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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, Apr 1

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← Mar 18Apr 1Apr 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

859 head

▲ 126 vs last sale 733▼ 346 vs year ago 1,205 · −28.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

84 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 72▲ 19 vs year ago 65 · +29.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 5.00-15.00 higher; Feeder Bulls 12.00-20.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 5.00-20.00 higher; Slaughter Cows 2.00-8.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 5.00 higher. Offerings also included 1881 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 $429.53/cwt on 118 head, up $17.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 18 comparable sales and sits +63.15 against this barn's trailing median of $366.38.

Average price

$429.53

▲ 17.79 vs prior sale

118 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,326

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+18.69

vs TN average

+6.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	429.53	2,326	118

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 sale118 hd

429.53

—

TN average15 barns · 727 hd

410.84

+18.69

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

+6.34

This barn, trailing median18 sales

366.38

+63.15

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

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	—	Average	1,779	206.74	3,677	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,581	192.48	3,042	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	178.56	2,096	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,028	150.48	1,547	26

Every lot

71 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	239	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,064	6
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	253	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,012	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,590	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	303	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,545	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,846	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	398	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,328	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	533.30/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,256	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,003	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,883	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	489.65/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,316	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	483.10/cwt	477.50–487.50	2,512	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	467.65/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,516	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,585	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	446.27/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,620	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	415.73/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,590	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	660	424.44/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,801	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	393.23/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,611	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,519	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,503	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	754	371.60/cwt	365.00–373.00	2,802	55
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	827	354.25/cwt	351.00–363.00	2,930	44
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	851	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,876	9
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,017	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,112	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	237	421.39/cwt	405.00–430.00	999	3
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	247	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,494	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	311	502.04/cwt	460.00–515.00	1,561	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	321	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,332	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	377	402.19/cwt	305.00–440.00	1,516	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	389	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,071	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	414	508.06/cwt	505.00–510.00	2,103	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	463.27/cwt	457.50–475.00	2,052	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,868	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	452	383.94/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,735	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	465.84/cwt	442.50–467.50	2,366	32
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	429.85/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,300	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	400.11/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,305	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	325.61/cwt	300.00–350.00	2,003	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	377.74/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,334	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,332	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	711	363.01/cwt	359.00–370.50	2,581	42
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,387	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	339.01/cwt	322.50–342.50	2,560	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	796	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,953	22
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	16
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,735	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,160	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	386	444.23/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,715	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,261	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	434.02/cwt	427.50–460.00	1,975	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	478.96/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,491	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	524	384.96/cwt	350.00–402.50	2,017	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	416.07/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,476	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	418.05/cwt	385.00–425.00	2,579	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,476	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	367.45/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,616	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,662	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,545	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,858	1
Bulls	—	—	1,783	216.06/cwt	210.00–230.00	3,852	6
Bulls	—	—	1,813	201.05/cwt	195.00–206.00	3,645	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	156.19/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,563	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,004	168.75/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,694	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,038	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,713	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	139.64/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,479	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,166	172.91/cwt	167.00–182.00	2,016	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	197.54/cwt	188.00–210.00	2,465	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,543	186.83/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,883	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,618	198.14/cwt	195.00–200.00	3,206	3

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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 859Last week 733Year ago 1,205

Slaughter CattleReceipts 84Last week 72Year ago 65

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	265	600.00	600.00
3	300–350	303	510.00	510.00
3	350–400	355	520.00	520.00
6	400–450	423	520.00–540.00	533.30
3	450–500	473	470.00–500.00	489.65
6	500–550	538	455.00–470.00	467.65
13	550–600	587	440.00–450.00	446.27
18	600–650	623	405.00–422.50	415.73
21	650–700	664	380.00–397.50	393.23
1	700–750	710	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	239	445.00	445.00
4	250–300	253	400.00	400.00
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
1	400–450	445	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	465	405.00	405.00
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	690	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	398	585.00	585.00
19	500–550	520	477.50–487.50	483.10
5	550–600	550	470.00	470.00
26	650–700	660	410.00–435.00	424.44
55	750–800	754	365.00–373.00	371.60
44	800–850	827	351.00–363.00	354.25
9	850–900	851	338.00	338.00
5	1000–1050	1,017	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	414	505.00–510.00	508.06
32	500–550	508	442.50–467.50	465.84
42	700–750	711	359.00–370.50	363.01
22	750–800	796	371.00	371.00
16	850–900	860	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	247	605.00	605.00
9	300–350	311	460.00–515.00	502.04
12	350–400	389	532.50	532.50
31	400–450	443	457.50–475.00	463.27
13	450–500	450	415.00	415.00
46	500–550	535	415.00–435.00	429.85
40	550–600	576	380.00–415.00	400.11
24	600–650	618	370.00–382.50	377.74
9	650–700	686	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	718	332.50	332.50
17	750–800	755	322.50–342.50	339.01
1	900–950	935	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	237	405.00–430.00	421.39
7	300–350	321	415.00	415.00
18	350–400	377	305.00–440.00	402.19
5	450–500	452	350.00–410.00	383.94
2	600–650	615	300.00–350.00	325.61
1	650–700	680	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	710	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	379	570.00	570.00
9	400–450	439	515.00	515.00
19	500–550	520	460.00–480.00	478.96
9	550–600	595	415.00–425.00	416.07
12	600–650	617	385.00–425.00	418.05
11	650–700	656	377.50	377.50
4	700–750	712	360.00–370.00	367.45
1	800–850	845	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	430.00–450.00	444.23
12	450–500	455	427.50–460.00	434.02
3	500–550	524	350.00–402.50	384.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,618	195.00–200.00	198.14
3	—	1,543	180.00–190.00	186.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,059	130.00–147.00	139.64
4	—	1,004	165.00–170.00	168.75
10	—	1,001	150.00–160.00	156.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,166	167.00–182.00	172.91
2	—	1,038	165.00	165.00
5	—	1,248	188.00–210.00	197.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,813	195.00–206.00	201.05
1	—	1,545	185.00	185.00
6	—	1,783	210.00–230.00	216.06

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.