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Tulia Livestock Auction

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

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Dec 12

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,371 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 1,428▲ 1,371 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

87 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 44▲ 87 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 mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Chances of snow in the forecast for the weekend, which would benefit winter wheat pastures. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 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 $143.40/cwt on 581 head.

Average price

$143.40

581 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$737

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 4

$106.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.76

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	633	146.96	930	492
Medium and Large 2	549	132.67	729	60
Medium and Large 1-2	677	125.80	852	15thin
Medium 2	568	100.00	568	10thin
Small and Medium 4	484	40.00	194	4thin

One grade step is worth $106.96/cwt here — about $737 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 sale581 hd

143.40

—

TX average3 barns · 1,564 hd

147.16

−3.76

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	1,268	60.00	761	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,215	44.61	542	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,598	43.13	689	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,185	42.17	500	7thin

Every lot

57 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 2	392	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	553	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	169.96/cwt	163.00–175.00	731	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	153.51/cwt	143.00–159.00	738	9
Steers	—	Small and Medium 4	484	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	194	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	498	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	632	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	508	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	665	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	161.89/cwt	154.00–165.00	869	85
Steers	—	Medium 2Fleshy	568	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	568	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	142.82/cwt	139.00–151.00	818	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	614	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	835	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	149.32/cwt	145.00–154.00	918	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	139.98/cwt	130.00–144.00	896	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	912	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	822	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	142.04/cwt	138.00–144.00	952	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	701	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	806	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	145.49/cwt	143.50–148.00	1,069	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	741	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	911	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	745	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	976	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	139.40/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,071	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	770	130.53/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,005	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	136.24/cwt	134.50–140.00	1,120	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,131	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	364	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	473	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	572	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	136.21/cwt	133.50–138.00	599	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	133.07/cwt	131.00–136.50	635	25
Heifers	—	Medium 2Fleshy	483	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	401	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	491	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	633	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	131.03/cwt	125.00–137.00	697	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	126.11/cwt	119.50–133.75	725	83
Heifers	—	Medium 2	595	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	598	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	609	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	700	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	822	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	127.60/cwt	120.00–129.50	792	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	779	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	841	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	815	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	693	122.47/cwt	122.00–123.00	849	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	884	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	735	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	853	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	752	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	865	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	771	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	887	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	772	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	818	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	783	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	900	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	637	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	788	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,268	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	761	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	457	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	45.95/cwt	45.00–47.50	553	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,213	41.70/cwt	40.00–42.50	506	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	41.93/cwt	40.00–42.50	518	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,586	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	674	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,635	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	736	2

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 12, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,371Last week 1,428Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 87Last week 44Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	595	100.50	100.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	618	133.00	133.00
83	—	575	119.50–133.75	126.11
22	—	662	127.00	127.00
20	—	707	125.00	125.00
58	—	532	125.00–137.00	131.03
7	—	384	149.00	149.00
15	—	440	133.50–138.00	136.21
25	—	477	131.00–136.50	133.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	621	120.00–129.50	127.60
13	—	693	122.00–123.00	122.47
2	—	740	115.00	115.00
5	—	771	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	752	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	483	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	772	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	783	115.00	115.00
10	—	735	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	125.00	125.00
8	—	679	120.00	120.00
61	—	633	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	491	129.00	129.00
8	—	364	130.00	130.00
19	—	609	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	745	131.00	131.00
32	—	668	123.00	123.00
40	—	640	130.00–144.00	139.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	701	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	568	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	770	130.00–131.00	130.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	863	131.00	131.00
86	—	615	145.00–154.00	149.32
9	—	481	143.00–159.00	153.51
32	—	573	139.00–151.00	142.82
33	—	768	135.00–140.00	139.40
35	—	430	163.00–175.00	169.96
42	—	670	138.00–144.00	142.04
20	—	822	134.50–140.00	136.24
53	—	735	143.50–148.00	145.49
85	—	537	154.00–165.00	161.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	498	127.00	127.00
12	—	741	123.00	123.00
13	—	508	131.00	131.00
14	—	614	136.00	136.00
15	—	392	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	642	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	484	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	615	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	554	115.00	115.00
6	—	788	100.00	100.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,268	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,236	40.00–42.50	41.93
20	—	1,204	45.00–47.50	45.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,213	40.00–42.50	41.70
1	—	1,015	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,586	42.50	42.50
2	—	1,635	45.00	45.00

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.