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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 4

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,434 head

▲ 502 vs last sale 932▼ 595 vs year ago 2,029 · −29.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 4▼ 33 vs year ago 43 · −76.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 15▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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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 fairly active on good demand. CME cattle futures regained some footing today after sharp declines early in the week.

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 $241.75/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −136.25 against this barn's trailing median of $378.00.

Average price

$241.75

43 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$224

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

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.09

vs TX average

−28.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	584	245.00	1,432	39
Medium and Large 1-2	575	210.00	1,208	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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

241.75

—

TX average4 barns · 196 hd

259.84

−18.09

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−28.84

This barn, trailing median33 sales

378.00

−136.25

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,165	130.00	1,515	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,125	119.83	1,348	3thin

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)	1,150	$1,874	2thin

Every lot

50 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,199	22
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,240	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	380.65/cwt	377.00–390.00	1,492	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,471	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,590	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,610	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	561	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,543	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,830	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Full	604	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,528	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,701	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,765	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	666	259.30/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,727	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,792	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,730	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,823	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	731	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,681	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	744	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,696	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	761	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,788	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,843	25
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	849	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,931	51
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	866	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,871	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	227.02/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,991	168
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,202	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,152	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,212	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,359	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	272.95/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,258	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,302	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	247.21/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,451	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,438	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,463	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	227.90/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,497	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	698	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,462	51
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,522	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	211.47/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,537	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	745	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,542	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	212.19/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,632	168
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	823	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,555	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	210.60/cwt	207.00–211.00	1,750	89
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	912	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,715	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,421	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,605	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,680	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,586	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,150	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,515	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	122.24/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,452	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,873.91/head	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,874	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 Apr 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,434Last week 932Year ago 2,029

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 4Year ago 43

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 15Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	115.00	115.00
2	—	1,188	120.00–125.00	122.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	130.00	130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
51	650–700	698	209.50	209.50
9	700–750	745	207.00	207.00
23	800–850	823	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	396	306.00	306.00
4	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
16	600–650	612	235.00	235.00
37	700–750	727	210.00–212.00	211.47
10	750–800	760	200.00	200.00
22	900–950	912	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	333	361.00	361.00
9	350–400	361	319.00	319.00
26	400–450	418	325.00	325.00
10	450–500	461	270.00–275.00	272.95
34	550–600	587	245.00–260.00	247.21
6	600–650	628	233.00	233.00
36	650–700	657	225.00–230.00	227.90
6	700–750	708	215.00	215.00
168	750–800	769	210.00–223.00	212.19
89	800–850	831	207.00–211.00	210.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	566	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	430	342.00	342.00
11	500–550	500	322.00	322.00
5	600–650	642	265.00	265.00
21	650–700	666	265.00	265.00
7	700–750	706	245.00	245.00
8	750–800	761	235.00	235.00
5	850–900	866	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	296	405.00	405.00
6	300–350	322	385.00	385.00
32	350–400	392	377.00–390.00	380.65
12	450–500	497	320.00	320.00
36	600–650	602	304.00	304.00
7	650–700	671	267.00	267.00
10	700–750	729	250.00	250.00
25	750–800	771	239.00	239.00
51	800–850	849	227.50	227.50
168	850–900	877	226.00–228.00	227.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	731	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	604	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	666	257.00–260.00	259.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	561	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	744	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	642	250.00	250.00
7	650–700	672	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	418	340.00	340.00
6	600–650	646	260.00	260.00

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)	2	—	1,150	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,873.91

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.