Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good. Muddy conditions hampered cattle movement again after several more inches of rain started off the week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $278.92/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −181.46 against this barn's trailing median of $460.38.

Average price

$278.92

143 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$31.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.88

vs TX average

−30.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	282.19	1,612	128
Medium and Large 2	571	251.00	1,433	15thin

One grade step is worth $31.19/cwt here — about $179 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

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 sale143 hd

278.92

—

TX average5 barns · 538 hd

278.03

+0.88

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−30.34

This barn, trailing median30 sales

460.38

−181.46

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	—	High	1,880	140.00	2,632	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	101.25	1,034	4thin

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
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$1,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,880	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,632	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,244	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	967	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	967	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	486	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,118	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,414	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,553	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	259.07/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,583	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,331	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,430	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,383	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,713	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,582	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	224.67/cwt	222.00–229.00	1,429	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,561	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,168	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,458	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,592	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	757	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,559	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	258.54/cwt	253.00–268.00	1,510	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,352	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	248.66/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,678	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,557	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,949	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,593	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	267.45/cwt	256.00–285.00	1,399	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,501	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,530	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,433	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	633	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	664	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,614	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,677	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	280.14/cwt	267.00–297.50	1,614	116

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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