Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers and heifers for a market trend. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady. Trading activity was moderate on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $267.75/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −198.01 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$267.75

18 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$62

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

$23.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.09

vs TX average

−30.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	508	287.00	1,458	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	576	263.90	1,520	15thin

One grade step is worth $23.10/cwt here — about −$62 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale18 hd

267.75

—

TX average5 barns · 243 hd

278.84

−11.09

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

−30.07

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−198.01

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	1,745	154.08	2,688	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,453	132.52	1,926	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,519	129.98	1,975	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,178	121.84	1,435	15

Every lot, as filed

48 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%	—	1,182	122.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,446	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,343	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	263.90/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,520	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	336.68/cwt	327.00–342.00	1,448	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,066	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,530	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,218	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,768	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	306	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	979	5
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,212	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,782	2
Bulls	—	—	2,100	158.80/cwt	155.00–165.00	3,335	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,453	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,926	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	130.39/cwt	129.00–135.00	2,004	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,631	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,068	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,173	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,565	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	293.77/cwt	283.00–305.00	1,407	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,612	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,199	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,458	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	690	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	283.33/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,360	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	311.58/cwt	308.00–317.00	1,231	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,318	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,282	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	664	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,527	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	548	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	971	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,942	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	760	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,225	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	896	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,191	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,019	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,561	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,632	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	237.80/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,603	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,793	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,201	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,458	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,078	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,264	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,573	7

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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