Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago's light test: Not enough comparable sales for a market trend. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.03/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −162.95 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$250.03

39 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,387

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$3.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs TX average

−18.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	250.47	1,387	34
Medium and Large 1	561	247.00	1,386	5thin

One grade step is worth $3.47/cwt here — about $1 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

250.03

—

TX average5 barns · 252 hd

253.60

−3.57

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−18.83

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−162.95

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	1,780	174.00	3,097	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,432	140.94	2,018	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	138.28	1,648	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	131.33	1,391	6thin

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	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,673	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,477	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	242.34/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,393	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,603	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,159	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,588	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	278.25/cwt	276.00–281.00	1,714	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,342	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,690	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,444	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,635	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,838	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,185	3
Bulls	—	—	1,780	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,097	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	607	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	941	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	717	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,210	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,889	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,404	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,386	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,950	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	277.41/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,548	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,466	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,118	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	244.65/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,612	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,742	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	2,193	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	800–850	838	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,873	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	253.40/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,384	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	286	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	815	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	145.23/cwt	145.00–145.50	1,754	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,406	143.90/cwt	141.00–147.50	2,023	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	136.99/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,010	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,663	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,326	1

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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