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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 3

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Feb 24Mar 3Mar 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,066 head

▲ 1,013 vs last sale 1,053▼ 667 vs year ago 2,733 · −24.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 5▼ 166 vs year ago 191 · −86.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 0▼ 18 vs year ago 19 · −94.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. The area remains dry with spring-like temperatures.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.39/cwt on 977 head.

Average price

$154.39

977 head · 765 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,181

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$25.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.37

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	766	156.00	1,195	909
Medium and Large 2	707	143.00	1,011	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	761	130.40	992	55

One grade step is worth $25.60/cwt here — about $203 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale977 hd

154.39

—

TX average4 barns · 2,676 hd

157.75

−3.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,710	96.50	1,650	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,299	80.34	1,044	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,049	75.75	794	14

Every lot

57 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	710	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	198.41/cwt	183.00–210.00	871	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	186.96/cwt	185.00–189.00	903	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	791	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	503	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	900	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,010	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	627	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	941	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	163.34/cwt	162.00–164.00	1,036	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	678	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,142	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	688	158.85/cwt	158.00–163.50	1,093	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	696	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,058	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	699	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,174	138
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	707	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,011	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,127	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	737	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,069	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	148.38/cwt	147.50–151.00	1,166	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	820	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	996	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,245	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	143.16/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,261	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	143.41/cwt	143.00–143.50	1,298	297
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	990	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,366	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	720	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	558	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	688	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	183.28/cwt	160.00–190.00	786	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	459	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	615	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	565	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	164.56/cwt	161.50–168.00	788	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	496	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	799	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	142.60/cwt	142.50–143.00	719	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	828	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	147.99/cwt	141.00–150.00	852	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	143.63/cwt	143.00–146.00	853	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	153.45/cwt	153.00–153.75	944	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	795	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	919	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	640	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	867	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	144.13/cwt	142.00–146.25	964	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	142.92/cwt	141.00–144.50	1,036	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	731	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	983	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	754	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	973	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	770	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	963	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,061	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	133.89/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,105	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,192	40
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	697	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	610	141.57/cwt	135.00–143.00	864	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,089	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,645	1
Bulls	—	—	1,743	94.75/cwt	94.50–95.00	1,651	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	72.77/cwt	70.00–75.00	741	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,104	81.11/cwt	80.00–83.00	895	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	934	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,313	81.68/cwt	80.00–84.75	1,072	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,000	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 Mar 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,066Last week 1,053Year ago 2,733

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 5Year ago 191

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 0Year ago 19

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. The area remains dry with spring-like temperatures.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	479	161.50–168.00	164.56
66	—	429	160.00–190.00	183.28
40	—	615	153.00–153.75	153.45
52	—	346	208.00	208.00
36	—	576	141.00–150.00	147.99
78	—	825	130.00–135.00	133.89
4	—	514	161.00	161.00
7	—	370	186.00	186.00
88	—	669	142.00–146.25	144.13
114	—	725	141.00–144.50	142.92
40	—	917	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	631	126.00	126.00
13	—	467	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	459	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	640	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	754	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	594	143.00–146.00	143.63
38	—	634	145.00	145.00
6	—	496	161.00	161.00
3	—	365	153.00	153.00
24	—	504	142.50–143.00	142.60
16	—	783	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	770	125.00	125.00
5	—	731	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	820	121.50	121.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
138	—	699	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	786	147.50–151.00	148.38
37	—	634	162.00–164.00	163.34
4	—	990	138.00	138.00
43	—	439	183.00–210.00	198.41
40	—	844	147.50	147.50
61	—	881	137.00–145.00	143.16
25	—	483	185.00–189.00	186.96
4	—	338	210.00	210.00
10	—	732	154.00	154.00
121	—	688	158.00–163.50	158.85
5	—	577	175.00	175.00
17	—	503	179.00	179.00
297	—	905	143.00–143.50	143.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	707	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	696	152.00	152.00
10	—	737	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	678	168.50	168.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	627	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	345	200.00	200.00
2	—	485	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	610	135.00–143.00	141.57
7	—	864	126.00	126.00
4	—	516	135.00	135.00
6	—	735	125.00	125.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,100.00	1,100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,743	94.50–95.00	94.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,018	70.00–75.00	72.77
5	—	1,104	80.00–83.00	81.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,245	75.00	75.00
4	—	1,313	80.00–84.75	81.68

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.