Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light test: Yearling steers and heifers were steady. Stocker calves sold with a higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good, especially on stockers going back out on pastures that recently benefitted from rain. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $292.45/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −173.31 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$292.45

116 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$25.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.40

vs TX average

−8.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	303.08	1,718	67
Medium and Large 1-2	543	277.92	1,509	49

One grade step is worth $25.15/cwt here — about $208 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

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 sale116 hd

292.45

—

TX average5 barns · 459 hd

296.86

−4.40

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−8.21

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−173.31

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	1,755	160.00	2,808	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,066	131.71	1,403	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	130.31	1,708	84
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	128.00	1,915	4thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,455	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	244.72/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,772	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,885	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,159	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	135.66/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,439	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	253.53/cwt	252.50–256.00	1,435	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	275.82/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,409	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	245.56/cwt	244.00–248.50	1,505	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,662	12
Bulls	—	—	1,755	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,808	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	129.98/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,712	77
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	136.32/cwt	134.50–139.00	1,684	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,548	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,915	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	129.67/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	326.09/cwt	312.00–340.00	1,523	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	259.33/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,406	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,552	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,008	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,452	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,126	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	259.69/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,130	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	738	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,691	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,496	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,898	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,348	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	253.46/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,744	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	250.08/cwt	240.00–251.50	1,393	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	226.47/cwt	222.00–229.00	1,622	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	702	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,685	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	291.81/cwt	284.00–312.00	1,541	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	227.79/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,772	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	250.80/cwt	243.00–262.00	1,442	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,457	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,562	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	261.32/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,733	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,368	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	230.52/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,694	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,670	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	277.73/cwt	267.00–282.00	1,283	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,922	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,703	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	237	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	972	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	293.19/cwt	285.00–308.00	1,727	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	271.71/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,744	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,016	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,609	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	553	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,383	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,596	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	891	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,844	5

How this sale compares

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