Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-04-01

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 1
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,813 head
▲ 398 vs last sale 1,415▲ 432 vs year ago 1,381 · +31.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 42▲ 20 vs year ago 35 · +57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.87/cwt on 826 head.
Average price
$143.87
826 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$390
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 4
$123.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.32
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2366153.5056242
Medium and Large 1743146.731,090617
Medium and Large 1-2721137.97995149
Medium and Large 2-3651125.008148thin
Small 457330.0017210thin
One grade step is worth $123.50/cwt here — about $390 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 sale826 hd
143.87
—
TX average4 barns · 2,784 hd
141.55
+2.32
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,59575.001,1961thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05562.5065912
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21961.3674817
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38560.008311thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2294156.00/cwt156.00–156.0045911
Steers—Medium and Large 1318186.00/cwt186.00–186.005917
Steers—Medium and Large 2366153.50/cwt153.50–153.5056242
Steers—Medium and Large 1380198.40/cwt180.00–207.007546
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed389213.00/cwt213.00–213.0082913
Steers—Medium and Large 1438196.38/cwt196.00–197.0086013
Steers—Medium and Large 1456175.93/cwt164.00–181.0080211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493151.50/cwt151.50–151.507475
Steers—Medium and Large 1526170.98/cwt164.00–179.0089931
Steers—Small 457330.00/cwt30.00–30.0017210
Steers—Medium and Large 1575160.00/cwt160.00–160.009203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned600138.00/cwt138.00–138.0082811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned603152.00/cwt152.00–152.0091711
Steers—Medium and Large 1634158.22/cwt157.50–160.001,00323
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full647150.00/cwt150.00–150.009718
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3651125.00/cwt125.00–125.008148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,00717
Steers—Medium and Large 1688146.21/cwt145.50–151.501,00673
Steers—Medium and Large 1721142.62/cwt142.50–143.001,02884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2731138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,01221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,03545
Steers—Medium and Large 1781139.90/cwt139.00–143.001,09372
Steers—Medium and Large 1827140.89/cwt135.00–142.001,165181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880127.31/cwt127.00–130.001,12039
Steers—Medium and Large 1922129.64/cwt126.00–132.001,19535
Steers—Medium and Large 1960125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,20039
Steers—Medium and Large 11,005121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,2217
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323169.13/cwt168.00–170.0054612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377144.00/cwt144.00–144.005436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388157.70/cwt156.00–168.0061226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420140.00/cwt140.00–140.0058819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426159.50/cwt158.00–162.0067910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2451139.00/cwt139.00–139.006277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467148.00/cwt148.00–148.006913
Heifers—Medium 3-452669.00/cwt69.00–69.003638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537148.00/cwt148.00–148.007953
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2545132.00/cwt132.00–132.0071922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569131.00/cwt131.00–131.007454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590139.00/cwt139.00–139.0082022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615130.50/cwt130.50–130.508036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627138.30/cwt133.00–140.0086744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674125.00/cwt125.00–125.0084316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675129.06/cwt124.00–131.50871141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729121.68/cwt121.00–124.0088763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1739132.39/cwt129.00–133.00978115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768120.00/cwt120.00–120.0092229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770124.29/cwt122.00–126.0095756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814123.31/cwt122.00–124.501,00445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861114.50/cwt114.50–114.509866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1936114.13/cwt113.00–117.001,06842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1962117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,13020
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1660149.00/cwt149.00–149.0098316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1745123.00/cwt123.00–123.009164
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,59575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1961
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95555.00/cwt55.00–55.005251
Cows—Lean 85-90%97568.00/cwt68.00–68.006631
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07362.70/cwt60.00–65.0067310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15050.00/cwt50.00–50.005751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22362.07/cwt60.00–65.0075916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38560.00/cwt60.00–60.008311

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.