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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 23

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← May 16May 23May 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,586 head

▲ 539 vs last sale 1,047▲ 475 vs year ago 1,111 · +42.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 28▼ 60 vs year ago 70 · −85.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $257.00/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −181.61 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$257.00

52 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,434

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.56

vs TX average

−57.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	257.00	1,434	52

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale52 hd

257.00

—

TX average5 barns · 223 hd

276.56

−19.56

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

−57.10

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−181.61

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $343.16, median $438.61 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,141	130.87	1,494	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,413	127.49	1,801	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,525	125.00	1,906	4thin

Every lot

42 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,488	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,679	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	466	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,277	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,434	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	611	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,466	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,777	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,510	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,712	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,817	72
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,800	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,830	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	776	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,847	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	807	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,856	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	822	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,776	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	236.65/cwt	234.00–242.50	1,969	70
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	868	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,918	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,132	235
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,014	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,038	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	391	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	978	35
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,159	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,325	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,403	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,311	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	563	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,464	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	246.79/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,441	194
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,512	101
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,574	96
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	220.44/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,477	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Full	691	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,451	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,541	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	740	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,554	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,642	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	212.48/cwt	209.00–216.00	1,738	47
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,213	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium 1-2	494	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,186	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,667	12
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	1,753	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,371	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	133.49/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,535	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,413	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,801	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,906	4

This sale against other markets

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX

Thu May 23, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,586Last week 1,047Year ago 1,111

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 28Year ago 70

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	548	256.00	256.00
7	550–600	553	237.00	237.00
101	600–650	638	237.00	237.00
24	700–750	720	214.00	214.00
16	800–850	801	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	391	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	563	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
4	350–400	393	295.00	295.00
8	450–500	465	285.00	285.00
194	550–600	584	245.00–254.00	246.79
96	650–700	653	241.00	241.00
47	800–850	818	209.00–216.00	212.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	691	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	670	216.00–225.00	220.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	740	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	450–500	466	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	800–850	822	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	550–600	558	257.00	257.00
13	650–700	682	251.00	251.00
21	700–750	723	249.00	249.00
5	750–800	750	244.00	244.00
235	900–950	935	228.00	228.00
8	1000–1050	1,014	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	611	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	430.00	430.00
5	400–450	436	385.00	385.00
47	600–650	617	288.00	288.00
72	700–750	721	252.00	252.00
70	800–850	832	234.00–242.50	236.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	776	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	619	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	807	230.00	230.00
4	850–900	868	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	629	265.00	265.00
6	750–800	767	228.50	228.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	494	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	125.00–130.00	127.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,525	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,150	130.00–135.00	133.49
1	—	1,115	123.00	123.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.