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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Feeder Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 7

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Feb 29Mar 7Mar 14 →

Receipts

2,446 head

▲ 1,490 vs last sale 956▼ 1,035 vs year ago 3,481 · −29.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $295.93/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −142.69 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$295.93

108 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$50.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.29

vs TX average

−17.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	298.25	1,664	103
Medium and Large 1-2	551	248.00	1,366	5thin

One grade step is worth $50.25/cwt here — about $298 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale108 hd

295.93

—

TX average5 barns · 383 hd

292.64

+3.29

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−17.07

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−142.69

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $343.16, median $438.61 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

45 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,125	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	361.47/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,572	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,230	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,476	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,535	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	314.67/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,665	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,366	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	300.57/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,710	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,562	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,627	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	278.91/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,749	48
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,402	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,754	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	243.76/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,633	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	249.27/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,760	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,773	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,808	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	233.07/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,879	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	832	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,922	23
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	228.65/cwt	225.00–229.00	2,005	56
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	911	228.51/cwt	224.50–229.60	2,082	501
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,105	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	287.32/cwt	277.00–292.00	1,106	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,180	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	293.57/cwt	287.00–297.00	1,380	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	271.95/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,428	83
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,240	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	561	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,391	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,401	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	232.17/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,470	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	243.72/cwt	243.00–244.00	1,562	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,461	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	231.99/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,524	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	684	225.45/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,542	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	689	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,523	37
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	226.10/cwt	225.75–226.75	1,730	120
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,683	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,703	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	215.81/cwt	214.50–219.50	1,767	75
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	842	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,684	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	865	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,730	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	211.07/cwt	210.75–211.50	1,876	378
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,495	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,532	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	4

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 7, 2024

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

Receipts 2,446Last week 956Year ago 3,481

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	865	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	842	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	385	277.00–292.00	287.32
18	450–500	470	287.00–297.00	293.57
83	500–550	525	266.00–279.00	271.95
43	550–600	572	245.00	245.00
35	600–650	641	243.00–244.00	243.72
54	650–700	657	230.00–236.00	231.99
120	750–800	765	225.75–226.75	226.10
75	800–850	819	214.50–219.50	215.81
378	850–900	889	210.75–211.50	211.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	429	275.00	275.00
5	500–550	539	230.00	230.00
32	550–600	561	248.00	248.00
18	600–650	642	227.50	227.50
37	650–700	689	221.00	221.00
14	750–800	765	220.00	220.00
14	800–850	807	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	600–650	633	231.00–233.00	232.17
19	650–700	684	223.00–229.00	225.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	437	342.00	342.00
9	500–550	530	289.00	289.00
4	700–750	730	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	343.00	343.00
18	450–500	487	303.00	303.00
5	550–600	551	248.00	248.00
59	600–650	605	269.00	269.00
34	650–700	670	242.00–246.00	243.76
27	700–750	745	238.00	238.00
35	750–800	750	241.00	241.00
23	800–850	832	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	444	277.00	277.00
12	650–700	652	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	435	350.00–375.00	361.47
3	450–500	495	310.00	310.00
30	500–550	529	300.00–327.00	314.67
49	550–600	569	292.00–305.00	300.57
48	600–650	627	270.00–282.00	278.91
5	650–700	657	267.00	267.00
33	700–750	706	249.00–250.00	249.27
21	800–850	806	230.00–235.00	233.07
56	850–900	877	225.00–229.00	228.65
501	900–950	911	224.50–229.60	228.51
8	950–1000	961	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	572	273.00	273.00

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.