Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light weight steer and heifer calves were 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearlings were not well tested last week. Demand was good. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $255.33/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −205.05 against this barn's trailing median of $460.38.

Average price

$255.33

51 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$32.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.41

vs TX average

−31.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	272.30	1,537	24
Medium and Large 1-2	570	240.26	1,369	27

One grade step is worth $32.04/cwt here — about $168 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $372.21, median $460.38 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 sale51 hd

255.33

—

TX average4 barns · 225 hd

265.75

−10.41

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−31.49

This barn, trailing median30 sales

460.38

−205.05

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	1,740	130.00	2,262	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,281	116.84	1,497	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,560	116.16	1,812	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,040	115.01	1,197	5thin

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,975	2thin

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 1	500–550	506	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,488	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	258.53/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,582	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,619	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,096	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	658	209.98/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,382	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	399	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,117	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	527	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,270	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	564	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,255	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	297.62/cwt	270.00–307.00	1,080	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,379	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,240	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	698	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,539	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	240.46/cwt	235.00–244.50	2,005	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,525	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,216	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,261	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,445	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	116.30/cwt	115.50–117.00	1,161	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,070	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,905	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	2,029	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	119.12/cwt	117.00–122.50	1,752	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	112.10/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,855	2
Bulls	—	—	1,740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,262	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	480	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	749	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	623	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	953	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	120.57/cwt	117.50–125.00	1,538	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	113.58/cwt	110.00–116.50	1,431	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,405	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	121.22/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	250.46/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,150	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,269	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,339	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	829	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,701	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,385	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	255.36/cwt	247.00–262.00	1,315	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,508	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	903	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,950	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,123	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	316.17/cwt	300.00–332.00	1,505	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,458	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	325.20/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,063	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	266.48/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,284	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	309.53/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,130	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,296	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	343.88/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,458	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,753	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	265.06/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,548	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,254	2

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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