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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 18

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,773 head

▲ 1,280 vs last sale 493▼ 1,116 vs year ago 2,889 · −38.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 35 vs last sale 5▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's very light run: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade was active on good demand. Pastures have greened up and in good shape after last week's rain. Cold front moving in for the weekend with chance of rain.

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 $255.73/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −182.88 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$255.73

33 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$27.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.10

vs TX average

−48.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	267.44	1,468	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	510	248.00	1,264	10thin
Medium and Large 2	564	240.00	1,354	7thin

One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $114 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale33 hd

255.73

—

TX average5 barns · 257 hd

276.83

−21.10

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

−48.66

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−182.88

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.

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,335	125.00	1,669	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,414	127.72	1,806	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,232	126.74	1,561	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,135	113.44	1,287	19

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
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,512	$3,300	3thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	383.09/cwt	382.00–385.00	1,433	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,500	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,547	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	508	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,229	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,344	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	537	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,246	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,646	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,354	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,535	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	258.84/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,664	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Full	648	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,555	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	658	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,520	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,769	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	721	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,543	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,800	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	759	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,647	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	802	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,684	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	238.85/cwt	234.00–240.50	1,942	206
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,646	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	859	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,933	54
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	229.40/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,984	45
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	885	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,876	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	906	212.39/cwt	203.50–215.00	1,924	27
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	214.84/cwt	214.50–215.00	1,987	159
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,017	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,095	25
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,210	74
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,065	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	263.33/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,093	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,216	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	256.70/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,196	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	250.86/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,202	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	531	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,168	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,367	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	536	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,045	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	233.41/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,265	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,310	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	619	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,207	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	212.88/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,352	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,270	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	691	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,265	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Full	702	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,439	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	214.48/cwt	213.00–216.00	1,555	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	762	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,715	37
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	771	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,480	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	801	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,370	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	805	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,771	31
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	209.35/cwt	206.00–210.75	1,723	246
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Full	853	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,535	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,638	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,261	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,521	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	272.55/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,439	27
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	256.65/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,391	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,494	17
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	231.46/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,430	17
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	224.95/cwt	222.00–226.00	1,487	15
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	215.62/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,540	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,622	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	369	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	561	13
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,669	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,000	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,100	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	109.57/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,204	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,472	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,601	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	116.45/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,372	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	127.52/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,626	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,388	132.23/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,835	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	121.70/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,762	3
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,512	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	3

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 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,773Last week 493Year ago 2,889

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 5Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	619	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	338	315.00	315.00
7	400–450	442	275.00	275.00
12	450–500	466	253.00–262.00	256.70
26	500–550	532	257.00	257.00
20	700–750	725	213.00–216.00	214.48
246	800–850	823	206.00–210.75	209.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	415	240.00–270.00	263.33
13	450–500	479	230.00–260.00	250.86
37	500–550	542	220.00–239.00	233.41
48	550–600	598	219.00	219.00
8	850–900	862	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	702	205.00	205.00
3	850–900	853	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	536	195.00	195.00
6	600–650	648	196.00	196.00
6	750–800	771	192.00	192.00
8	800–850	801	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	635	210.00–214.00	212.88
4	650–700	691	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	531	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	750–800	762	225.00	225.00
31	800–850	805	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	426	352.00	352.00
9	450–500	488	317.00	317.00
3	500–550	513	262.00	262.00
25	600–650	629	244.00	244.00
54	850–900	859	225.00	225.00
27	900–950	906	203.50–215.00	212.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	508	242.00	242.00
8	700–750	721	214.00	214.00
13	800–850	802	210.00	210.00
13	850–900	885	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	648	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	564	240.00	240.00
3	800–850	815	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	374	382.00–385.00	383.09
9	550–600	558	295.00	295.00
17	600–650	643	253.00–263.00	258.84
34	650–700	675	262.00	262.00
10	750–800	750	240.00	240.00
206	800–850	813	234.00–240.50	238.85
45	850–900	865	225.00–231.00	229.40
159	900–950	925	214.50–215.00	214.84
25	1000–1050	1,017	206.00	206.00
74	1050–1100	1,055	209.50	209.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	537	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	759	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	658	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	382.00	382.00
3	450–500	495	250.00	250.00
6	500–550	542	250.00–260.00	256.65
17	550–600	577	259.00	259.00
15	650–700	661	222.00–226.00	224.95
7	700–750	714	210.00–223.00	215.62
3	750–800	758	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	325.00	325.00
27	500–550	528	272.00–277.00	272.55
17	600–650	618	227.00–240.00	231.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	369	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,099	105.00–114.00	109.57
1	—	1,150	128.00	128.00
8	—	1,178	115.00–121.00	116.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,388	131.00–134.00	132.23
3	—	1,448	120.00–125.00	121.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,160	138.00	138.00
7	—	1,275	125.00–130.00	127.52
1	—	1,000	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	125.00	125.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,512	3,300.00	3,300.00

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.