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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 11

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Apr 4Apr 11Apr 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

493 head

▼ 941 vs last sale 1,434▼ 1,713 vs year ago 2,206 · −77.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 20 vs year ago 25 · −80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeder steers or heifers for a market test. Trade activity was light on light to moderate demand. The area received 2-4 inches of much needed rain, but that hindered cattle being hauled to market. Slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $268.44/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −102.60 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$268.44

32 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$10.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.64

vs TX average

−12.57 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	275.00	1,691	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	620	265.00	1,643	21

One grade step is worth $10.00/cwt here — about $48 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale32 hd

268.44

—

TX average4 barns · 223 hd

251.80

+16.64

National average157 barns · 9,660 hd

281.01

−12.57

This barn, trailing median32 sales

371.04

−102.60

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 600–700 lb

32 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $453.31, low $317.06, median $371.04 across 32 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	1,360	125.00	1,700	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	125.00	1,838	2thin

Every lot

26 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,196	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,330	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,699	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	280.76/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,376	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,643	21
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,836	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,796	27
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,967	98
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	273	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	901	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,044	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,053	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	891	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	228.88/cwt	222.00–252.00	1,048	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,215	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,314	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,313	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	631	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,300	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,340	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,402	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,613	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	206.75/cwt	206.75–206.75	1,724	56
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,463	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,361	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,700	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,838	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 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 493Last week 1,434Year ago 2,206

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 10Year ago 25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	125.00	125.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	412	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	551	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	330.00	330.00
12	400–450	405	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	486	250.00	250.00
5	550–600	571	230.00	230.00
56	800–850	834	206.75	206.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	373	280.00	280.00
22	450–500	458	222.00–252.00	228.88
17	550–600	559	235.00	235.00
18	650–700	674	208.00	208.00
16	800–850	827	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	638	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	631	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	615	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	356.00	356.00
23	400–450	429	310.00	310.00
8	450–500	490	280.00–282.00	280.76
21	600–650	620	265.00	265.00
27	850–900	855	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	375.00	375.00
5	800–850	816	225.00	225.00
98	850–900	876	224.50	224.50

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.