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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 18

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

1,384 head

▼ 935 vs last sale 2,319▲ 1,259 vs year ago 125 · +1,007.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifer sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. The area received moisture with rain and snow to benefit local pastures, but hampered cattle movement.

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 $136.72/cwt on 732 head.

Average price

$136.72

732 head · 744 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,017

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$598

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$55.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	140.59	1,037	572
Medium and Large 1-2	661	133.72	884	93
Large 1-2	962	110.50	1,063	60
Medium 2-3	516	85.00	439	7thin

One grade step is worth $55.59/cwt here — about $598 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 sale732 hd

136.72

—

TX average4 barns · 2,934 hd

136.03

+0.69

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	632	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	757	6
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	516	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	439	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	166.22/cwt	155.00–173.00	876	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	899	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	132.01/cwt	130.50–147.00	779	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	146.90/cwt	145.00–148.50	918	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	147.75/cwt	145.00–152.00	996	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	685	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	993	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	689	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	971	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	702	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	941	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	141.86/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,033	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	137.44/cwt	134.50–139.00	1,060	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	774	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	991	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	794	126.87/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,007	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,069	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,136	116
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,169	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	962	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,063	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	519	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	155.91/cwt	149.00–160.00	674	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	136.04/cwt	129.50–153.00	663	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	142.59/cwt	138.00–145.50	733	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	687	65
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	137.66/cwt	132.00–145.50	798	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	132.31/cwt	127.00–134.50	836	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	128.57/cwt	126.00–130.00	873	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	826	110.36/cwt	110.00–111.00	912	41
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	689	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	896	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	718	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	876	3

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 Mar 18, 2021

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

Receipts 1,384Last week 2,319Year ago 125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	689	141.00	141.00
3	—	702	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	913	128.00	128.00
14	—	571	157.50	157.50
58	—	674	145.00–152.00	147.75
41	—	527	155.00–173.00	166.22
49	—	625	145.00–148.50	146.90
134	—	728	139.00–145.00	141.86
3	—	383	165.00	165.00
24	—	816	131.00	131.00
92	—	771	134.50–139.00	137.44
116	—	879	129.25	129.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	962	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	516	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	774	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	515	147.00	147.00
16	—	685	145.00	145.00
27	—	794	126.00–130.00	126.87
44	—	590	130.50–147.00	132.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	679	126.00–130.00	128.57
120	—	632	127.00–134.50	132.31
12	—	432	149.00–160.00	155.91
36	—	514	138.00–145.50	142.59
45	—	487	129.50–153.00	136.04
6	—	333	156.00	156.00
7	—	580	132.00–145.50	137.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	826	110.00–111.00	110.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	568	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	718	122.00	122.00
17	—	689	130.00	130.00

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.