Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2024-06-27

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 27
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
616 head
921 vs last sale 1,537 336 vs year ago 952 · 35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
67 vs last sale 97 40 vs year ago 70 · 57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Demand was good. Week started off with triple digit heat, but thunderstorms cooled the area down and slowed cattle movement. Slaughter cows were 5.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.27/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 166.49 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.
Average price
$299.27
21 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.29
vs TX average
+0.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555299.271,66021
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
516463411358median 465.7612/1802/2604/1606/1108/13
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 sale21 hd
299.27
TX average5 barns · 290 hd
283.99
+15.29
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
+0.01
This barn, trailing median29 sales
465.76
−166.49
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,925157.503,0316thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,191137.421,6376thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,127135.731,52915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,553131.002,0342thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,872160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,9953
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175138.31/cwt135.00–140.001,6255
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,370137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,8771
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,735125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,1691
Bulls1,977155.00/cwt155.00–155.003,0643
CowsLean 85-90%1,250143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,7881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583239.68/cwt235.00–250.001,39722
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800758235.33/cwt233.00–237.001,78412
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750725206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,49410
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450445277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2333
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750736262.57/cwt262.00–266.001,93375
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750742210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,55811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700652240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5659
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600574293.91/cwt292.00–295.001,68714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500461250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,15312
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700695275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9119
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000954215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0514
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700699225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5739
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600589240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,41419
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500481310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4914
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,53312
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800767214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6417
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625244.61/cwt242.00–252.001,52919
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4418
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550531260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,38113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800793234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8564
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900859225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,93311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650633268.75/cwt266.00–271.001,70127
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550516310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6007
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850804199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6006
SteersMedium and Large 1Full700–750737247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8203
CowsLean 85-90%1,000126.97/cwt122.00–130.001,2703
CowsLean 85-90%1,150137.46/cwt135.00–140.001,58111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,270133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6891
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600591226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3369
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750708221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800772215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,66015

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.