	432.26
3	350–400	379	340.00–382.50	368.66
5	400–450	437	336.00–349.00	343.71
12	450–500	461	335.00–340.00	339.13
22	500–550	534	313.00–325.00	318.81
33	550–600	580	311.00–325.00	318.12
18	600–650	604	302.00–310.00	306.05
11	650–700	652	282.00–290.00	286.37
20	700–750	722	265.00–267.00	266.21
5	750–800	769	242.00–251.00	249.16
3	800–850	800	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	498	320.00	320.00
2	500–550	523	260.00–277.50	268.54
1	550–600	585	307.00	307.00
1	650–700	695	256.00	256.00
2	700–750	733	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	557	372.50	372.50

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.