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Lafayette Livestock Auction

Name: Lafayette Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Lafayette, Tennessee · Wed, May 20

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2071

← May 6May 20Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

730 head

▲ 295 vs last sale 435▲ 200 vs year ago 530 · +37.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

90 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 57▲ 24 vs year ago 66 · +36.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale, Feeder Steers 3.00-15.00 lower; Feeder Bulls under 550 lbs. 5.00-15.00 higher, over 550 lbs. 4.00-10.00 lower; Feeder Heifers steady to 8.00 lower; Slaughter Cows 2.00 higher; Slaughter Bulls 10.00 higher. Offerings also included 1286 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 $469.16/cwt on 58 head, down $5.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 18 comparable sales and sits +55.66 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$469.16

▼ 5.84 vs prior sale

58 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,609

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$36.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.07

vs TN average

−5.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	471.69	2,616	54
Medium and Large 2-3	576	435.00	2,506	4thin

One grade step is worth $36.69/cwt here — about $111 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale58 hd

469.16

—

TN average14 barns · 517 hd

460.09

+9.07

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−5.32

This barn, trailing median18 sales

413.50

+55.66

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	—	Average	1,741	226.63	3,946	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	182.07	2,687	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,184	178.02	2,107	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	974	154.46	1,504	15

Every lot

74 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	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	228	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,505	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	316	573.67/cwt	560.00–600.00	1,813	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	489.84/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,567	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	479.76/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,818	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,101	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	463	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,037	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	480.05/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,275	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	467.88/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,377	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,501	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	540	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,349	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	477.64/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,694	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	457.29/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,616	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	588	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,558	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,745	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	430.48/cwt	422.50–437.50	2,691	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	642	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,632	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	654	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,845	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,665	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,566	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	716	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,739	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	784	357.83/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,805	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	784	350.09/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,745	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	822	345.73/cwt	342.50–346.00	2,842	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	869	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,850	17
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	933	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,939	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,875	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,759	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	483.94/cwt	475.00–502.50	1,824	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	388	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,746	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	414	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,029	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	438	431.37/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,889	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	447	468.44/cwt	457.50–470.00	2,094	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	454	401.96/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,825	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	442.75/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,090	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	406.37/cwt	392.50–415.00	2,125	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	526	380.12/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,999	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	536	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,265	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	384.78/cwt	365.00–389.00	2,228	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,306	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,885	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	355.72/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,234	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	645	332.50/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,145	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	650	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,031	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,298	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	703	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,383	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,220	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	316.25/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,388	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	293.17/cwt	285.00–301.00	2,527	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	375	442.60/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,660	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	485.17/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,892	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	434	431.54/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,873	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,254	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	488.42/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,286	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	409.64/cwt	395.00–412.50	2,028	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	463.58/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,374	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	585	359.91/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,105	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	428.45/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,536	30
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	400.11/cwt	392.50–412.50	2,561	30
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	730	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,573	12
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	737	315.85/cwt	312.50–317.50	2,328	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	333.74/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,463	12
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	808	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,529	5
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	867	303.33/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,630	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,706	221.42/cwt	215.00–225.00	3,777	9
Bulls	—	—	1,821	238.35/cwt	235.00–245.00	4,340	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	139.49/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,287	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	961	156.08/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,500	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,133	196.24/cwt	189.00–210.00	2,223	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,181	176.30/cwt	169.00–187.00	2,082	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,021	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	163.43/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,059	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	199.10/cwt	192.00–206.00	2,797	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	178.66/cwt	170.00–187.00	2,662	10

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 May 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 730Last week 435Year ago 530

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 57Year ago 66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	390	465.00–495.00	485.17
15	400–450	442	510.00	510.00
16	450–500	468	470.00–500.00	488.42
17	500–550	512	435.00–470.00	463.58
30	550–600	592	425.00–440.00	428.45
30	600–650	640	392.50–412.50	400.11
12	700–750	738	320.00–340.00	333.74
5	800–850	808	313.00	313.00
9	850–900	867	300.00–305.00	303.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	730	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	440.00–450.00	442.60
5	400–450	434	400.00–445.00	431.54
6	450–500	495	395.00–412.50	409.64
2	550–600	585	355.00–365.00	359.91
6	700–750	737	312.50–317.50	315.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	525.00	525.00
12	350–400	377	475.00–502.50	483.94
16	400–450	447	457.50–470.00	468.44
19	450–500	472	435.00–447.50	442.75
29	500–550	523	392.50–415.00	406.37
11	550–600	579	365.00–389.00	384.78
36	600–650	628	350.00–375.00	355.72
5	650–700	651	353.00	353.00
8	700–750	716	310.00	310.00
10	750–800	755	310.00–322.50	316.25
14	850–900	862	285.00–301.00	293.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	450.00	450.00
13	400–450	438	385.00–445.00	431.37
7	450–500	454	380.00–410.00	401.96
4	500–550	526	375.00–385.00	380.12
1	550–600	580	325.00	325.00
4	600–650	645	330.00–335.00	332.50
1	650–700	650	312.50	312.50
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	414	490.00	490.00
14	500–550	536	422.50	422.50
10	550–600	580	397.50	397.50
19	700–750	703	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	521	480.00	480.00
29	550–600	564	470.00–480.00	477.64
10	600–650	610	450.00	450.00
39	650–700	654	435.00	435.00
9	700–750	716	382.50	382.50
27	750–800	784	355.00–360.00	357.83
13	800–850	822	342.50–346.00	345.73
2	900–950	933	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	660.00	660.00
13	300–350	316	560.00–600.00	573.67
4	350–400	379	465.00–495.00	479.76
5	400–450	416	505.00	505.00
19	450–500	474	470.00–495.00	480.05
7	500–550	508	465.00–470.00	467.88
13	550–600	572	455.00–460.00	457.29
15	600–650	625	422.50–437.50	430.48
7	650–700	658	405.00	405.00
3	700–750	703	365.00	365.00
3	750–800	784	345.00–352.50	350.09
17	850–900	869	328.00	328.00
1	900–950	935	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	470.00–500.00	489.84
4	450–500	463	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	540	435.00	435.00
3	550–600	588	435.00	435.00
5	600–650	642	410.00	410.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,706	215.00–225.00	221.42
4	—	1,821	235.00–245.00	238.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	165.00	165.00
2	—	923	139.00–140.00	139.49
12	—	961	150.00–160.00	156.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,181	169.00–187.00	176.30
5	—	1,133	189.00–210.00	196.24
4	—	1,260	160.00–165.00	163.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	192.00–206.00	199.10
10	—	1,490	170.00–187.00	178.66

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.