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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jul 18

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Jul 11Jul 18Jul 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,478 head

▲ 490 vs last sale 988▲ 651 vs year ago 827 · +78.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 30▲ 5 vs year ago 20 · +25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales of feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Demand was good. Offering included several loads of yearlings coming off of dried out pastures. Slaughter cows were 5.00 lower.

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 $287.00/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −151.61 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$287.00

17 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,676

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.09

vs TX average

−4.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	584	287.00	1,676	17thin

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 sale17 hd

287.00

—

TX average5 barns · 289 hd

270.91

+16.09

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−4.09

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−151.61

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,676	142.91	2,395	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,216	130.05	1,581	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	127.50	1,957	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,093	124.67	1,363	13

Every lot

44 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,542	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,435	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,676	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,777	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	631	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,578	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,714	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	244.99/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,747	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,798	46
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	772	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,030	150
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,025	7
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	901	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,063	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,204	228
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,214	151
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,144	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,945	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	288	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	922	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,142	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	279.18/cwt	276.00–291.00	1,376	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	498	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,295	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,485	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	253.84/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,576	101
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	235.00/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,485	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,575	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	688	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,548	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,713	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Full	727	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,621	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,781	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,903	72
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,926	60
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	276	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,035	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,362	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	288.84/cwt	284.00–299.00	1,612	19
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	654	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,615	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	218.61/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,594	14
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,743	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	856	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,806	17
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,683	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,458	136.67/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,993	3
Bulls	—	—	2,003	152.28/cwt	150.00–155.00	3,050	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	117.71/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,157	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	125.93/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,402	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,115	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,394	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	131.31/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,630	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,725	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,690	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,197	1

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 Jul 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,478Last week 988Year ago 827

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 30Year ago 20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,003	150.00–155.00	152.28
3	—	1,458	135.00–140.00	136.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	983	115.00–120.00	117.71
11	—	1,113	125.00–130.00	125.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,690	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,380	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	125.00	125.00
4	—	1,241	130.00–135.00	131.31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	352.00	352.00
10	450–500	463	310.00	310.00
17	550–600	584	287.00	287.00
32	700–750	713	244.00–246.00	244.99
10	900–950	901	229.00	229.00
15	1100–1150	1,144	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	672	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	631	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	600–650	619	287.00	287.00
46	700–750	731	246.00	246.00
7	800–850	823	246.00	246.00
228	900–950	942	234.00	234.00
151	950–1000	950	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
150	750–800	772	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	727	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	688	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	320.00	320.00
19	450–500	498	260.00	260.00
20	600–650	632	232.00–237.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	357.00	357.00
51	450–500	493	276.00–291.00	279.18
7	550–600	569	261.00	261.00
101	600–650	621	252.00–254.00	253.84
13	700–750	726	236.00	236.00
16	750–800	771	231.00	231.00
72	800–850	815	233.50	233.50
60	850–900	856	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	670	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	276	375.00	375.00
5	500–550	524	260.00	260.00
9	650–700	654	247.00	247.00
14	700–750	729	210.00–230.00	218.61
4	750–800	758	230.00	230.00
17	850–900	856	211.00	211.00
9	900–950	935	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	558	284.00–299.00	288.84

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.