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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Dec 5

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,428 head

▼ 727 vs last sale 2,155▲ 1,428 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

44 head

▼ 31 vs last sale 75▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 1▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer and heifer calves sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Not enough yearlings for a market test. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Temperatures and winds were mild compared to the previous holiday week. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

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 $144.23/cwt on 736 head.

Average price

$144.23

736 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$680

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$104.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.58

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	146.37	912	628
Medium and Large 1-2	581	144.13	838	83
Medium and Large 2	637	136.00	866	13thin
Small 4	551	42.00	231	12thin

One grade step is worth $104.37/cwt here — about $680 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 sale736 hd

144.23

—

TX average3 barns · 1,941 hd

144.82

−0.58

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	2,026	71.59	1,450	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,602	52.37	839	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	52.37	658	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,039	46.62	484	6thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	660	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	403	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	673	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	167.57/cwt	164.00–170.00	692	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	161.34/cwt	149.00–169.00	763	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	709	5
Steers	—	Small 4	551	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	231	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	152.63/cwt	138.00–156.00	875	172
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	605	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	835	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	925	100
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	136.21/cwt	134.00–143.00	859	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	637	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	866	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	868	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	676	130.38/cwt	126.50–135.00	881	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	681	133.50/cwt	132.00–135.00	909	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	725	126.23/cwt	125.00–129.00	915	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	754	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	905	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	786	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,049	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,158	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	135.98/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,129	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	899	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,214	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	312	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	409	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	449	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	147.78/cwt	143.00–150.00	567	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	603	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	134.82/cwt	130.00–140.00	644	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	715	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	838	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	119.15/cwt	118.50–122.00	743	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	636	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	738	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	651	123.85/cwt	123.85–123.85	806	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	671	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	792	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	694	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	756	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	719	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	877	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	928	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	754	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	829	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	128.08/cwt	127.00–129.00	970	40
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,026	71.59/cwt	70.00–72.50	1,450	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,012	43.24/cwt	40.00–45.00	438	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	533	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	52.37/cwt	50.00–52.50	658	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	51.06/cwt	50.00–52.00	804	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,655	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	910	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,920	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,920	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	8,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	11,688	1

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 Dec 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,428Last week 2,155Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 44Last week 75Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 1Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	605	138.00	138.00
41	—	681	132.00–135.00	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	793	146.00	146.00
6	—	386	171.00	171.00
100	—	619	149.50	149.50
172	—	573	138.00–156.00	152.63
7	—	668	130.00	130.00
85	—	473	149.00–169.00	161.34
26	—	899	135.00	135.00
20	—	830	135.00–137.00	135.98
15	—	413	164.00–170.00	167.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	149.00	149.00
22	—	403	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	631	134.00–143.00	136.21
79	—	676	126.50–135.00	130.38
8	—	754	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	637	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	786	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	551	42.00	42.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	725	125.00–129.00	126.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	312	131.00	131.00
5	—	431	140.00	140.00
100	—	603	139.00	139.00
40	—	757	127.00–129.00	128.08
15	—	593	120.50	120.50
20	—	384	143.00–150.00	147.78
44	—	478	130.00–140.00	134.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	345	130.00	130.00
2	—	725	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	694	109.00	109.00
9	—	636	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	651	123.85	123.85
50	—	624	118.50–122.00	119.15
7	—	719	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	725	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	754	110.00	110.00
13	—	671	118.00	118.00

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,115	800.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	935.00	935.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	835.00	835.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,065	50.00	50.00
3	—	1,012	40.00–45.00	43.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,257	50.00–52.50	52.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	50.00–52.00	51.06
1	—	1,655	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,026	70.00–72.50	71.59

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.