Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $295.93/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −164.45 against this barn's trailing median of $460.38.

Average price

$295.93

108 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$50.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.29

vs TX average

−17.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	298.25	1,664	103
Medium and Large 1-2	551	248.00	1,366	5thin

One grade step is worth $50.25/cwt here — about $298 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $372.21, median $460.38 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale108 hd

295.93

—

TX average5 barns · 383 hd

292.64

+3.29

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−17.07

This barn, trailing median30 sales

460.38

−164.45

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

45 lots · USDA AMS · Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	865	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	842	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,684	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,495	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,532	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	287.32/cwt	277.00–292.00	1,106	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,703	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,523	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,627	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,461	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,366	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,476	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,230	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,402	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	228.51/cwt	224.50–229.60	2,082	501
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	233.07/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,879	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	231.99/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,524	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,240	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,180	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,808	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	271.95/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,428	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	226.10/cwt	225.75–226.75	1,730	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	228.65/cwt	225.00–229.00	2,005	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	243.72/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,562	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,562	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	225.45/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,542	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	211.07/cwt	210.75–211.50	1,876	378
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	249.27/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,760	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	361.47/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,572	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	232.17/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,470	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	314.67/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,665	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,535	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,401	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	243.76/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,633	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,773	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	215.81/cwt	214.50–219.50	1,767	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	293.57/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,380	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,105	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,683	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,922	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,391	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	300.57/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,710	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	278.91/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,749	48

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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