Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.99/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −159.99 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$252.99

39 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,376

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$20.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.80

vs TX average

−15.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	257.11	1,419	31
Medium and Large 1-2	514	237.00	1,218	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.11/cwt here — about $201 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

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 sale39 hd

252.99

—

TX average5 barns · 256 hd

253.79

−0.80

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−15.39

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−159.99

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
Bulls	—	High	1,615	133.69	2,159	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,171	120.29	1,409	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,567	115.67	1,812	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	955	112.54	1,074	30

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 Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	878	$1,964	15

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,651	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	687	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,511	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	254.49/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,840	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,856	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,074	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,068	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	234.50/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,782	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	211.24/cwt	211.00–212.00	1,739	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,968	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,505	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,536	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	323.03/cwt	313.00–327.00	1,599	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	208.05/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,610	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	260.34/cwt	259.00–265.00	1,377	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	241	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	812	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	789	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,712	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	223.58/cwt	194.00–228.00	1,704	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,697	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,431	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,288	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	967	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,828	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,218	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,019	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,977	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,503	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	120.60/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,125	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,528	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,757	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,326	2
Bulls	—	—	1,920	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,880	1
Bulls	—	—	1,585	137.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,177	2
Bulls	—	—	1,370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,069	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,031	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,544	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	109.09/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,052	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,925	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,417	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,484	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,924	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,022	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,477	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,010	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,482	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	808	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,858	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	780	206.50/cwt	206.50–206.50	1,611	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,083	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,276	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,801	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	738	209.62/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,547	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	679	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,494	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	223.59/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,590	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	267.58/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,319	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,633	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,553	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,801	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,412	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,683	14
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	1,963.94/head	1,500.00–2,000.00	1,964	15

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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