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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-16

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jul 16

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

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Receipts

671 head

▼ 521 vs last sale 1,192▼ 439 vs year ago 1,110 · −39.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends could be established this week due to this sale being closed in observance of the July 4th Independence Day Holiday. Offerings also included 348 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 $329.08/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −37.30 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$329.08

97 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$37.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.20

vs TN average

−9.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	332.56	1,805	88
Medium and Large 2-3	521	295.02	1,537	9thin

One grade step is worth $37.54/cwt here — about $268 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale97 hd

329.08

—

TN average16 barns · 1,016 hd

319.88

+9.20

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

−9.66

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−37.30

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

58 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	235	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,234	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	285	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	755	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	339	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,576	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	416	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,664	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	435	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,305	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	463	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,528	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	361.04/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,704	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	361.08/cwt	358.00–363.00	1,849	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	344.21/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,786	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	528	313.44/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,655	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	573	315.82/cwt	312.50–319.00	1,810	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,985	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	335.72/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,108	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	629	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,029	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	664	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,892	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	712	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,321	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	731	315.11/cwt	313.50–317.00	2,303	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	747	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,039	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	293.64/cwt	280.00–298.00	2,305	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,381	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,519	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	972	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,508	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	262	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,199	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	754	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,389	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	379	291.80/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,106	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	384.98/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,498	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	423	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,447	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	364.09/cwt	364.00–365.00	1,627	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	282.45/cwt	230.00–307.50	1,313	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	358.19/cwt	349.00–364.00	1,705	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	342.93/cwt	331.00–346.00	1,787	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	521	295.02/cwt	291.00–297.00	1,537	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	522	338.66/cwt	336.00–345.00	1,768	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	551	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,851	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	311.56/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,829	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	307.08/cwt	304.00–311.25	1,904	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	295.00/cwt	282.00–298.00	1,941	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	688	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,257	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	266.99/cwt	264.00–268.00	1,938	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	848	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,256	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,395	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	384	326.34/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,253	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,573	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	451	366.16/cwt	356.00–370.00	1,651	22
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	467	322.03/cwt	280.00–345.00	1,504	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	338.19/cwt	326.00–343.00	1,769	37
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	532	295.86/cwt	282.50–299.00	1,574	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	297.78/cwt	288.00–303.00	1,724	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	631	256.90/cwt	245.00–262.50	1,621	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	1,830	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	280.76/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,831	16
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	668	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,787	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,887	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,779	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	825	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,691	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 Jul 16, 2025

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

Receipts 671Last week 1,192Year ago 1,110

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	235	525.00	525.00
4	300–350	339	465.00	465.00
5	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	472	360.00–362.00	361.04
26	500–550	519	335.00–350.00	344.21
3	550–600	588	337.50	337.50
31	600–650	628	330.00–341.00	335.72
17	700–750	731	313.50–317.00	315.11
4	750–800	785	280.00–298.00	293.64
10	800–850	843	282.50	282.50
1	900–950	940	268.00	268.00
15	950–1000	972	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	435	300.00	300.00
3	450–500	463	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	528	305.00–330.00	313.44
2	550–600	573	312.50–319.00	315.82
4	600–650	629	322.50	322.50
7	650–700	664	285.00	285.00
4	700–750	747	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	400.00	400.00
13	500–550	512	358.00–363.00	361.08
5	700–750	712	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	262	457.50	457.50
8	300–350	326	426.00	426.00
16	350–400	389	370.00–390.00	384.98
33	400–450	447	364.00–365.00	364.09
35	450–500	476	349.00–364.00	358.19
43	500–550	521	331.00–346.00	342.93
26	550–600	587	304.00–320.00	311.56
14	600–650	620	304.00–311.25	307.08
25	650–700	658	282.00–298.00	295.00
12	700–750	726	264.00–268.00	266.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	260.00	260.00
10	350–400	379	280.00–300.00	291.80
12	400–450	423	342.00	342.00
4	450–500	465	230.00–307.50	282.45
9	500–550	521	291.00–297.00	295.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	522	336.00–345.00	338.66
6	550–600	551	336.00	336.00
14	650–700	688	328.00	328.00
2	800–850	848	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	367	380.00	380.00
6	400–450	437	360.00	360.00
22	450–500	451	356.00–370.00	366.16
37	500–550	523	326.00–343.00	338.19
22	550–600	579	288.00–303.00	297.78
4	600–650	641	285.50	285.50
16	650–700	652	271.00–284.00	280.76
10	700–750	723	261.00	261.00
1	750–800	770	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	384	320.00–340.00	326.34
3	450–500	467	280.00–345.00	322.03
6	500–550	532	282.50–299.00	295.86
3	550–600	595	285.00	285.00
4	600–650	631	245.00–262.50	256.90
3	650–700	668	267.50	267.50
2	800–850	825	205.00	205.00

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.