Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2025-06-18

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jun 18
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
1,192 head
▲ 777 vs last sale 415▲ 760 vs year ago 432 · +175.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 550 lbs. 5.00-15.00 higher, over 550 lbs. 5.00-15.00 lower. Offerings also included 474 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 classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.48/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −40.89 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$325.48
224 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,790
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.58
vs TN average
−8.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2548328.801,802203
Medium and Large 2-3570293.421,67121
One grade step is worth $35.38/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale224 hd
325.48
—
TN average16 barns · 778 hd
324.91
+0.58
National average153 barns · 9,567 hd
334.11
−8.63
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−40.89
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
444398353307median 366.3803/0404/2907/1509/0210/21
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

73 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2213485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,0332
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3315410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2922
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335430.23/cwt426.00–451.001,4416
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376423.23/cwt417.50–425.001,5914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,7533
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3445332.50/cwt325.00–340.001,4802
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460372.49/cwt360.00–375.001,7139
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added467385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,79838
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470327.61/cwt325.00–340.001,5406
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6542
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530361.75/cwt359.00–367.501,91715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added547384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,10010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572351.57/cwt351.50–352.002,01157
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573331.06/cwt325.00–337.501,8972
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added576366.16/cwt366.00–367.502,10918
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620351.41/cwt344.50–356.002,17938
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622331.71/cwt330.00–335.002,06320
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2657314.45/cwt312.00–316.002,06622
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9801
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added683340.50/cwt340.50–340.502,32617
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731323.78/cwt320.00–329.002,36799
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734307.25/cwt290.00–315.002,25510
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2800275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2001
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2874272.71/cwt271.00–276.002,38323
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2915266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,4342
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2989260.50/cwt260.50–260.502,5764
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2220430.00/cwt430.00–430.009461
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,42712
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3335310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385394.22/cwt370.00–399.001,51825
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4021
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427344.17/cwt338.00–364.001,47023
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3492
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454352.04/cwt337.50–353.001,59863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3457290.94/cwt270.00–300.001,3309
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,6877
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521334.57/cwt330.00–342.501,74389
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3536323.50/cwt323.50–323.501,7345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added558330.64/cwt328.00–331.501,84570
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580284.02/cwt272.00–299.001,64716
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587314.21/cwt307.00–324.001,84444
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607308.72/cwt307.00–312.001,87444
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625284.24/cwt283.00–290.001,77711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3645256.42/cwt251.00–273.001,6544
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659285.06/cwt284.00–291.001,87946
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666269.79/cwt267.00–275.001,79715
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725261.87/cwt257.00–266.001,89930
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745274.50/cwt274.50–274.502,0456
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added754274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,0666
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2796242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9264
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,1762
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2871217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,8945
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added892240.36/cwt237.00–243.002,1449
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2929212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,9697
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3378371.42/cwt367.50–375.001,4042
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2379394.61/cwt390.00–395.001,49613
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435372.44/cwt370.00–385.001,62022
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3445305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3571
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5411
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2463360.03/cwt355.00–362.001,66723
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529352.82/cwt342.50–357.001,86630
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6681
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,9417
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2632289.94/cwt287.50–296.001,83227
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3636257.38/cwt255.00–267.501,6378
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3662260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7213
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2738268.01/cwt259.00–269.001,97820
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7021
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3750240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8001
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3805195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5701
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2889231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,0546

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.