Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2024-06-27

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 27
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
616 head
▼ 921 vs last sale 1,537▼ 336 vs year ago 952 · −35.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 67 vs last sale 97▼ 40 vs year ago 70 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Demand was good. Week started off with triple digit heat, but thunderstorms cooled the area down and slowed cattle movement. Slaughter cows were 5.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.27/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −139.34 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$299.27
21 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.29
vs TX average
+0.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555299.271,66021
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 sale21 hd
299.27
—
TX average5 barns · 290 hd
283.99
+15.29
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
+0.01
This barn, trailing median32 sales
438.61
−139.34
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
516453391329median 438.6103/0505/0707/1609/1010/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,925157.503,0316thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,191137.421,6376thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,127135.731,52915
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,553131.002,0342thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6007
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574293.91/cwt292.00–295.001,68714
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633268.75/cwt266.00–271.001,70127
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned652240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5659
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9119
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736262.57/cwt262.00–266.001,93375
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Full737247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8203
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8564
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2859225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,93311
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1954215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0514
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1445277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2333
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,15312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,38113
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4418
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583239.68/cwt235.00–250.001,39722
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned589240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,41419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2591226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3369
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,53312
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned699225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5739
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5656
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,49410
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758235.33/cwt233.00–237.001,78412
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2772215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,66015
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy804199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6006
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4914
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625244.61/cwt242.00–252.001,52919
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2742210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,55811
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1767214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,6417
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,872160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,9953
Bulls——1,977155.00/cwt155.00–155.003,0643
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000126.97/cwt122.00–130.001,2703
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150137.46/cwt135.00–140.001,58111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175138.31/cwt135.00–140.001,6255
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,250143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,7881
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,6891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,370137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,8771
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,735125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,1691

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.