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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Dec 7

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Nov 30Dec 7Dec 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,613 head

▲ 284 vs last sale 1,329▲ 384 vs year ago 1,229 · +31.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 22▲ 0 vs year ago 35 · +0.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 14▼ 22 vs year ago 31 · −71.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers sold steady on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows were steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.10/cwt on 603 head.

Average price

$212.10

603 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,309

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$35.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.39

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	619	213.57	1,322	564
Medium and Large 1-2	596	193.57	1,154	32
Medium and Large 2	596	178.00	1,061	7thin

One grade step is worth $35.57/cwt here — about $261 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 sale603 hd

212.10

—

TX average4 barns · 1,878 hd

214.49

−2.39

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	1,610	95.00	1,530	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	89.07	1,116	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,565	87.91	1,376	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,123	80.15	900	10

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	310.81/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,200	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	394	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,143	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	290.88/cwt	287.00–292.00	1,265	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	272.50/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,234	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,354	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,418	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	547	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,280	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	253.53/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,445	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	584	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,133	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	230.29/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,465	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	657	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,380	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	219.25/cwt	216.00–221.50	1,487	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	226.80/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,545	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	684	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,306	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	223.03/cwt	218.00–224.00	1,572	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	724	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,332	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	774	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,641	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,730	131
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	955	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	396	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,010	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	406	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	918	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	239.62/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,045	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	999	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	462	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,063	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,081	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	218.63/cwt	214.00–223.00	1,058	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	503	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,107	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,050	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	231.96/cwt	224.00–245.00	1,222	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	223.06/cwt	216.00–228.00	1,267	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,148	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	596	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,061	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	194.96/cwt	191.00–200.00	1,207	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	208.35/cwt	208.00–211.00	1,308	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	658	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,224	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	673	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,184	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,318	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	715	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,359	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,548	151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,087	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	490	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,181	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	586	220.83/cwt	204.00–230.00	1,294	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	605	229.65/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,389	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	685	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,302	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	177.85/cwt	171.00–182.00	1,220	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	727	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,403	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,399	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,515	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,515	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,535	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,038	84.10/cwt	82.50–85.00	873	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	78.45/cwt	75.00–80.00	910	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,173	77.39/cwt	75.00–80.00	908	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	86.90/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,083	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,327	102.65/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,362	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,565	87.91/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,376	7
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,032	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,414	9

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 Dec 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,613Last week 1,329Year ago 1,229

Slaughter CattleReceipts 35Last week 22Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 14Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	547	234.00	234.00
6	—	774	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	394	290.00	290.00
6	—	507	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	636	230.00–231.00	230.29
131	—	803	215.50	215.50
18	—	453	270.00–275.00	272.50
9	—	435	287.00–292.00	290.88
12	—	512	277.00	277.00
31	—	705	218.00–224.00	223.03
72	—	681	225.00–240.00	226.80
64	—	570	240.00–261.00	253.53
6	—	386	305.00–317.00	310.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	724	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	584	194.00	194.00
67	—	684	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	657	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	678	216.00–221.50	219.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	568	216.00–228.00	223.06
73	—	628	208.00–211.00	208.35
12	—	464	233.00	233.00
19	—	436	238.00–241.00	239.62
21	—	396	255.00	255.00
4	—	346	276.00	276.00
151	—	776	199.50	199.50
69	—	527	224.00–245.00	231.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	619	191.00–200.00	194.96
25	—	674	195.50	195.50
14	—	444	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	715	190.00	190.00
8	—	580	198.00	198.00
6	—	503	220.00	220.00
4	—	406	226.00	226.00
3	—	462	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	596	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	505	208.00	208.00
10	—	484	214.00–223.00	218.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	673	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	658	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	490	241.00	241.00
22	—	605	215.00–234.00	229.65
10	—	685	190.00	190.00
7	—	380	286.00	286.00
12	—	727	193.00	193.00
26	—	586	204.00–230.00	220.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	686	171.00–182.00	177.85
3	—	823	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,160	75.00–80.00	78.45
3	—	1,038	82.50–85.00	84.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,327	100.00–104.00	102.65
8	—	1,246	85.00–90.00	86.90
2	—	1,173	75.00–80.00	77.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,565	85.00–90.00	87.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,515	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	9	—	1,032	137.00	137.00

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.