Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.18/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −192.59 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$273.18

78 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$25.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.79

vs TX average

−42.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	281.61	1,622	52
Medium and Large 1-2	544	256.31	1,395	26

One grade step is worth $25.30/cwt here — about $227 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $372.21, median $465.76 across 29 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 sale78 hd

273.18

—

TX average4 barns · 225 hd

281.96

−8.79

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

−42.89

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−192.59

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

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	115.47	1,443	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,516	113.33	1,718	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,101	110.86	1,220	6thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2	850–900	863	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,683	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	640	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,562	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	286.61/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,422	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,560	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,712	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	250.11/cwt	246.00–258.00	1,568	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,589	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,205	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	301.45/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,290	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,959	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,791	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,035	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,521	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	244.35/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,505	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	699	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,440	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,506	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	262.71/cwt	259.00–282.00	1,369	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,545	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,307	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	987	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	112.03/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,269	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,615	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	114.44/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,753	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	729	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,531	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,969	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,385	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	647	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,559	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	115.28/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,444	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,117	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,639	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	642	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,489	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	762	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,638	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	731	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,535	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	897	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	270.08/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,521	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,651	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	542	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,339	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	281.61/cwt	267.00–289.00	1,622	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	259.89/cwt	258.00–263.50	1,757	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,544	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	944	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,166	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,900	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	343.56/cwt	337.00–365.00	1,312	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	237.39/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,058	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	252.30/cwt	250.50–256.50	1,859	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,077	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	221.81/cwt	218.75–225.00	1,739	125

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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