Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Pop up thunderstorms forecasted throughout the panhandle for the week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $243.87/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −157.29 against this barn's trailing median of $401.16.

Average price

$243.87

30 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$24.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.75

vs TX average

−37.81 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	657	254.00	1,669	9thin
Medium and Large 1	672	250.00	1,680	10thin
Medium and Large 2	603	230.00	1,387	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.00/cwt here — about $282 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 600–700 lb

29 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $453.31, low $349.30, median $401.16 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale30 hd

243.87

—

TX average5 barns · 176 hd

249.62

−5.75

National average148 barns · 8,703 hd

281.68

−37.81

This barn, trailing median29 sales

401.16

−157.29

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	1,500	160.47	2,407	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	132.34	2,049	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,294	127.94	1,656	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,050	125.17	1,315	9thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$1,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,857	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,466	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,708	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,505	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	657	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,669	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,022	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,299	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	213.26/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,563	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	233.18/cwt	227.00–234.00	1,572	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	666	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,399	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	257.54/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,298	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,352	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,317	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,371	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,802	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,294	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	130.63/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,323	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	123.92/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,311	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	134.94/cwt	130.00–139.00	2,059	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	123.60/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,539	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,197	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	702	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,334	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	123.26/cwt	120.00–127.00	2,003	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	132.86/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,714	5
Bulls	—	—	1,500	160.47/cwt	160.00–161.00	2,407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,680	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,309	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	813	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,841	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	492	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,205	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,387	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	996	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,132	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,000	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,669	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,825	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,490	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,488	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,332	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	800	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,760	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,052	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	205.89/cwt	205.00–210.00	2,084	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,652	7

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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