Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2024-10-10

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 10
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,089 head
66 vs last sale 1,023 282 vs year ago 1,371 · 20.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
0 vs last sale 30 10 vs year ago 20 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Fleshy unweaned steer and heifer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. The area remains dry and unseasonably warm for Fall. Slaughter cows were 4.00 to 9.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $266.91/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 198.85 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.
Average price
$266.91
31 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,435
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.68
vs TX average
27.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538266.911,43531
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 sale31 hd
266.91
TX average4 barns · 436 hd
266.23
+0.68
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
−27.40
This barn, trailing median29 sales
465.76
−198.85
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,279123.751,58322
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,350120.001,6201thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,074112.621,2094thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,285113.03/cwt110.00–115.001,4523
CowsLean 85-90%1,155109.48/cwt109.00–110.001,2642
CowsLean 85-90%1,085115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2481
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight900116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,0491
CowsBoner 80-85%1,279125.25/cwt124.50–128.001,60218
CowsBoner 80-85%1,270129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6381
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629254.86/cwt252.00–260.001,60348
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536241.77/cwt236.00–244.001,29626
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650614244.43/cwt240.00–246.001,50112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,37510
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800798244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,95147
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483241.31/cwt240.00–242.001,16611
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574234.14/cwt233.00–235.001,34416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1022
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700675237.02/cwt234.00–240.001,60034
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450406277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,1259
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900889238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,11663
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850816212.29/cwt211.00–213.001,73226
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned750–800754226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7047
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700690205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,41523
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700654221.69/cwt221.00–227.001,45072
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350341320.60/cwt320.00–322.001,09310
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550518284.48/cwt283.00–286.001,47416
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600561223.50/cwt223.50–223.501,25433
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500464267.68/cwt263.00–271.001,24220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800790234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,84921
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600553250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,3858
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned750–800758203.39/cwt199.00–205.001,54219
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750711235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,67181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850814210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,70910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650621239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4845
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600565245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,3877
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900888196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,7408
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500456238.79/cwt235.00–240.001,08917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650619213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,32216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700688215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,47925
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000995186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8518
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,350120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6201
HeifersMedium 1-2Unweaned700–750723176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,27626
SteersMedium 1-2Unweaned700–750742193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,43217
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600572234.60/cwt233.00–238.001,34242
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400356317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,1294
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800784256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,00775

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.