Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $263.42/cwt on 576 head.

Average price

$263.42

576 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$563

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

$31.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.13

vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	467	290.68	1,356	73
Medium and Large 1	740	259.46	1,919	503

One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about −$563 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale576 hd

263.42

—

TX average4 barns · 2,195 hd

259.29

+4.13

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

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	1,847	121.67	2,247	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	101.23	1,287	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	90.89	949	34

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,300	$2,675	5

Every lot, as filed

42 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,471	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,255	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,368	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	335	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,089	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,079	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,425	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,144	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	747	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,494	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	879	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,110	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	654	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,537	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,601	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	586	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,465	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	279.50/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,520	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	660	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,498	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	262.11/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,132	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	304.67/cwt	304.00–310.00	1,450	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	251.10/cwt	251.10–251.10	1,976	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,056	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	700	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,666	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,163	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,669	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	243.03/cwt	230.00–248.00	1,322	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,737	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,123	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,448	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,481	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,381	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,765	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,737	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,073	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	406	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,052	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	5
Bulls	—	—	1,847	121.67/cwt	120.00–122.00	2,247	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	101.00/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,272	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,579	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,183	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	101.21/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,132	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	92.05/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,003	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	832	16

How this sale compares

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.

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