Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady. Trade activty was moderate on moderate to good demand. Temperatures reaching near triple digits this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $265.81/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −199.96 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$265.81

31 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.01

vs TX average

−43.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	290.00	1,656	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	574	260.00	1,492	25

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale31 hd

265.81

—

TX average5 barns · 306 hd

282.81

−17.01

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−43.35

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−199.96

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	—	Average	1,788	150.02	2,682	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,272	125.58	1,597	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,448	124.43	1,802	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,073	122.60	1,316	11

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$2,347	5

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,428	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	125.67/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,600	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,788	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	122.11/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,326	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	131.00/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,474	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,150	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,806	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,075	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,129	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,231	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	229.87/cwt	224.00–230.50	2,039	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	698	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,550	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,889	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	2,347.37/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,347	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,358	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	774	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,703	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	770	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,616	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,088	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	240.06/cwt	234.00–242.00	1,472	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	234.06/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,556	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	766	227.49/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,743	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,339	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,263	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,524	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,319	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	787	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,865	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	250.15/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,821	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	273.00/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,731	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,754	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	310.45/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,506	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	236.00/cwt	231.00–236.75	1,980	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	908	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	227.70/cwt	224.00–230.25	2,115	104
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	973	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,810	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	857	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,671	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,159	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	843	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	886	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,683	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,565	9
Bulls	—	—	1,788	150.02/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,682	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	123.75/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,792	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	129.39/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,319	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,492	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,652	6

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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