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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-05

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

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Oct 22Nov 5Nov 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,763 head

▲ 286 vs last sale 1,477▼ 547 vs year ago 2,310 · −23.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 84 vs last sale 100▼ 87 vs year ago 103 · −84.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 34 vs last sale 35▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher, with instances as much as 15 higher. Trade activity was moderate to good on good demand. Last week brought some much need moisture with the ice and snow storm, this week it has warmed back up to the 70's. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 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 $130.98/cwt on 858 head.

Average price

$130.98

858 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$767

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$109.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.66

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	659	136.61	901	504
Medium and Large 1-2	722	128.54	928	262
Medium and Large 2	705	110.76	781	88
Small 4	494	27.00	133	4thin

One grade step is worth $109.61/cwt here — about $767 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 sale858 hd

130.98

—

TX average4 barns · 2,069 hd

131.64

−0.66

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	1,682	79.43	1,336	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,259	44.70	563	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,535	43.80	672	3thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	396	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	499	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	164.91/cwt	155.00–170.00	703	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	610	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	152.41/cwt	146.00–165.00	742	73
Steers	—	Small 4	494	27.00/cwt	27.00–27.00	133	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	145.97/cwt	134.00–153.00	777	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	732	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	135.52/cwt	134.50–139.50	794	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	774	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	142.34/cwt	140.50–143.50	883	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	133.39/cwt	133.25–133.50	842	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	836	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	807	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	840	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	676	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	818	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	693	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	624	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	712	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	829	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	713	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,030	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	967	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	130.42/cwt	130.00–133.00	952	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	759	131.07/cwt	128.25–131.50	995	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	966	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	796	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	852	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	817	128.27/cwt	125.00–129.50	1,048	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	842	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	888	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	906	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	933	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	124.35/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,154	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	957	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,120	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	142.68/cwt	138.00–145.00	541	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	391	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	520	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	402	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	466	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	141.39/cwt	138.50–144.00	602	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	134.29/cwt	133.50–135.50	631	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	611	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	127.64/cwt	126.50–133.50	647	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	691	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	128.89/cwt	125.00–133.75	733	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	125.82/cwt	125.00–127.50	768	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	110.77/cwt	110.00–112.00	700	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	904	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	690	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	831	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	701	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	813	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	913	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	731	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	819	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	952	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	911	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	947	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	563	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	663	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	634	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	676	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	825	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	360	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	104	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,555	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,089	1
Bulls	—	—	1,703	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,379	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	516	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	638	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,375	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	633	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,490	43.20/cwt	42.50–44.00	644	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,625	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	731	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	9,100	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 Nov 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,763Last week 1,477Year ago 2,310

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 100Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 35Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	708	129.00	129.00
120	—	569	125.00–133.75	128.89
26	—	426	138.50–144.00	141.39
56	—	793	120.00	120.00
58	—	507	126.50–133.50	127.64
32	—	470	133.50–135.50	134.29
62	—	682	132.50	132.50
16	—	379	138.00–145.00	142.68
27	—	610	125.00–127.50	125.82
8	—	911	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	391	133.00	133.00
13	—	493	124.00	124.00
3	—	542	127.50	127.50
5	—	701	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	690	120.50	120.50
15	—	731	112.00	112.00
16	—	632	110.00–112.00	110.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	402	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	586	134.50–139.50	135.52
35	—	620	140.50–143.50	142.34
32	—	957	117.00	117.00
77	—	730	130.00–133.00	130.42
18	—	426	155.00–170.00	164.91
30	—	759	128.25–131.50	131.07
32	—	532	134.00–153.00	145.97
73	—	487	146.00–165.00	152.41
25	—	928	119.00–126.00	124.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	631	133.25–133.50	133.39
29	—	712	116.50	116.50
11	—	667	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	27.00	27.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	693	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	842	105.50	105.50
29	—	659	122.50	122.50
6	—	796	107.00	107.00
5	—	396	126.00	126.00
9	—	906	103.00	103.00
9	—	619	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	473	129.00	129.00
17	—	631	132.50	132.50
6	—	727	133.00	133.00
62	—	561	130.50	130.50
31	—	774	124.75	124.75
129	—	817	125.00–129.50	128.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	713	144.50	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	676	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	140.50	140.50
6	—	676	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	528	120.00	120.00
13	—	388	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	360	29.00	29.00

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)	1	—	1,300	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,215	42.50	42.50
1	—	1,275	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,375	46.00	46.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	42.50–44.00	43.20
1	—	1,625	45.00	45.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,555	70.00	70.00
6	—	1,703	81.00	81.00

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.