Sale reports / Tennessee / Lafayette Livestock Auction / 2026-09-02

Lafayette Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Sep 2
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071
Receipts
244 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 227▼ 168 vs year ago 412 · −40.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trends this week are on a light test due to light offerings. Feeder Steers/Bulls steady to 10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 10.00 higher; Slaughter Cows/Bulls not well tested. Offerings also included 1648 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 classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $335.91/cwt on 22 head, up $14.43 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −30.46 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.
Average price
$335.91
▲ 14.43 vs prior sale
22 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,813
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+13.66
vs TN average
+4.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540335.911,81322
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
335.91
—
TN average15 barns · 362 hd
322.25
+13.66
National average157 barns · 5,611 hd
331.52
+4.39
This barn, trailing median18 sales
366.38
−30.46
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.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4188
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503378.01/cwt370.00–380.001,90110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3535362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,9394
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589354.34/cwt342.50–360.002,0879
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625343.73/cwt336.00–352.002,14814
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2689310.27/cwt308.00–315.002,1383
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2353
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3357
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2937282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,6473
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,105232.50/cwt232.50–232.502,5691
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2215430.00/cwt430.00–430.009253
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1476
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3320330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0561
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,4433
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434379.77/cwt372.50–400.001,64818
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,5531
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7635
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523341.43/cwt337.50–347.501,78615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576324.09/cwt321.00–327.501,8677
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629313.39/cwt302.50–326.001,97110
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673295.97/cwt285.00–300.001,9927
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709284.74/cwt280.00–286.002,0195
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,2741
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2878272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,3934
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2993247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,4582
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3380342.50/cwt330.00–345.001,3026
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2387395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5297
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3410335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3741
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2457381.00/cwt381.00–381.001,7419
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480325.26/cwt300.00–330.001,5616
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,73615
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,71311
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3575275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5811
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2622287.48/cwt280.00–292.001,78816
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,8042
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2734268.30/cwt267.50–270.001,9693
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2845242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,0492

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.