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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 17

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Oct 10Oct 17Oct 24 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,557 head

▲ 468 vs last sale 1,089▼ 189 vs year ago 1,746 · −10.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

288 head

▲ 258 vs last sale 30▲ 233 vs year ago 55 · +423.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

39 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 0▲ 39 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 sold with a higher undertone from last week's light test. Weaned stocker calves were 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Unweaned calves were 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Unweaned or short weaned fleshy calves were heavily discounted. Fall weather kicked off the week with lows in the 40's, rain and temperatures in the 60's forecasted for the weekend. Slaughter cows were 5.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $209.72/cwt on 301 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −168.28 against this barn's trailing median of $378.00.

Average price

$209.72

301 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$29.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.74

vs TX average

−48.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	232.81	1,268	64
Medium and Large 1-2	584	203.48	1,189	237

One grade step is worth $29.33/cwt here — about $79 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 sale301 hd

209.72

—

TX average5 barns · 649 hd

222.46

−12.74

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−48.09

This barn, trailing median33 sales

378.00

−168.28

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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $298.16, median $378.00 across 33 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	—	High	2,029	133.00	2,699	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,398	108.68	1,519	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	104.99	1,330	209
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,052	95.37	1,003	43

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,304	$1,625	19
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,267	$1,500	20

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,068	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,245	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,350	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	536	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,313	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	284.11/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,602	45
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	243.71/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,540	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,494	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	659	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,568	156
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	685	227.65/cwt	226.50–230.00	1,559	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	732	221.44/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,621	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	774	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,699	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	871	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,873	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	399	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,117	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	227.31/cwt	225.00–236.00	980	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,102	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,107	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	249.29/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,217	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,107	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,253	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,188	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,373	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	593	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,201	206
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	611	188.16/cwt	187.50–189.00	1,150	49
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	217.84/cwt	215.00–226.00	1,351	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	208.97/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,306	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	243.15/cwt	232.00–247.00	1,527	69
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	212.41/cwt	205.00–219.00	1,408	64
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,628	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,851	97
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,062	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,105	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,215	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	248.11/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,320	34
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	239.58/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,342	28
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,392	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,201	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,446	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	695	209.21/cwt	205.00–214.00	1,454	32
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,034	1
Bulls	—	—	1,985	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,819	1
Bulls	—	—	2,218	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,994	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	986	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	922	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,094	107.16/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,172	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	91.15/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,002	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,255	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,456	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	110.84/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,392	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,267	104.56/cwt	102.00–107.00	1,325	196
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	107.85/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,472	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,455	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,724	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,631	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,658	116.77/cwt	116.00–117.50	1,936	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,267	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,304	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	19

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 Oct 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,557Last week 1,089Year ago 1,746

Slaughter CattleReceipts 288Last week 30Year ago 55

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	632	238.00–250.00	243.71
18	650–700	685	226.50–230.00	227.65
30	700–750	732	219.00–230.00	221.44
22	750–800	774	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	295.00	295.00
16	450–500	477	283.00	283.00
45	550–600	564	270.00–289.00	284.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	536	245.00	245.00
156	650–700	659	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	400	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	640	233.50	233.50
14	850–900	871	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	399	280.00	280.00
7	400–450	434	254.00	254.00
13	450–500	488	245.00–250.00	249.29
36	500–550	531	236.00	236.00
15	550–600	577	238.00	238.00
69	600–650	628	232.00–247.00	243.15
97	750–800	785	235.75	235.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	431	225.00–236.00	227.31
13	500–550	545	218.00	218.00
42	600–650	620	215.00–226.00	217.84
64	650–700	663	205.00–219.00	212.41
11	750–800	750	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	450	246.00	246.00
31	500–550	527	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
206	550–600	593	202.50	202.50
9	600–650	625	207.00–210.00	208.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	600–650	611	187.50–189.00	188.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	494	246.00	246.00
34	500–550	532	245.00–260.00	248.11
28	550–600	560	237.00–241.00	239.58
14	600–650	610	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	275.00	275.00
5	450–500	470	235.00	235.00
4	550–600	580	240.00	240.00
32	650–700	695	205.00–214.00	209.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	586	205.00	205.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	—	1,304	1,625.00	1,625.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	20	—	1,267	1,500.00	1,500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	986	93.50	93.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,483	110.00	110.00
26	—	1,365	105.00–108.00	107.85
2	—	1,658	116.00–117.50	116.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,256	110.00–115.00	110.84
196	—	1,267	102.00–107.00	104.56
1	—	1,455	118.50	118.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,099	90.00–100.00	91.15
1	—	1,255	116.00	116.00
7	—	1,094	105.00–110.00	107.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,985	142.00	142.00
2	—	2,218	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,695	120.00	120.00

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.