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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Feb 29

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Feb 22Feb 29Mar 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

956 head

▼ 935 vs last sale 1,891▼ 1,741 vs year ago 2,697 · −64.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 0▲ 7 vs year ago 3 · +233.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate. High winds kicked off the week causing fires in the northern panhandle, followed by snow today.

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 $277.16/cwt on 399 head.

Average price

$277.16

399 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$91.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.63

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	442	328.10	1,452	26
Medium and Large 1	687	274.84	1,887	361
Medium and Large 2	612	236.67	1,448	12thin

One grade step is worth $91.43/cwt here — about $4 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 sale399 hd

277.16

—

TX average5 barns · 2,226 hd

271.53

+5.63

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

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 Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,087	$1,225	8

Every lot

37 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	349	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,222	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,270	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,607	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	330.74/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,432	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	346.20/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,620	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,528	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,730	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,633	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	577	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,443	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,668	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	261.81/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,725	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	681	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,430	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	256.57/cwt	253.00–257.50	1,893	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	246.91/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,904	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	236.33/cwt	229.50–239.50	1,964	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	891	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,005	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,065	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	966	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,932	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,093	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,055	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,023	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,402	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	402	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,274	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	301.59/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,288	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,111	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	278.88/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,383	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	275.63/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,425	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	545	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,335	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	245.26/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,405	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	241.68/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,394	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,446	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,445	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,568	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	209.90/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,486	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	224.61/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,606	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	789	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,704	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	799	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,662	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,087	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	8

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 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 956Last week 1,891Year ago 2,697

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 0Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	395	355.00	355.00
8	—	670	234.00	234.00
10	—	610	237.00	237.00
25	—	496	278.00–280.00	278.88
26	—	427	300.00–305.00	301.59
27	—	573	232.00–250.00	245.26
29	—	789	216.00	216.00
63	—	517	261.00–282.00	275.63
29	—	715	220.00–227.00	224.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	708	209.00–210.00	209.90
17	—	577	241.00–245.00	241.68
9	—	799	208.00	208.00
11	—	623	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	402	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	545	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	310.00	310.00
4	—	479	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	410	392.00	392.00
23	—	659	260.00–263.00	261.81
38	—	529	327.00	327.00
4	—	966	200.00	200.00
5	—	349	350.00	350.00
8	—	891	225.00	225.00
10	—	1,093	188.00	188.00
5	—	569	287.00	287.00
42	—	468	330.00–357.00	346.20
61	—	831	229.50–239.50	236.33
83	—	738	253.00–257.50	256.57
20	—	611	273.00	273.00
11	—	377	337.00	337.00
16	—	920	224.50	224.50
25	—	771	245.00–247.50	246.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	433	320.00–335.00	330.74
5	—	482	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	577	250.00	250.00
4	—	681	210.00	210.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	—	1,087	1,225.00	1,225.00

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.