Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate. High winds kicked off the week causing fires in the northern panhandle, followed by snow today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $277.16/cwt on 399 head.

Average price

$277.16

399 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$91.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.63

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	442	328.10	1,452	26
Medium and Large 1	687	274.84	1,887	361
Medium and Large 2	612	236.67	1,448	12thin

One grade step is worth $91.43/cwt here — about $4 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 sale399 hd

277.16

—

TX average5 barns · 2,226 hd

271.53

+5.63

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

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 Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,087	$1,225	8

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,446	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	278.88/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,383	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	301.59/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,288	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	209.90/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,486	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,607	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	261.81/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,725	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,730	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	966	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,222	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,005	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	330.74/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,432	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,093	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,055	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	346.20/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,620	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	236.33/cwt	229.50–239.50	1,964	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	256.57/cwt	253.00–257.50	1,893	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	245.26/cwt	232.00–250.00	1,405	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,668	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,443	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	681	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,430	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,270	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,065	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	241.68/cwt	241.00–245.00	1,394	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	402	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,274	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	789	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,704	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	545	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,335	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	275.63/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,425	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	224.61/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,606	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	246.91/cwt	245.00–247.50	1,904	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,662	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,111	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,445	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	8

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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