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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifes were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good. Several inches of rain and more predicted hampered cattle movement. Slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $265.83/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −199.93 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$265.83

98 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$23.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.13

vs TX average

−36.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	280.97	1,516	35
Medium and Large 1-2	591	257.42	1,521	63

One grade step is worth $23.55/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale98 hd

265.83

—

TX average5 barns · 292 hd

255.70

+10.13

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−36.02

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−199.93

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	—	Low	1,642	121.73	1,998	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,256	107.82	1,354	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	104.18	1,077	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,607	101.54	1,632	13

Every lot, as filed

35 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	—	—	1,505	117.59/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,770	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	109.12/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,396	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,663	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,663	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	960	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,013	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	106.35/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,104	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,014	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,129	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	238.25/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,844	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,982	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,255	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,796	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	753	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,657	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	950–1000	995	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,910	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,130	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	248.44/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,324	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	172.47/cwt	162.00–181.00	1,399	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,521	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,068	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	707	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,739	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,507	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,303	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	744	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,548	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,433	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,200	4
Bulls	—	—	1,915	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,490	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,115	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	226.30/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,410	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	257.42/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,521	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,022	14

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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