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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Nov 16

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,183 head

▼ 145 vs last sale 1,328▼ 215 vs year ago 1,398 · −15.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 100▲ 20 vs year ago 10 · +200.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

175 head

▲ 135 vs last sale 40▲ 175 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 to 2.00 lower. A higher undertone was noted on the stocker calves. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

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 $239.17/cwt on 484 head.

Average price

$239.17

484 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$46.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.73

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	244.97	1,580	422
Medium and Large 2	510	200.71	1,023	35
Medium and Large 1-2	669	198.26	1,327	27

One grade step is worth $46.72/cwt here — about $253 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 sale484 hd

239.17

—

TX average4 barns · 1,484 hd

243.90

−4.73

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	—	Low	1,820	98.99	1,802	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,301	88.00	1,145	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,516	87.26	1,323	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	83.33	933	3thin

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,297	$2,619	82
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$2,600	17
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,358	$1,750	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$3,000	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,293	$2,533	14

Every lot

56 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,228	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,244	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	431	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	927	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	279.54/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,314	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,329	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	270.96/cwt	264.00–278.00	1,466	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	541	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,055	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,476	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,413	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	251.65/cwt	249.00–254.00	1,548	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	622	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,437	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,531	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	231.33/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,511	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,575	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	697	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,248	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	712	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,566	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,743	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	780	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,677	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	786	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,525	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	249.23/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,087	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,174	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	461	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,060	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	918	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	241.00/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,193	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	241.21/cwt	233.00–247.00	1,245	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	557	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,164	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	216.65/cwt	206.00–224.00	1,254	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	598	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,196	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,355	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	712	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,381	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	432	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,166	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	482	269.66/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,300	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	918	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	532	235.74/cwt	215.00–246.00	1,254	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	552	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,435	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,277	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,132	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	671	198.19/cwt	195.00–201.00	1,330	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,336	11
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,800	97.15/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,749	6
Bulls	—	—	1,940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	2,134	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	776	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,016	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,301	88.00/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,145	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,479	87.19/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,290	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,570	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,492	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,720	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,376	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	2,533.43/head	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,533	14
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,024	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,403	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,297	2,618.70/head	2,600.00–2,650.00	2,619	82
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,358	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	33

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 Nov 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,183Last week 1,328Year ago 1,398

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 100Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 175Last week 40Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	712	220.00	220.00
6	—	780	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	431	215.00	215.00
25	—	541	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	470	270.00–289.00	279.54
52	—	615	249.00–254.00	251.65
84	—	725	230.00	230.00
71	—	766	227.50	227.50
3	—	372	330.00	330.00
21	—	659	239.00	239.00
44	—	541	264.00–278.00	270.96
24	—	559	264.00	264.00
4	—	429	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	653	224.00–235.00	231.33
14	—	786	194.00	194.00
5	—	579	244.00	244.00
17	—	634	241.50	241.50
7	—	513	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	622	231.00	231.00
17	—	697	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	658	206.00	206.00
81	—	579	206.00–224.00	216.65
38	—	516	233.00–247.00	241.21
15	—	436	245.00–252.00	249.23
20	—	495	235.00–242.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	435	240.00	240.00
3	—	457	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	478	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	560	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	712	194.00	194.00
4	—	461	230.00	230.00
20	—	598	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	645	198.00	198.00
3	—	432	270.00	270.00
13	—	482	265.00–271.00	269.66
6	—	552	260.00	260.00
6	—	532	215.00–246.00	235.74
17	—	671	195.00–201.00	198.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	666	170.00	170.00
11	—	835	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,195	85.00	85.00
1	—	970	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,301	85.00–90.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,720	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,570	95.00	95.00
7	—	1,479	85.00–90.00	87.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,800	95.00–100.00	97.15
1	—	1,940	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,250	3,000.00	3,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,293	2,300.00–2,550.00	2,533.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,024	137.00	137.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	—	1,150	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	82	—	1,297	2,600.00–2,650.00	2,618.70
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	33	—	1,358	1,750.00	1,750.00

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.