Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2025-11-05

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Nov 5
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Feeder Cattle receipts
501 head
▲ 282 vs last sale 219▲ 184 vs year ago 317 · +58.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 71▲ 15 vs year ago 53 · +28.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers/Bulls 5.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 3.00-12.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00-7.00 lower; Slaughter Bulls 4.00 lower. Offerings also included 192 head sold on video. The video sale can be seen at the following link: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3467.pdf

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.23/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −39.15 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$327.23
66 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$46.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.44
vs TN average
−38.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2533329.341,75463
Medium and Large 2-3545283.001,5423thin
One grade step is worth $46.34/cwt here — about $212 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 sale66 hd
327.23
—
TN average15 barns · 666 hd
327.67
−0.44
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−38.38
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−39.15
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
444398353307median 366.3803/0404/2907/1509/0210/21
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,732186.593,2319thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,575144.102,27015
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,319142.421,8799thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,130127.071,4369thin

Every lot

65 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2258370.00/cwt370.00–370.009552
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3303300.00/cwt300.00–300.009092
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435362.68/cwt350.00–367.001,5789
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added476363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,7286
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511353.41/cwt350.00–362.001,8067
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573330.88/cwt327.50–340.001,89616
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,05312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8881
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added610348.96/cwt346.00–362.002,12916
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2637332.40/cwt324.00–335.002,11712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added671329.50/cwt329.50–329.502,21115
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673288.77/cwt287.50–290.001,9432
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723279.31/cwt267.50–290.002,0194
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added779293.01/cwt291.50–299.002,28325
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787267.77/cwt260.00–271.502,1073
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,2051
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885291.51/cwt287.00–295.002,58023
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6229
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240330.00/cwt330.00–330.007921
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,2071
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384366.51/cwt363.00–370.001,4078
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3390350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3651
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3187
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3430270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3455250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1382
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473342.17/cwt336.00–347.501,61825
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527328.31/cwt322.50–332.501,73041
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530338.97/cwt337.50–341.001,79717
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3545283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,5423
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7965
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640285.24/cwt270.00–287.001,82613
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643322.99/cwt315.00–325.002,07725
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,69712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655308.70/cwt302.00–311.002,0224
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,8426
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0113
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8613
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2913249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,2733
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added924268.50/cwt268.50–268.502,48117
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3350320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1201
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375378.06/cwt370.00–382.001,4189
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3437290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2676
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2446365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,62818
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3457331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,5137
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2459359.83/cwt349.00–365.001,65221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534317.85/cwt310.00–320.001,69718
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3540260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4041
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3564250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,41012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2596287.69/cwt280.00–298.001,7159
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2642267.01/cwt262.00–283.001,71422
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2736242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7856
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3738228.76/cwt227.50–230.001,6882
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8311
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2861222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,9164
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,616177.03/cwt175.00–180.002,8615
Bulls——1,876198.55/cwt195.00–203.003,7254
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,111114.71/cwt114.00–115.001,2744
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,145136.96/cwt128.00–140.001,5685
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,300145.77/cwt143.00–150.001,8956
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,358135.71/cwt130.00–140.001,8433
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2961
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,537135.51/cwt130.00–140.002,0835
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,612147.10/cwt145.00–155.002,3719

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.