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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Sep 26

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,336 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 1,425▲ 1,336 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

64 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 41▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 6▲ 11 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 steady to 3.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. Local pastures greened back up after rain around the trading area. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.55/cwt on 564 head.

Average price

$139.55

564 head · 702 lb average

Value per head Derived

$980

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

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

$21.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	756	141.79	1,073	385
Medium and Large 1-2	577	138.42	799	143
Medium and Large 2	616	120.07	740	36

One grade step is worth $21.72/cwt here — about $333 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 sale564 hd

139.55

—

TX average3 barns · 1,746 hd

140.65

−1.10

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	—	Low	1,632	65.83	1,074	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	50.21	619	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	49.60	733	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	982	41.98	412	19

Every lot

60 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	151.24/cwt	140.00–155.00	489	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	653	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	597	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	131.57/cwt	126.00–140.00	687	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	770	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	119.30/cwt	119.00–120.00	667	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	140.46/cwt	140.00–141.00	801	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	639	122.03/cwt	116.00–125.00	780	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	858	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	671	137.12/cwt	135.00–139.00	920	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	696	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	915	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	697	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	962	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	712	136.70/cwt	135.00–140.00	973	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	146.11/cwt	144.50–146.75	1,053	102
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	738	139.47/cwt	133.00–140.50	1,029	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	753	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	873	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	754	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,018	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	147.71/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,115	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	774	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	898	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	136.87/cwt	136.00–140.00	1,137	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	851	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,064	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	135.27/cwt	134.00–135.50	1,153	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,080	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,199	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	142.99/cwt	141.00–144.00	465	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	484	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	567	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	620	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	464	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	510	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	542	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	136.25/cwt	135.50–138.00	650	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	503	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	669	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	655	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	512	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	655	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	116.35/cwt	113.00–119.00	657	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	122.15/cwt	115.00–124.50	717	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	604	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	755	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	604	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	664	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	832	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	844	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	133.32/cwt	132.00–133.50	925	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	716	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	859	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	726	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	799	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	133.93/cwt	132.00–135.00	988	105
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	964	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	128.34/cwt	128.00–129.50	1,004	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,019	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	868	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	911	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	999	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	949	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	369	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	609	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	593	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	659	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	689	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,498	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	899	2
Bulls	—	—	1,900	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,473	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	974	41.30/cwt	40.00–45.00	402	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	47.74/cwt	47.50–48.00	501	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	50.21/cwt	48.50–52.50	619	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,477	49.60/cwt	47.50–53.00	733	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,192	774.13/cwt	635.00–825.00	9,228	11

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 Sep 26, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,336Last week 1,425Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	130.00	130.00
31	—	623	133.50	133.50
20	—	325	141.00–144.00	142.99
15	—	448	138.50	138.50
14	—	565	113.00–119.00	116.35
4	—	771	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	475	114.00	114.00
7	—	604	110.00	110.00
6	—	512	128.00	128.00
4	—	716	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	726	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	650	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	738	132.00–135.00	133.93
74	—	782	128.00–129.50	128.34
47	—	694	132.00–133.50	133.32
30	—	386	147.00	147.00
25	—	587	115.00–124.50	122.15
17	—	999	95.00	95.00
16	—	477	135.50–138.00	136.25
15	—	630	134.00	134.00
10	—	835	122.00	122.00
8	—	503	133.00	133.00
3	—	327	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	604	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	868	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	599	110.00	110.00
4	—	456	130.00	130.00
2	—	810	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	369	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	559	119.00–120.00	119.30
15	—	639	116.00–125.00	122.03
4	—	774	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	696	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	738	133.00–140.50	139.47
28	—	323	140.00–155.00	151.24
21	—	522	126.00–140.00	131.57
20	—	425	140.50	140.50
16	—	697	138.00	138.00
8	—	754	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	753	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	755	141.00–148.00	147.71
102	—	721	144.50–146.75	146.11
46	—	852	134.00–135.50	135.27
20	—	1,080	111.00	111.00
18	—	831	136.00–140.00	136.87
14	—	529	145.50	145.50
13	—	570	140.00–141.00	140.46
2	—	398	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	712	135.00–140.00	136.70
15	—	671	135.00–139.00	137.12
4	—	851	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	974	40.00–45.00	41.30
2	—	1,050	47.50–48.00	47.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,477	47.50–53.00	49.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,233	48.50–52.50	50.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,498	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,900	77.50	77.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,192	635.00–825.00	774.13

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.