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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 28

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Mar 21Mar 28Apr 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

932 head

▼ 342 vs last sale 1,274▼ 862 vs year ago 1,794 · −48.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 27▼ 27 vs year ago 31 · −87.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 22 vs last sale 37▲ 0 vs year ago 15 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00 to instances 8.00 lower. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Sharp declines in the CME cattle futures early in the week curbed receipts and made buyers hesitant. Slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.27/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −121.73 against this barn's trailing median of $378.00.

Average price

$256.27

43 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,426

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$22.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.41

vs TX average

−10.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	277.00	1,421	3thin
Medium and Large 1	560	254.71	1,426	40

One grade step is worth $22.29/cwt here — about −$5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale43 hd

256.27

—

TX average5 barns · 192 hd

262.67

−6.41

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−10.60

This barn, trailing median33 sales

378.00

−121.73

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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $298.16, median $378.00 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	120.00	1,734	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	120.00	1,404	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	105.00	1,050	2thin

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,056	$1,568	11

Every lot

53 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,436	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,608	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,496	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	348.30/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,588	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,550	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,629	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	319.68/cwt	312.00–332.00	1,736	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,689	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,470	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,696	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	271.64/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,703	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	274.66/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,832	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	687	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,759	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,815	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	769	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,692	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,841	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,890	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	218.79/cwt	215.00–222.50	1,912	43
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	901	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,955	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,120	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	282.73/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,216	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,210	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,199	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,421	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	273.85/cwt	268.00–285.00	1,446	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,496	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	597	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,278	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	247.66/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,553	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	634	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,395	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,611	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	678	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,424	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,346	36
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	221.61/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,604	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	724	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,484	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	735	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,521	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	741	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,578	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Full	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,693	56
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,646	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	813	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,618	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,854	50
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,614	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,508	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	245.27/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,621	13
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	237.05/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,749	12
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,649	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	203.59/cwt	196.00–214.00	1,659	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,050	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,170	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,404	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,734	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,056	1,568.34/head	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,568	11

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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 932Last week 1,274Year ago 1,794

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 27Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 37Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	400–450	430	260.00–290.00	282.73
17	500–550	528	268.00–285.00	273.85
13	550–600	573	261.00	261.00
40	600–650	627	244.00–251.00	247.66
26	650–700	674	239.00	239.00
9	700–750	724	218.00–229.00	221.61
56	750–800	791	214.00	214.00
5	800–850	807	204.00	204.00
50	900–950	909	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	285.00	285.00
34	400–450	432	280.00	280.00
16	450–500	461	260.00	260.00
3	500–550	513	277.00	277.00
8	700–750	741	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	790	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	650–700	690	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
8	650–700	678	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	597	214.00	214.00
6	700–750	724	205.00	205.00
6	800–850	813	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	634	220.00	220.00
3	700–750	735	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	375.00	375.00
13	400–450	402	400.00	400.00
11	450–500	456	345.00–357.00	348.30
18	500–550	543	312.00–332.00	319.68
16	550–600	563	300.00	300.00
7	600–650	608	279.00	279.00
24	650–700	667	272.00–280.00	274.66
10	700–750	741	245.00	245.00
22	800–850	837	220.00	220.00
43	850–900	874	215.00–222.50	218.79
15	900–950	901	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	687	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	419	357.00	357.00
12	450–500	467	332.00	332.00
3	500–550	522	312.00	312.00
7	550–600	572	257.00	257.00
16	600–650	627	270.00–272.00	271.64
8	850–900	871	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	769	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	266.00	266.00
4	750–800	785	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	495	326.00	326.00
13	650–700	661	238.00–250.00	245.27
12	700–750	738	235.00–240.00	237.05
12	800–850	815	196.00–214.00	203.59

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,056	1,500.00–1,700.00	1,568.34
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,000	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	120.00	120.00

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.