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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 1

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Sep 17Oct 1Oct 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

416 head

▼ 286 vs last sale 702▼ 229 vs year ago 645 · −35.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

81 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 80▲ 12 vs year ago 69 · +17.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 5.00-10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 10.00-20.00 higher; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Offerings also included 422 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 $345.93/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 7 of 18 comparable sales and sits −20.44 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$345.93

32 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$36

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

$21.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.35

vs TN average

−22.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	354.68	1,878	19thin
Medium and Large 2-3	553	333.14	1,842	13thin

One grade step is worth $21.54/cwt here — about $36 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 sale32 hd

345.93

—

TN average16 barns · 782 hd

339.59

+6.35

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−22.98

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−20.44

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	1,736	192.39	3,339	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,252	166.68	2,087	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,443	164.28	2,370	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	984	141.26	1,390	6thin

Every lot

72 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	270	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,391	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	290	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,030	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,531	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	390	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,209	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	381.24/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,632	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,782	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	508	360.10/cwt	325.00–372.50	1,829	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,058	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	367.48/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,183	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	608	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,164	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	346.24/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,119	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,191	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,364	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,303	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	717	343.85/cwt	340.50–345.00	2,465	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,472	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	816	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,774	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,574	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	860	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,907	33
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	916	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,583	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	270	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	932	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	275	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,306	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,422	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	387.17/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,460	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	383	341.32/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,307	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,661	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	360.40/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,669	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	343.55/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,598	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	355.93/cwt	355.00–357.00	1,851	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	528	337.28/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,781	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	582	328.32/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,911	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	331.90/cwt	327.50–335.00	2,051	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	320.54/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,090	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	722	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	2,444	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	728	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,966	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	2,317	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	787	300.44/cwt	297.00–315.00	2,364	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,280	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	823	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,510	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,406	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	903	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,555	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	416.52/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,591	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,371	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,626	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,827	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	517	331.69/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,715	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	362.03/cwt	355.00–364.00	1,904	32
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	344.93/cwt	341.00–348.00	1,976	27
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	575	312.48/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,797	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	640	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,968	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	323.90/cwt	317.00–329.00	2,167	10
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,148	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,198	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,136	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,600	179.96/cwt	177.00–183.00	2,879	3
Bulls	—	—	1,753	190.87/cwt	185.00–200.00	3,346	6
Bulls	—	—	1,837	207.85/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,818	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	931	141.39/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,316	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,543	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,515	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,229	166.21/cwt	160.00–170.00	2,043	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	174.88/cwt	171.00–185.00	2,207	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	151.76/cwt	146.00–156.00	1,980	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,437	160.78/cwt	155.00–167.00	2,310	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	172.22/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,480	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,220	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 Oct 1, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 416Last week 702Year ago 645

Slaughter CattleReceipts 81Last week 80Year ago 69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	475.00	475.00
4	300–350	316	450.00	450.00
7	350–400	377	380.00–390.00	387.17
2	400–450	443	375.00	375.00
19	450–500	463	355.00–375.00	360.40
15	500–550	520	355.00–357.00	355.93
4	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	618	327.50–335.00	331.90
10	650–700	652	310.00–327.00	320.54
4	700–750	739	313.50	313.50
6	750–800	787	297.00–315.00	300.44
2	800–850	800	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	875	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	722	338.50	338.50
13	800–850	823	305.00	305.00
10	900–950	903	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	345.00	345.00
2	350–400	383	330.00–352.50	341.32
1	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	465	337.50–350.00	343.55
7	500–550	528	330.00–340.00	337.28
6	550–600	582	327.50–330.00	328.32
1	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
2	700–750	728	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	382	410.00–420.00	416.52
2	400–450	428	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	465	393.00	393.00
32	500–550	526	355.00–364.00	362.03
27	550–600	573	341.00–348.00	344.93
10	650–700	669	317.00–329.00	323.90
1	700–750	710	302.50	302.50
2	750–800	758	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	890	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	320.00–325.00	322.50
4	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	517	330.00–332.50	331.69
3	550–600	575	310.00–317.50	312.48
1	600–650	640	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	608	356.00	356.00
17	650–700	665	355.50	355.50
16	700–750	717	340.50–345.00	343.85
18	800–850	816	340.00	340.00
33	850–900	860	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	355.00	355.00
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	390	310.00	310.00
1	450–500	485	367.50	367.50
4	500–550	508	325.00–372.50	360.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	515.00	515.00
4	300–350	319	480.00	480.00
2	400–450	428	380.00–382.50	381.24
1	450–500	450	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	521	395.00	395.00
4	550–600	594	365.00–370.00	367.48
6	600–650	612	342.50–347.50	346.24
3	650–700	662	331.00	331.00
1	700–750	700	329.00	329.00
1	750–800	775	319.00	319.00
1	800–850	825	312.00	312.00
10	900–950	916	282.00	282.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	146.00–156.00	151.76
10	—	1,262	171.00–185.00	174.88
16	—	1,229	160.00–170.00	166.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,015	152.00	152.00
4	—	931	135.00–146.00	141.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,440	170.00–174.00	172.22
5	—	1,437	155.00–167.00	160.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,600	177.00–183.00	179.96
3	—	1,837	205.00–210.00	207.85
6	—	1,753	185.00–200.00	190.87

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.