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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 30

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Apr 23Apr 30May 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,783 head

▼ 1,418 vs last sale 3,201▲ 1,783 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 52▲ 20 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 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade activity was fairly active on good demand. Temperatures hit the 90's today and predicted to get hotter through the weekend. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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 $114.90/cwt on 829 head.

Average price

$114.90

829 head · 804 lb average

Value per head Derived

$924

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$20.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.37

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	817	115.20	941	680
Medium and Large 1-2	744	114.71	853	140
Medium and Large 2	771	95.00	732	9thin

One grade step is worth $20.20/cwt here — about $208 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 sale829 hd

114.90

—

TX average4 barns · 2,027 hd

121.27

−6.37

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	1,780	77.50	1,380	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,255	56.00	703	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	56.00	843	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,060	52.50	557	1thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	595	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	166.42/cwt	165.00–172.00	681	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	767	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	504	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	670	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	511	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	756	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	851	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	619	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	764	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	130.32/cwt	125.00–133.00	812	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	120.25/cwt	118.00–125.00	796	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	125.81/cwt	123.00–130.50	854	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	826	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	896	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	771	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	732	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	797	112.01/cwt	109.00–112.50	893	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	113.16/cwt	110.00–114.50	923	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	107.15/cwt	105.00–108.00	889	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	110.27/cwt	105.50–112.00	956	191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	105.37/cwt	98.50–106.75	969	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	100.57/cwt	97.00–102.00	935	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	100.27/cwt	97.00–101.00	973	136
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,025	93.37/cwt	92.00–95.00	957	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	357	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	571	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	141.95/cwt	138.00–143.00	554	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	129.73/cwt	129.00–131.50	684	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	688	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	110.91/cwt	107.00–114.00	631	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	632	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	114.77/cwt	110.00–117.50	715	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	658	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	721	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	692	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	664	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	704	95.90/cwt	94.00–101.50	675	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	101.67/cwt	101.00–102.50	738	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	762	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	760	90.68/cwt	90.00–94.00	689	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	766	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	775	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	698	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	99.04/cwt	96.00–101.50	805	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	828	96.29/cwt	95.75–98.00	797	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	851	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	770	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	897	92.22/cwt	90.50–94.00	827	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	87.57/cwt	85.00–90.50	801	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	978	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	826	24
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	455	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	701	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	578	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	717	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	602	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	620	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	771	11
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	994	1
Bulls	—	—	1,895	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,611	1
Bulls	—	—	2,025	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,569	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	557	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,211	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	666	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	786	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,430	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	858	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,538	55.33/cwt	55.00–57.00	851	6

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 Apr 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,783Last week 3,201Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 52Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,025	92.00–95.00	93.37
46	—	679	123.00–130.50	125.81
61	—	920	98.50–106.75	105.37
64	—	816	110.00–114.50	113.16
136	—	970	97.00–101.00	100.27
191	—	867	105.50–112.00	110.27
28	—	475	161.50	161.50
12	—	556	153.00	153.00
11	—	769	116.50	116.50
10	—	409	165.00–172.00	166.42
8	—	511	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	623	125.00–133.00	130.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	405	147.00	147.00
5	—	706	117.00	117.00
11	—	504	133.00	133.00
14	—	797	109.00–112.50	112.01
14	—	830	105.00–108.00	107.15
39	—	930	97.00–102.00	100.57
42	—	662	118.00–125.00	120.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	619	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	771	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	455	154.00	154.00
6	—	602	103.00	103.00
7	—	578	124.00	124.00
11	—	670	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	692	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	828	95.75–98.00	96.29
21	—	569	107.00–114.00	110.91
18	—	390	138.00–143.00	141.95
16	—	704	94.00–101.50	95.90
7	—	851	90.50	90.50
6	—	751	101.50	101.50
5	—	255	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	775	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	668	98.50	98.50
13	—	614	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	623	110.00–117.50	114.77
77	—	897	90.50–94.00	92.22
69	—	813	96.00–101.50	99.04
52	—	915	85.00–90.50	87.57
34	—	527	129.00–131.50	129.73
24	—	978	84.50	84.50
22	—	726	101.00–102.50	101.67
6	—	687	105.00	105.00
5	—	774	99.00	99.00
5	—	555	124.00	124.00
5	—	350	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	760	90.00–94.00	90.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,895	85.00	85.00
1	—	2,025	77.50	77.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	60.00	60.00
4	—	1,211	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	60.00	60.00
6	—	1,538	55.00–57.00	55.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,060	52.50	52.50

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.