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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 8

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

3,226 head

▲ 1,413 vs last sale 1,813▲ 1,376 vs year ago 1,850 · +74.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

32 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 55▲ 6 vs year ago 26 · +23.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. CME cattle futures continued to climb, which boosted momentum. The area is still in much need of moisture.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.14/cwt on 1,568 head.

Average price

$132.14

1,568 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$892

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$20.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.62

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	706	133.60	943	1,018
Medium and Large 3	414	132.50	549	27
Medium and Large 1-2	613	132.16	810	443
Medium and Large 2	718	113.38	814	80

One grade step is worth $20.22/cwt here — about $129 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 sale1,568 hd

132.14

—

TX average4 barns · 2,576 hd

134.76

−2.62

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,218	64.00	779	6thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	377	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	479	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	836	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	146.68/cwt	145.00–150.50	716	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	526	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	579	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	180.12/cwt	180.00–181.00	962	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	851	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	596	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,013	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	163.67/cwt	163.50–164.00	987	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	912	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	146.26/cwt	143.00–148.00	976	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	148.11/cwt	146.25–151.50	1,012	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	144.64/cwt	144.00–145.00	1,028	223
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	721	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	865	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,015	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	765	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	949	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	767	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	959	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	140.19/cwt	138.25–143.50	1,102	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	798	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,037	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	138.71/cwt	138.50–139.10	1,157	184
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,123	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	854	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,068	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,174	112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	903	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,196	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	931	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	987	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,175	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,058	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	519	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	414	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	549	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	653	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	152.91/cwt	148.00–160.00	677	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	139.81/cwt	139.50–140.00	656	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	148.51/cwt	146.00–154.00	708	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	147.85/cwt	142.00–150.00	776	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	138.66/cwt	138.00–139.00	742	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	556	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	667	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	139.24/cwt	127.00–141.00	794	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	138.76/cwt	136.50–141.00	795	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	604	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	743	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	607	133.71/cwt	129.00–135.00	812	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	141.77/cwt	136.00–143.00	883	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	134.34/cwt	132.50–135.00	845	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	640	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	829	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	683	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	820	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	134.31/cwt	134.25–134.50	928	106
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	691	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	895	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	709	123.25/cwt	122.50–126.00	874	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	132.07/cwt	127.00–135.00	971	415
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	744	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	930	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	748	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	868	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	766	114.12/cwt	113.50–115.00	874	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	128.15/cwt	125.00–132.00	988	110
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	801	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	873	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	127.74/cwt	125.50–128.50	1,032	152
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	879	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,046	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	904	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	985	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	561	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	347	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	597	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	718	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	539	150.38/cwt	149.00–151.00	811	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	901	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	635	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	921	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	842	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	735	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	937	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	894	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	699	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,224	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	796	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 Apr 8, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,226Last week 1,813Year ago 1,850

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 55Year ago 26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	305	170.00	170.00
152	—	808	125.50–128.50	127.74
106	—	691	134.25–134.50	134.31
415	—	735	127.00–135.00	132.07
38	—	573	136.50–141.00	138.76
44	—	623	136.00–143.00	141.77
110	—	771	125.00–132.00	128.15
4	—	879	119.00	119.00
12	—	443	148.00–160.00	152.91
30	—	477	146.00–154.00	148.51
59	—	525	142.00–150.00	147.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	604	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	904	109.00	109.00
21	—	535	138.00–139.00	138.66
14	—	441	148.00	148.00
32	—	691	129.50	129.50
106	—	570	127.00–141.00	139.24
81	—	709	122.50–126.00	123.25
69	—	469	139.50–140.00	139.81
60	—	629	132.50–135.00	134.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	607	129.00–135.00	133.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	744	125.00	125.00
8	—	640	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	414	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	801	109.00	109.00
6	—	748	116.00	116.00
4	—	683	120.00	120.00
24	—	556	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	766	113.50–115.00	114.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	539	149.00–151.00	150.38
6	—	635	145.00	145.00
10	—	735	127.50	127.50
7	—	347	172.00	172.00
2	—	563	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	771	116.00	116.00
3	—	330	170.00	170.00
11	—	645	130.50	130.50
4	—	460	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	860	136.50	136.50
223	—	711	144.00–145.00	144.64
6	—	418	200.00	200.00
76	—	786	138.25–143.50	140.19
26	—	603	163.50–164.00	163.67
11	—	903	132.50	132.50
110	—	683	146.25–151.50	148.11
5	—	596	170.00	170.00
40	—	534	180.00–181.00	180.12
184	—	834	138.50–139.10	138.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	765	124.00	124.00
13	—	630	105.00	105.00
13	—	1,175	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	854	125.00	125.00
13	—	931	106.00	106.00
79	—	798	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	377	127.00	127.00
5	—	526	110.00	110.00
13	—	630	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	721	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	488	145.00–150.50	146.68
18	—	835	134.50	134.50
25	—	537	158.50	158.50
46	—	667	143.00–148.00	146.26
8	—	763	133.00	133.00
5	—	608	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	767	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,224	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,185	59.00	59.00

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.