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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Oct 29

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Oct 15Oct 29Nov 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

219 head

▼ 596 vs last sale 815▼ 383 vs year ago 602 · −63.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

71 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 72▼ 66 vs year ago 137 · −48.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends this week are on a light test due to light offerings. Compared to the last sale, All classes of Feeder Cattle were sharply lower with Feeder Steers 15.00-25.00 lower with instances of 30.00 lower; Feeder Bulls 20.00-30.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 15.00-25.00 lower with instances of 30.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00-8.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 lower. Offerings also included a video sale. The video sale 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.16/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −59.34 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$354.16

12 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$7.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.27

vs TN average

−75.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	354.77	1,938	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	535	347.50	1,859	1thin

One grade step is worth $7.27/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale12 hd

354.16

—

TN average14 barns · 358 hd

360.43

−6.27

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−75.56

This barn, trailing median18 sales

413.50

−59.34

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $479.44, low $366.05, median $413.50 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	1,808	174.65	3,158	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,222	159.27	1,947	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,490	153.61	2,289	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,115	131.61	1,468	11

Every lot

53 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	455.09/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,288	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,320	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	418	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,793	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,686	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	360.61/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,908	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	535	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,859	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	339.18/cwt	332.50–342.50	2,008	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	327.43/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,037	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	316.69/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,112	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,263	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	751	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,384	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	909	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,777	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	210	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	851	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,292	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,354	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	346.44/cwt	346.00–347.50	1,479	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,484	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,867	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	314.96/cwt	312.50–317.50	1,855	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	308.30/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,905	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,974	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	695	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,599	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,869	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,569	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,664	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,676	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	458	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,511	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	505	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,263	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	320.87/cwt	320.00–322.00	1,678	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,764	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	613	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,686	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	301.32/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,889	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,887	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	277.54/cwt	273.00–279.00	2,057	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,795	181.98/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,267	2
Bulls	—	—	1,835	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,936	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,470	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,027	122.26/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,256	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,691	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	157.50/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,923	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,231	137.28/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,690	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,265	175.14/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,216	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,295	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,150	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	153.93/cwt	150.00–160.00	2,309	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,558	146.44/cwt	145.00–148.00	2,282	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 Oct 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 219Last week 815Year ago 602

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 72Year ago 137

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	445.00–465.00	455.09
3	300–350	322	410.00	410.00
1	400–450	435	387.50	387.50
3	450–500	478	400.00	400.00
8	500–550	529	355.00–365.00	360.61
3	550–600	592	332.50–342.50	339.18
9	600–650	622	325.00–332.50	327.43
3	650–700	667	315.00–320.00	316.69
3	700–750	730	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	418	429.00	429.00
20	750–800	751	317.50	317.50
7	900–950	909	305.50	305.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	405.00	405.00
4	300–350	321	402.50	402.50
4	350–400	368	368.00	368.00
7	400–450	427	346.00–347.50	346.44
8	450–500	453	327.50	327.50
13	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
4	550–600	589	312.50–317.50	314.96
6	600–650	618	300.00–310.00	308.30
2	650–700	658	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	740	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	570	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	385	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	420	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	695	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	378	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	438	380.00	380.00
6	450–500	453	370.00	370.00
21	500–550	523	320.00–322.00	320.87
3	550–600	588	300.00	300.00
11	600–650	627	300.00–305.00	301.32
2	650–700	668	282.50	282.50
8	700–750	741	273.00–279.00	277.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	505	250.00	250.00
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	613	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,558	145.00–148.00	146.44
1	—	1,295	166.00	166.00
6	—	1,500	150.00–160.00	153.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	147.00	147.00
2	—	1,265	170.00–180.00	175.14
11	—	1,221	150.00–164.00	157.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,027	115.00–125.00	122.26
1	—	980	150.00	150.00
5	—	1,231	130.00–144.00	137.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	160.00	160.00
2	—	1,795	180.00–185.00	181.98

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.