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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 17

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Sep 3Sep 17Oct 1 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

702 head

▲ 290 vs last sale 412▲ 185 vs year ago 517 · +35.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

80 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 64▼ 36 vs year ago 116 · −31.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 10.00-20.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 10.00-20.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-4.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Offerings also included 599 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 $344.00/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 6 of 18 comparable sales and sits −22.38 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$344.00

58 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$52.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.59

vs TN average

−15.66 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	346.70	1,883	55
Medium and Large 2-3	572	294.36	1,684	3thin

One grade step is worth $52.34/cwt here — about $200 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 sale58 hd

344.00

—

TN average16 barns · 756 hd

340.41

+3.59

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−15.66

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−22.38

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.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,814	194.83	3,534	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,436	162.96	2,340	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	160.94	1,959	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,040	136.39	1,418	13

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.

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	236	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,156	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,252	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	323	386.20/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,247	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	386.19/cwt	382.50–393.00	1,622	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,313	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	384.48/cwt	381.00–388.00	1,834	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	382.25/cwt	372.50–387.00	2,022	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	534	340.37/cwt	315.00–357.50	1,818	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	578	348.36/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,014	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,233	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	373.84/cwt	360.00–381.00	2,217	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	604	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,978	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	643	318.76/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,050	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	333.87/cwt	333.00–340.00	2,204	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	319.12/cwt	313.00–320.00	2,374	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	760	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,736	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	310.69/cwt	303.00–318.00	2,408	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	860	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,468	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	870	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,958	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	905	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,661	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	906	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,650	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	394.31/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,116	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,221	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	373	329.67/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,230	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	369.64/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,401	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	447	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,685	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,613	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	348.71/cwt	345.00–367.50	1,604	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	462	299.98/cwt	296.00–301.00	1,386	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	514	364.81/cwt	360.00–366.00	1,875	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	328.50/cwt	328.00–332.50	1,757	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	572	294.36/cwt	273.00–307.50	1,684	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	331.36/cwt	326.00–336.00	1,938	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	302.21/cwt	292.50–307.00	1,940	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	683	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,151	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	299.33/cwt	296.00–301.00	2,056	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	704	278.69/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,962	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	726	304.44/cwt	301.00–316.00	2,210	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	756	333.25/cwt	333.25–333.25	2,519	30
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	817	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,451	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	900	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,615	8
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	954	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,643	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	370	317.40/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,174	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	387.05/cwt	371.00–390.00	1,479	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	428	296.58/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,269	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	423.12/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,832	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	378.41/cwt	365.00–382.50	1,710	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	335.17/cwt	315.00–353.00	1,592	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,913	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	526	324.11/cwt	312.50–329.00	1,705	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	581	302.28/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,756	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	340.26/cwt	331.00–341.00	2,001	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	635	315.50/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,003	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	325.43/cwt	324.00–330.00	2,079	16
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	314.00/cwt	313.00–316.00	2,082	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,152	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	282.51/cwt	258.00–285.00	2,133	11
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,151	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	995	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,219	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,067	1
Bulls	—	—	1,831	192.74/cwt	188.00–198.00	3,529	5
Bulls	—	—	1,835	206.47/cwt	205.00–208.00	3,789	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	958	118.33/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,134	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	139.88/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,467	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	149.51/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,682	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,202	171.59/cwt	170.00–173.00	2,063	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	161.05/cwt	156.00–166.00	1,960	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	149.87/cwt	148.00–152.00	1,848	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	151.00/cwt	150.00–152.00	2,084	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	163.61/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,349	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,493	172.73/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,579	3

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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 702Last week 412Year ago 517

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 64Year ago 116

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	283	380.00–410.00	394.31
3	300–350	313	390.00	390.00
34	350–400	379	357.50–375.00	369.64
4	400–450	448	360.00	360.00
6	450–500	460	345.00–367.50	348.71
9	500–550	535	328.00–332.50	328.50
20	550–600	585	326.00–336.00	331.36
11	600–650	642	292.50–307.00	302.21
3	650–700	687	296.00–301.00	299.33
4	700–750	704	267.50–290.00	278.69
3	800–850	817	300.00	300.00
8	900–950	900	290.50	290.50
9	950–1000	954	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	377.00	377.00
16	450–500	455	380.00	380.00
26	500–550	514	360.00–366.00	364.81
9	650–700	683	315.00	315.00
25	700–750	726	301.00–316.00	304.44
30	750–800	756	333.25	333.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	315.00–337.50	329.67
9	450–500	462	296.00–301.00	299.98
3	550–600	572	273.00–307.50	294.36
2	650–700	655	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	236	490.00	490.00
5	300–350	313	400.00	400.00
9	400–450	420	382.50–393.00	386.19
10	450–500	477	381.00–388.00	384.48
6	500–550	529	372.50–387.00	382.25
33	550–600	593	360.00–381.00	373.84
9	600–650	604	327.50	327.50
16	650–700	660	333.00–340.00	333.87
8	700–750	744	313.00–320.00	319.12
2	750–800	775	303.00–318.00	310.69
1	850–900	860	287.00	287.00
1	900–950	905	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	385.00	385.00
21	750–800	760	360.00	360.00
24	850–900	870	340.00	340.00
19	900–950	906	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	370.00–395.00	386.20
1	400–450	420	312.50	312.50
9	500–550	534	315.00–357.50	340.37
12	550–600	578	340.00–354.00	348.36
2	600–650	643	315.00–322.50	318.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	382	371.00–390.00	387.05
3	400–450	433	420.00–430.00	423.12
13	450–500	452	365.00–382.50	378.41
16	500–550	510	375.00	375.00
13	550–600	588	331.00–341.00	340.26
16	600–650	639	324.00–330.00	325.43
6	650–700	663	313.00–316.00	314.00
4	700–750	715	301.00	301.00
11	750–800	755	258.00–285.00	282.51
1	900–950	935	230.00	230.00
3	950–1000	995	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	310.00–325.00	317.40
3	400–450	428	285.00–302.50	296.58
10	450–500	475	315.00–353.00	335.17
14	500–550	526	312.50–329.00	324.11
7	550–600	581	291.00–305.00	302.28
2	600–650	635	315.00–316.00	315.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,685	182.00	182.00
2	—	1,835	205.00–208.00	206.47
5	—	1,831	188.00–198.00	192.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,380	150.00–152.00	151.00
10	—	1,436	158.00–168.00	163.61
3	—	1,493	170.00–175.00	172.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,125	148.00–151.00	149.51
8	—	1,049	135.00–145.00	139.88
3	—	958	115.00–121.00	118.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,233	148.00–152.00	149.87
3	—	1,202	170.00–173.00	171.59
11	—	1,217	156.00–166.00	161.05

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.