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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 6

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,481 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 1,470▼ 1,412 vs year ago 2,893 · −48.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

63 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 20▲ 63 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The area received some much needed rain to drought stricken pastures.

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 $137.19/cwt on 674 head.

Average price

$137.19

674 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$950

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3-4

$21.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.43

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	658	141.10	929	230
Medium and Large 1-2	718	135.66	974	430
Medium 3-4	493	120.00	592	14thin

One grade step is worth $21.10/cwt here — about $337 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 sale674 hd

137.19

—

TX average4 barns · 1,740 hd

132.77

+4.43

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,440	75.00	1,080	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,110	69.38	770	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,450	64.23	931	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	63.94	651	18

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	206	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	876	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	259	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	440	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	653	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	719	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	671	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	696	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	165.99/cwt	158.00–169.00	785	15
Steers	—	Medium 3-4	493	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	592	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	774	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	145.17/cwt	138.00–150.00	775	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	821	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	850	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	140.98/cwt	136.00–144.00	942	106
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	694	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	902	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	964	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	746	135.07/cwt	130.50–135.75	1,008	290
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	991	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,005	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	121.99/cwt	121.00–123.00	1,048	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,060	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,095	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,087	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,152	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,102	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,102	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	203	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	731	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	232	142.92/cwt	140.00–165.00	332	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	351	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	474	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	526	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	574	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	137.70/cwt	130.00–141.00	638	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	632	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	127.25/cwt	125.00–128.00	643	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	672	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	616	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	569	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	649	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	626	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	701	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	804	6
Heifers	—	Medium 3-4	651	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	677	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	652	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	750	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	691	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	815	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	123.53/cwt	122.25–126.50	833	129
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	823	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	122.32/cwt	119.00–123.00	904	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	119.87/cwt	119.75–120.00	928	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	844	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	928	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	109.16/cwt	109.00–109.50	940	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	157.08/cwt	146.00–165.00	597	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	670	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	667	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	720	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	640	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	742	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,440	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,080	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	64.82/cwt	60.00–65.50	653	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	56.93/cwt	55.00–58.50	626	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,109	69.75/cwt	69.75–69.75	774	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,128	64.21/cwt	62.50–66.00	724	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,255	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	860	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	62.80/cwt	60.00–65.00	951	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 May 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,481Last week 1,470Year ago 2,893

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 20Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The area received some much needed rain to drought stricken pastures.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	583	123.50	123.50
3	—	517	129.00	129.00
19	—	484	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	380	146.00–165.00	157.08
4	—	640	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	626	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	463	130.00–141.00	137.70
129	—	674	122.25–126.50	123.53
9	—	381	138.00	138.00
22	—	844	110.00	110.00
39	—	774	119.75–120.00	119.87
6	—	643	125.00	125.00
18	—	521	129.00	129.00
16	—	861	109.00–109.50	109.16
28	—	739	119.00–123.00	122.32
6	—	203	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	652	115.00	115.00
4	—	716	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	569	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	490	129.00	129.00
7	—	351	135.00	135.00
5	—	668	122.00	122.00
16	—	232	140.00–165.00	142.92
11	—	413	139.00	139.00
8	—	505	125.00–128.00	127.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	529	116.50	116.50
4	—	658	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	651	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	625	136.00	136.00
10	—	447	150.00	150.00
10	—	464	150.00	150.00
13	—	384	170.00	170.00
8	—	1,102	100.00	100.00
8	—	824	122.00	122.00
23	—	534	138.00–150.00	145.17
18	—	570	144.00	144.00
5	—	1,087	106.00	106.00
290	—	746	130.50–135.75	135.07
26	—	880	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	905	121.00	121.00
12	—	444	162.00	162.00
106	—	668	136.00–144.00	140.98
22	—	859	121.00–123.00	121.99
15	—	473	158.00–169.00	165.99
14	—	259	170.00	170.00
13	—	714	135.00	135.00
14	—	530	146.00	146.00
19	—	206	425.00	425.00
7	—	762	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	493	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	694	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,008	60.00–65.50	64.82
2	—	1,100	55.00–58.50	56.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,515	60.00–65.00	62.80
1	—	1,255	68.50	68.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,109	69.75	69.75
2	—	1,128	62.50–66.00	64.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,440	75.00	75.00

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.