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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Feb 8

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Feb 1Feb 8Feb 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,026 head

▼ 570 vs last sale 1,596▼ 1,133 vs year ago 2,159 · −52.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

42 head

▲ 17 vs last sale 25▼ 38 vs year ago 80 · −47.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

12 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 0▼ 38 vs year ago 50 · −76.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. CME futures continued to climb throughout the week.

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 $238.78/cwt on 455 head.

Average price

$238.78

455 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

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

$38.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.96

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	647	242.32	1,568	382
Medium and Large 1-2	691	223.39	1,544	61
Medium and Large 2	653	204.17	1,333	12thin

One grade step is worth $38.15/cwt here — about $235 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 sale455 hd

238.78

—

TX average5 barns · 2,090 hd

247.74

−8.96

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	2,015	115.00	2,317	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,543	99.50	1,535	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	99.38	1,232	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	95.58	1,008	10

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,463	$1,713	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,298	$1,612	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,175	$2,023	2thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,193	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	497	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	1,623	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,637	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,409	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,705	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	280.63/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,762	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,561	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	255.56/cwt	252.00–258.00	1,697	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	758	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,592	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	241.47/cwt	236.50–243.50	1,883	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	234.30/cwt	231.00–235.50	2,020	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,998	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	279	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	949	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	309	346.80/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,072	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,059	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,252	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	312.17/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,352	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	287.22/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,341	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	262.68/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,392	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,312	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,214	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	244.43/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,440	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	228.14/cwt	225.00–229.00	1,421	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,398	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	235.43/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,481	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	220.68/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,472	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	684	227.75/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,558	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,610	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	706	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,412	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	717	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,570	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	752	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,684	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	769	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,615	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	797	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,610	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,784	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	810	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,620	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,666	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	941	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,506	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	331	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,215	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	486	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,531	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,523	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,365	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	621	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,546	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,370	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	858	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,544	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,015	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,317	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	91.84/cwt	90.00–95.00	958	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	101.19/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,084	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,239	100.55/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,246	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,248	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,123	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,455	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,571	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,400	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,580	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,298	1,612.40/head	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,612	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,463	1,713.25/head	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,713	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	2,023.40/head	1,950.00–2,100.00	2,023	2

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 Feb 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,026Last week 1,596Year ago 2,159

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 25Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 0Year ago 50

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 9.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. CME futures continued to climb throughout the week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	556	236.00	236.00
5	—	624	224.00	224.00
29	—	837	199.00	199.00
8	—	345	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	530	255.00–275.00	262.68
21	—	706	228.00	228.00
11	—	309	330.00–357.00	346.80
5	—	752	224.00	224.00
25	—	433	310.00–317.00	312.17
17	—	395	317.00	317.00
14	—	589	241.00–249.00	244.43
4	—	279	340.00	340.00
64	—	802	222.50	222.50
13	—	467	284.00–290.00	287.22
60	—	684	225.00–230.00	227.75
27	—	629	235.00–236.00	235.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	623	225.00–229.00	228.14
25	—	667	215.00–224.00	220.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	769	210.00	210.00
19	—	717	219.00	219.00
8	—	941	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	810	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	797	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	706	200.00	200.00
5	—	578	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	318	375.00	375.00
2	—	528	310.00	310.00
3	—	578	295.00	295.00
85	—	780	236.50–243.50	241.47
36	—	664	252.00–258.00	255.56
16	—	628	269.00–290.00	280.63
8	—	497	326.50	326.50
89	—	862	231.00–235.50	234.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	900	222.00	222.00
16	—	542	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	758	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	656	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	367.00	367.00
7	—	486	315.00	315.00
5	—	858	180.00	180.00
5	—	621	249.00	249.00
5	—	579	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	706	194.00	194.00
16	—	581	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,455	108.00	108.00
2	—	1,580	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,071	100.00–105.00	101.19
6	—	1,043	90.00–95.00	91.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,248	90.00	90.00
24	—	1,239	100.00–105.00	100.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,015	115.00	115.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,463	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,713.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,298	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,612.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,175	1,950.00–2,100.00	2,023.40

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.