Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2024-09-12

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Sep 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,176 head
▲ 618 vs last sale 558▲ 73 vs year ago 1,103 · +6.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 53▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers were steady on limited comparable sales. Unweaned bawling calves were 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Trade was moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $261.39/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −177.22 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$261.39
46 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,399
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.44
vs TX average
−6.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535261.391,39946
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 sale46 hd
261.39
—
TX average5 barns · 416 hd
245.95
+15.44
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
−6.81
This barn, trailing median32 sales
438.61
−177.22
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.

Every lot

36 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2248365.00/cwt365.00–365.009053
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1518
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1447309.29/cwt307.00–322.001,38326
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,30527
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1338
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529263.52/cwt261.00–265.001,39433
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1551256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,41113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5458
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5038
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned630241.46/cwt240.00–244.001,52122
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned652223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4546
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned682229.05/cwt225.50–230.501,56271
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6337
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned726211.07/cwt211.00–212.001,53259
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,903205
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1873225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,96414
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1264340.00/cwt340.00–340.008984
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318280.00/cwt280.00–280.008906
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1359299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,07329
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1403275.13/cwt260.00–278.001,10935
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,24870
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482251.65/cwt243.00–269.001,21326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1516241.99/cwt237.50–246.001,24939
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,30625
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3185
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned604210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,26810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620210.94/cwt210.00–212.001,30811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1648221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4327
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned686199.45/cwt199.00–204.001,36867
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned774190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,47110
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1433282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2216
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1492254.70/cwt249.00–269.001,25314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,27012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1575222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,27711
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1675224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,51210
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2948185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7547

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.