Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales of feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Demand was good. Offering included several loads of yearlings coming off of dried out pastures. Slaughter cows were 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $287.00/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −178.76 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$287.00

17 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.09

vs TX average

−4.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	584	287.00	1,676	17thin

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

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 sale17 hd

287.00

—

TX average5 barns · 289 hd

270.91

+16.09

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−4.09

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−178.76

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	1,676	142.91	2,395	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	130.05	1,581	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	127.50	1,957	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,093	124.67	1,363	13

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Bulls	—	—	2,003	152.28/cwt	150.00–155.00	3,050	2
Bulls	—	—	1,458	136.67/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,993	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	117.71/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,157	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	125.93/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,402	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,197	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,063	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,144	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,945	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	727	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,621	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	218.61/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,594	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	688	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,295	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,615	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	922	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,781	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,714	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,435	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,743	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	631	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,578	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,777	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,903	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,542	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,362	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,035	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	235.00/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,485	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,394	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	131.31/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	288.84/cwt	284.00–299.00	1,612	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	772	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,030	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,713	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	253.84/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,576	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	244.99/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,747	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,676	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,204	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,214	151
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,798	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,926	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	279.18/cwt	276.00–291.00	1,376	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,575	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,025	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,683	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,806	17

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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