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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Jan 21

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Jan 7Jan 21Feb 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

796 head

▼ 234 vs last sale 1,030▲ 796 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 139▲ 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 19▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 8.00 lower; Feeder Heifers 2.00-8.00 lower with instances of 15.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 3.00-7.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00-8.00 higher. Offerings also included 1127 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.08/cwt on 131 head. That ranks 10 of 18 comparable sales and sits +1.58 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$415.08

131 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,311

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$195

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

$40.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.69

vs TN average

−50.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	415.70	2,314	129
Medium and Large 2-3	565	375.00	2,119	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.70/cwt here — about $195 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 sale131 hd

415.08

—

TN average15 barns · 601 hd

416.76

−1.69

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−50.25

This barn, trailing median18 sales

413.50

+1.58

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	—	High	1,792	199.02	3,566	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,395	178.91	2,496	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,232	171.71	2,115	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	125.52	1,281	23

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,260	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,975	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$2,350	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	985	$2,400	1thin

Every lot

77 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	427.48/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,338	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	340	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,275	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	484.74/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,060	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,742	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	470	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,186	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	421.14/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,992	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	490	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,985	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	510	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,305	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	406.77/cwt	402.50–410.00	2,184	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	393.72/cwt	390.00–397.50	2,248	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,389	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	626	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,222	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,300	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	373.19/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,437	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	720	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,635	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	342.47/cwt	332.50–346.00	2,510	35
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	332.90/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,557	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	813	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,724	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,615	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	858	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,849	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,846	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	919	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,876	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	951	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,958	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,011	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,800	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	458.05/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,434	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,455	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	400	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,480	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	413	401.21/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,657	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	424	435.65/cwt	435.00–436.00	1,847	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	458	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,958	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	388.26/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,778	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	335.16/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,558	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,958	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	362.81/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,901	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	353.60/cwt	345.00–359.00	2,005	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	342.27/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,119	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,262	55
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	333.53/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,181	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	656	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,034	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	307.12/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,242	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	315.93/cwt	312.50–318.00	2,401	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	800	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,020	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	838	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,577	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,660	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	358	403.02/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,443	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	447.56/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,750	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	414.95/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,764	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	457	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,988	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	391.50/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,048	33
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	532	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,995	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	553	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,949	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	387.62/cwt	372.50–415.00	2,225	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	605	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,951	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	364.59/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,268	29
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,260	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	316.06/cwt	311.00–321.00	2,304	15
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,311	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,146	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	980	240.00/cwt	227.50–252.50	2,352	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,525	185.98/cwt	185.00–187.00	2,836	2
Bulls	—	—	1,799	198.12/cwt	194.00–202.00	3,564	4
Bulls	—	—	1,918	206.44/cwt	205.00–208.00	3,960	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,009	120.90/cwt	110.00–125.00	1,220	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	134.17/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,398	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,146	155.96/cwt	149.00–175.00	1,787	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	186.52/cwt	179.00–195.00	2,266	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,321	166.54/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,200	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,338	195.99/cwt	193.00–200.00	2,622	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,406	173.44/cwt	168.00–176.00	2,439	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,341	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	2,975.00/head	2,975.00–2,975.00	2,975	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	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 Jan 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 796Last week 1,030Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 139Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	455.00–460.00	458.05
3	350–400	383	380.00	380.00
9	400–450	413	395.00–405.00	401.21
17	450–500	458	385.00–395.00	388.26
33	500–550	524	360.00–365.00	362.81
45	550–600	567	345.00–359.00	353.60
22	600–650	619	335.00–345.00	342.27
20	650–700	654	325.00–340.00	333.53
17	700–750	730	290.00–315.00	307.12
8	750–800	760	312.50–318.00	315.93
3	800–850	838	307.50	307.50
1	950–1000	985	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	424	435.00–436.00	435.65
6	450–500	458	427.50	427.50
6	500–550	512	382.50	382.50
55	650–700	650	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	400	370.00	370.00
2	450–500	465	320.00–350.00	335.16
3	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
4	650–700	656	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	800	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	391	430.00–480.00	447.56
6	400–450	425	405.00–420.00	414.95
10	450–500	457	435.00	435.00
33	500–550	523	390.00–400.00	391.50
9	550–600	574	372.50–415.00	387.62
29	600–650	622	357.50–370.00	364.59
3	650–700	655	345.00	345.00
15	700–750	729	311.00–321.00	316.06
2	750–800	790	292.50	292.50
1	850–900	850	252.50	252.50
6	950–1000	980	227.50–252.50	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	358	390.00–410.00	403.02
3	500–550	532	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	553	352.50	352.50
1	600–650	605	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	420.00–430.00	427.48
13	400–450	425	475.00–490.00	484.74
12	450–500	473	415.00–430.00	421.14
19	500–550	537	402.50–410.00	406.77
27	550–600	571	390.00–397.50	393.72
1	600–650	630	365.00	365.00
29	650–700	653	367.50–375.00	373.19
35	700–750	733	332.50–346.00	342.47
17	750–800	768	330.00–340.00	332.90
2	800–850	830	315.00	315.00
4	850–900	881	323.00	323.00
8	1000–1050	1,011	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	470	465.00	465.00
33	500–550	510	452.00	452.00
50	550–600	587	407.00	407.00
11	700–750	720	366.00	366.00
4	800–850	813	335.00	335.00
3	850–900	858	332.00	332.00
8	900–950	919	313.00	313.00
4	950–1000	951	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	430	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	490	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	565	375.00	375.00
7	600–650	626	355.00	355.00
1	650–700	660	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,406	168.00–176.00	173.44
3	—	1,338	193.00–200.00	195.99
1	—	1,510	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,321	160.00–175.00	166.54
12	—	1,215	179.00–195.00	186.52
8	—	1,146	149.00–175.00	155.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,042	130.00–145.00	134.17
15	—	1,009	110.00–125.00	120.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,918	205.00–208.00	206.44
2	—	1,525	185.00–187.00	185.98
4	—	1,799	194.00–202.00	198.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	2,400.00	2,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	2,975.00	2,975.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	3,100.00	3,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	755	2,350.00	2,350.00

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.