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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 20

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Jun 13Jun 20Jun 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,537 head

▲ 655 vs last sale 882▲ 75 vs year ago 1,462 · +5.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

97 head

▲ 74 vs last sale 23▲ 47 vs year ago 50 · +94.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light test: Yearling steers and heifers were steady. Stocker calves sold with a higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good, especially on stockers going back out on pastures that recently benefitted from rain. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 4.00 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 $292.45/cwt on 116 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −146.16 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$292.45

116 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$25.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.40

vs TX average

−8.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	303.08	1,718	67
Medium and Large 1-2	543	277.92	1,509	49

One grade step is worth $25.15/cwt here — about $208 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale116 hd

292.45

—

TX average5 barns · 459 hd

296.86

−4.40

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−8.21

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−146.16

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,755	160.00	2,808	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,066	131.71	1,403	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,311	130.31	1,708	84
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,496	128.00	1,915	4thin

Every lot

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. 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,662	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,436	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,368	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,670	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	291.81/cwt	284.00–312.00	1,541	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,452	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	293.19/cwt	285.00–308.00	1,727	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	271.71/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,744	115
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	261.32/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,733	67
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	253.46/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,744	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,455	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	702	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,685	36
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	244.72/cwt	243.00–247.00	1,772	38
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,922	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,885	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,016	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	883	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,898	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	891	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,844	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	205	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	738	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	276	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	994	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,008	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,126	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	259.69/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,130	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	277.73/cwt	267.00–282.00	1,283	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	275.82/cwt	272.00–278.00	1,409	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	259.33/cwt	255.00–261.00	1,406	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	553	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,383	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	250.08/cwt	240.00–251.50	1,393	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	253.53/cwt	252.50–256.00	1,435	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	245.56/cwt	244.00–248.50	1,505	153
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,496	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,552	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,596	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	716	226.47/cwt	222.00–229.00	1,622	46
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	230.52/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,694	55
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,703	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,691	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	237	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	972	9
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,348	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,609	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	326.09/cwt	312.00–340.00	1,523	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	250.80/cwt	243.00–262.00	1,442	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,457	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,562	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	227.79/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,772	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,755	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,808	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	950	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,159	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	135.66/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,439	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,110	129.67/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,439	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	136.32/cwt	134.50–139.00	1,684	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,548	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,317	129.98/cwt	128.00–130.00	1,712	77
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,496	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,915	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 Jun 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,537Last week 882Year ago 1,462

Slaughter CattleReceipts 97Last week 23Year ago 50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	446	322.00	322.00
6	650–700	693	210.00	210.00
5	850–900	891	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	435	382.00	382.00
8	450–500	456	300.00	300.00
30	500–550	528	284.00–312.00	291.81
19	550–600	567	256.00	256.00
80	650–700	688	253.00–255.00	253.46
38	700–750	724	243.00–247.00	244.72
19	800–850	816	231.00	231.00
13	850–900	883	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	700–750	702	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	506	330.00	330.00
49	550–600	589	285.00–308.00	293.19
115	600–650	642	270.00–285.00	271.71
67	650–700	663	258.00–262.00	261.32
28	750–800	758	253.50	253.50
28	800–850	828	243.50	243.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	276	360.00	360.00
14	450–500	462	267.00–282.00	277.73
25	500–550	511	272.00–278.00	275.82
48	550–600	566	252.50–256.00	253.53
153	600–650	613	244.00–248.50	245.56
16	650–700	682	234.00	234.00
55	700–750	735	230.00–233.00	230.52
6	750–800	750	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	205	360.00	360.00
19	300–350	336	300.00	300.00
11	350–400	395	285.00	285.00
17	400–450	435	250.00–268.00	259.69
18	500–550	542	255.00–261.00	259.33
30	550–600	557	240.00–251.50	250.08
17	600–650	613	244.00	244.00
56	650–700	669	232.00	232.00
46	700–750	716	222.00–229.00	226.47
11	800–850	825	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	553	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	237	410.00	410.00
17	300–350	337	400.00	400.00
14	450–500	467	312.00–340.00	326.09
12	550–600	575	243.00–262.00	250.80
14	600–650	607	240.00	240.00
7	650–700	679	230.00	230.00
9	750–800	778	225.00–230.00	227.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	950	122.00	122.00
4	—	1,061	133.00–138.00	135.66
3	—	1,110	129.00–130.00	129.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,317	128.00–130.00	129.98
6	—	1,235	134.50–139.00	136.32
1	—	1,290	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,496	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	160.00	160.00

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.