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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 15

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

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Feeder Cattle receipts

815 head

▲ 399 vs last sale 416▲ 197 vs year ago 618 · +31.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

72 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 81▼ 31 vs year ago 103 · −30.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 higher; Feeder Heifers under 550 lbs. steady to 10.00 higher, over 550 lbs. steady to 10.00 lower; Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls mostly steady. Offerings also included 643 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 $347.78/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 8 of 18 comparable sales and sits −18.59 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$347.78

100 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$29.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.58

vs TN average

−50.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	348.67	1,945	97
Medium and Large 2-3	580	319.00	1,850	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.67/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale100 hd

347.78

—

TN average15 barns · 647 hd

352.37

−4.58

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−50.08

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

−18.59

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	—	High	1,848	191.25	3,534	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,529	166.63	2,548	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,173	160.45	1,882	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,006	137.73	1,385	6thin

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	280	477.28/cwt	465.00–520.00	1,336	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	452.71/cwt	435.00–480.00	1,521	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	340	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,703	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	418	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,019	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,815	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	440	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,522	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	457	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,022	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	480	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,680	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	531	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,198	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	378.03/cwt	372.50–402.50	2,015	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	361.07/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,101	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	592	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,273	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,339	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	625	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,984	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	358.74/cwt	342.50–361.00	2,253	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	343.88/cwt	343.00–347.50	2,314	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	704	319.07/cwt	312.50–320.00	2,246	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	724	344.52/cwt	335.00–348.50	2,494	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	776	332.37/cwt	331.00–334.00	2,579	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	820	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,276	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	835	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,722	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	245	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,029	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	276	409.73/cwt	380.00–440.00	1,131	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	430.69/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,374	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	325	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,544	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	350	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,400	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	431.26/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,643	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	390.71/cwt	372.50–417.00	1,625	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	452	386.19/cwt	370.00–396.00	1,746	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	455	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,929	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	348.26/cwt	341.00–365.00	1,602	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	503	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,924	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	359.72/cwt	345.00–373.00	1,860	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	341.88/cwt	336.00–344.00	1,969	69
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	319.00/cwt	305.00–326.00	1,850	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	331.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,031	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,767	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	313.01/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,100	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	683	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,708	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	292.14/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,124	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	738	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,325	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,106	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,317	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	429.96/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,578	26
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	373	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,492	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	433	359.11/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,555	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,843	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	407.25/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,886	21
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	474	317.52/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,505	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	364.84/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,908	22
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	529	335.43/cwt	290.00–343.00	1,774	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,755	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	338.21/cwt	332.50–343.00	2,006	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	342.89/cwt	337.00–351.00	2,143	32
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	655	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,850	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	317.90/cwt	314.00–321.00	2,149	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	721	308.93/cwt	308.00–311.00	2,227	16
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,389	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,140	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	240.85/cwt	240.00–242.50	2,076	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,573	177.26/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,788	3
Bulls	—	—	1,810	209.29/cwt	205.00–214.00	3,788	2
Bulls	—	—	2,073	192.72/cwt	188.00–198.00	3,995	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	142.28/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,510	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,109	152.40/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,690	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,193	170.90/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,039	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,193	160.53/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,915	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,393	176.67/cwt	173.00–180.00	2,461	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,578	164.52/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,596	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,605	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,488	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 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 815Last week 416Year ago 618

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 81Year ago 103

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	340	501.00	501.00
20	400–450	418	483.00	483.00
9	450–500	457	442.50	442.50
20	500–550	531	414.00	414.00
7	550–600	592	384.00	384.00
24	600–650	606	386.00	386.00
17	700–750	724	335.00–348.50	344.52
11	750–800	776	331.00–334.00	332.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	346.00	346.00
1	450–500	480	350.00	350.00
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	625	317.50	317.50
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	820	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	465.00–520.00	477.28
17	300–350	336	435.00–480.00	452.71
10	400–450	422	430.00	430.00
22	500–550	533	372.50–402.50	378.03
12	550–600	582	357.50–365.00	361.07
22	600–650	628	342.50–361.00	358.74
10	650–700	673	343.00–347.50	343.88
8	700–750	704	312.50–320.00	319.07
4	800–850	835	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	420.00	420.00
4	250–300	276	380.00–440.00	409.73
13	300–350	319	410.00–455.00	430.69
20	350–400	381	430.00–435.00	431.26
34	400–450	416	372.50–417.00	390.71
13	450–500	452	370.00–396.00	386.19
21	500–550	517	345.00–373.00	359.72
69	550–600	576	336.00–344.00	341.88
11	600–650	613	320.00–340.00	331.31
19	650–700	671	305.00–316.00	313.01
7	700–750	727	290.00–295.00	292.14
2	750–800	780	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	820	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	325	475.00	475.00
31	450–500	455	424.00	424.00
7	500–550	503	382.50	382.50
4	700–750	738	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	400.00	400.00
10	450–500	460	341.00–365.00	348.26
3	550–600	580	305.00–326.00	319.00
1	600–650	620	285.00	285.00
2	650–700	683	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	367	410.00–440.00	429.96
7	400–450	444	415.00	415.00
21	450–500	463	400.00–415.00	407.25
22	500–550	523	352.50–370.00	364.84
10	550–600	593	332.50–343.00	338.21
32	600–650	625	337.00–351.00	342.89
11	650–700	676	314.00–321.00	317.90
16	700–750	721	308.00–311.00	308.93
3	750–800	773	309.00	309.00
2	800–850	823	260.00	260.00
3	850–900	862	240.00–242.50	240.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	400.00	400.00
14	400–450	433	350.00–395.00	359.11
6	450–500	474	305.00–350.00	317.52
10	500–550	529	290.00–343.00	335.43
2	550–600	580	302.50	302.50
1	650–700	655	282.50	282.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,578	160.00–169.00	164.52
2	—	1,393	173.00–180.00	176.67
1	—	1,605	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,109	150.00–154.00	152.40
3	—	1,193	169.00–173.00	170.90
10	—	1,193	155.00–165.00	160.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	115.00	115.00
5	—	1,061	135.00–145.00	142.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,810	205.00–214.00	209.29
3	—	1,573	170.00–180.00	177.26
4	—	2,073	188.00–198.00	192.72

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.