Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00 to instances 8.00 lower. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Sharp declines in the CME cattle futures early in the week curbed receipts and made buyers hesitant. Slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.27/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −156.71 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$256.27

43 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$22.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.41

vs TX average

−10.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	277.00	1,421	3thin
Medium and Large 1	560	254.71	1,426	40

One grade step is worth $22.29/cwt here — about −$5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $328.30, median $412.98 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 sale43 hd

256.27

—

TX average5 barns · 192 hd

262.67

−6.41

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−10.60

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−156.71

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	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	120.00	1,734	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	120.00	1,404	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	105.00	1,050	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,056	$1,568	11

Every lot, as filed

53 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	500–550	528	273.85/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,446	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,608	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	1,568.34/head	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,568	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,199	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	750–800	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,646	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	687	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,759	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,496	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,470	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,346	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,120	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	271.64/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,703	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,210	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	678	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,424	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,496	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,890	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,692	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	813	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	724	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,484	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	597	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,278	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,050	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,734	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	348.30/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,588	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	245.27/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,621	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,815	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,629	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,550	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,693	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,854	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	203.59/cwt	196.00–214.00	1,659	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	237.05/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,749	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,955	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,611	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,841	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	274.66/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,832	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	319.68/cwt	312.00–332.00	1,736	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,614	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	247.66/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,553	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	218.79/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,912	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	221.61/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,604	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,508	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	735	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	282.73/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,216	32

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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