Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-01-07

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jan 7
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Receipts
3,214 head
▲ 2,262 vs last sale 952▲ 100 vs year ago 3,114 · +3.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale (12/17/20): Yearling steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher, with instances 14.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand to kick off the new year. A chance of much need moisture predicted for the weekend with several inches of snow expected.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.81/cwt on 1,609 head.
Average price
$140.81
1,609 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$982
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$752
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$77.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.18
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1699142.799981,474
Medium and Large 1-2744128.77958106
Medium and Large 2-3563119.0067010thin
Small 437465.7924619thin
One grade step is worth $77.00/cwt here — about $752 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 sale1,609 hd
140.81
—
TX average4 barns · 3,683 hd
140.63
+0.18
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1296225.00/cwt225.00–225.0066623
Steers—Medium and Large 1300220.00/cwt220.00–220.0066010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313170.00/cwt170.00–170.0053211
Steers—Small 432470.00/cwt70.00–70.0022711
Steers—Medium and Large 1375206.03/cwt182.00–209.0077380
Steers—Medium and Large 1418179.67/cwt175.00–187.0075124
Steers—Small 444260.00/cwt60.00–60.002658
Steers—Medium and Large 1478169.00/cwt169.00–169.008084
Steers—Medium and Large 1519160.89/cwt146.00–175.0083570
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3563119.00/cwt119.00–119.0067010
Steers—Medium and Large 1574151.03/cwt135.00–156.0086788
Steers—Medium and Large 1610143.90/cwt140.00–145.00878111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630132.64/cwt130.00–136.0083611
Steers—Medium and Large 1686141.37/cwt141.00–143.0097052
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned687126.88/cwt125.00–129.5087265
Steers—Medium and Large 1714137.73/cwt133.50–139.25983191
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned722126.00/cwt126.00–126.009107
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned763125.00/cwt125.00–125.0095412
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy774126.09/cwt124.00–127.5097637
Steers—Medium and Large 1785133.29/cwt130.00–136.501,046410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2794124.00/cwt124.00–124.0098595
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy800137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,09678
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy810105.00/cwt105.00–105.0085114
Steers—Medium and Large 1841129.72/cwt127.50–130.001,091145
Steers—Medium and Large 1889129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,14723
Steers—Medium and Large 11,026111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,13919
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290151.00/cwt151.00–151.0043812
Heifers—Small 433648.00/cwt48.00–48.0016121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341149.00/cwt149.00–149.0050817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387152.89/cwt152.00–153.0059226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417148.30/cwt141.00–152.5061833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478138.14/cwt130.00–150.0066083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519125.38/cwt125.00–126.0065116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521138.02/cwt125.00–143.0071994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581126.90/cwt115.00–133.0073770
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615113.00/cwt113.00–113.0069511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619121.56/cwt119.00–126.0075267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636129.00/cwt129.00–129.008207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full654113.00/cwt113.00–113.007395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned657121.00/cwt121.00–121.007955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677128.31/cwt125.00–132.50869148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2693125.00/cwt125.00–125.0086619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy702120.00/cwt120.00–120.0084220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727127.39/cwt124.00–127.75926236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full741119.00/cwt119.00–119.008826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy755118.00/cwt118.00–118.008918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782125.63/cwt125.00–126.0098216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy803114.75/cwt114.75–114.7592152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1808126.00/cwt125.00–128.001,01839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,046100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,04610
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445151.50/cwt151.50–151.5067432
Bulls—Medium 1-2487117.00/cwt117.00–117.005706
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490136.00/cwt136.00–136.006666
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2537125.00/cwt125.00–125.0067114
Bulls—Medium 1-258496.00/cwt96.00–96.0056113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2684108.50/cwt108.50–108.5074222

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.