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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jan 28

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Jan 21Jan 28Feb 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,751 head

▼ 121 vs last sale 2,872▲ 1,868 vs year ago 883 · +211.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 71 vs last sale 87▼ 1 vs year ago 17 · −5.9%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 28▲ 8 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 steady to 4.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Live cattle futures was higher than current cash markets, which boosted buyer's momentum on yearlings going to feedlots.

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 $140.01/cwt on 1,303 head.

Average price

$140.01

1,303 head · 726 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,016

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$153

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

$19.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	721	141.94	1,023	1,153
Medium and Large 1-2	771	125.81	970	124
Medium and Large 2	713	122.12	871	26

One grade step is worth $19.83/cwt here — about $153 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 sale1,303 hd

140.01

—

TX average4 barns · 3,104 hd

141.89

−1.88

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,042	52.48	547	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,432	51.50	738	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,243	50.83	632	6thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	688	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	166.90/cwt	166.00–169.00	743	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	169.16/cwt	161.50–178.50	822	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	160.84/cwt	153.00–169.50	857	98
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	159.44/cwt	150.00–169.00	899	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	604	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	722	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	817	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	798	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	979	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	143.64/cwt	141.00–145.00	964	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	128.35/cwt	127.00–130.00	870	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	135.00/cwt	134.00–135.50	934	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	729	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	955	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	137.27/cwt	134.00–140.50	1,003	148
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	751	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	939	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	768	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	922	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	778	126.65/cwt	125.00–127.50	985	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	136.23/cwt	132.25–137.60	1,083	517
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	992	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	843	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,146	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,149	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,164	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,126	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	981	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,148	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	494	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	589	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	152.40/cwt	138.00–158.50	649	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	137.28/cwt	125.00–143.00	644	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	134.62/cwt	126.00–143.00	699	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	131.51/cwt	122.00–135.50	747	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	118.71/cwt	115.00–123.50	693	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	132.63/cwt	132.00–133.50	804	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	771	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	839	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	126.16/cwt	125.00–130.00	855	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	698	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	803	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	703	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	815	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	126.84/cwt	122.50–128.50	932	270
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	126.87/cwt	120.00–128.50	958	262
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,000	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	871	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,032	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	882	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	992	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	118.34/cwt	117.00–119.00	730	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	624	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	780	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	741	111.95/cwt	110.00–113.00	830	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	797	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	717	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	567	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	51.22/cwt	50.00–52.50	537	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	617	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	710	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	787	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	50.62/cwt	50.00–52.50	725	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,300	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,305	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,745	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,328	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,936	5

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 Jan 28, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,751Last week 2,872Year ago 883

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 87Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 28Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	372	185.00	185.00
31	—	843	136.00	136.00
148	—	731	134.00–140.50	137.27
10	—	445	166.00–169.00	166.90
22	—	644	152.00	152.00
84	—	564	150.00–169.00	159.44
65	—	671	141.00–145.00	143.64
9	—	950	118.50	118.50
41	—	862	133.25	133.25
517	—	795	132.25–137.60	136.23
7	—	939	124.00	124.00
98	—	533	153.00–169.50	160.84
42	—	486	161.50–178.50	169.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	729	131.00	131.00
30	—	678	127.00–130.00	128.35
3	—	610	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	604	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	778	125.00–127.50	126.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	981	117.00	117.00
15	—	827	120.00	120.00
36	—	692	134.00–135.50	135.00
48	—	751	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	638	125.00	125.00
15	—	768	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	469	125.00–143.00	137.28
5	—	343	144.00	144.00
3	—	398	148.00	148.00
270	—	735	122.50–128.50	126.84
50	—	519	126.00–143.00	134.62
106	—	568	122.00–135.50	131.51
58	—	606	132.00–133.50	132.63
19	—	871	118.50	118.50
55	—	678	125.00–130.00	126.16
26	—	426	138.00–158.50	152.40
262	—	755	120.00–128.50	126.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	882	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	698	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	703	116.00	116.00
22	—	620	120.00	120.00
9	—	670	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	866	115.50	115.50
49	—	725	120.00	120.00
14	—	666	126.00	126.00
25	—	584	115.00–123.50	118.71
53	—	617	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	624	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	617	117.00–119.00	118.34
10	—	797	90.00	90.00
20	—	741	110.00–113.00	111.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	55.00	55.00
4	—	1,433	50.00–52.50	50.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	55.00	55.00
5	—	1,233	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	55.00	55.00
2	—	1,048	50.00–52.50	51.22

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,328	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,275	1,200.00	1,200.00

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.