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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Sep 30

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Sep 23Sep 30Oct 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,642 head

▲ 435 vs last sale 1,207▼ 692 vs year ago 2,334 · −29.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 85 vs year ago 95 · −89.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to weak on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Majority of cattle in the offering were crossbreds. Cooler temperatures with much needed rain in the forecast. Slaughter cows were steady.

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 $145.56/cwt on 1,029 head.

Average price

$145.56

1,029 head · 733 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$824

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$91.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.23

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	715	150.28	1,075	283
Medium and Large 1-2	747	146.69	1,095	694
Medium and Large 2	730	127.07	928	27
Medium and Large 2-3	587	110.00	646	7thin
Medium and Large 3	719	80.00	575	9thin
Small 4	425	59.00	251	9thin

One grade step is worth $91.28/cwt here — about $824 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 sale1,029 hd

145.56

—

TX average4 barns · 2,419 hd

148.79

−3.23

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	1,663	77.50	1,288	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,148	62.50	717	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,267	60.67	769	6thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	644	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	642	20
Steers	—	Small 4	425	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	251	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	884	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	144.56/cwt	140.00–155.00	753	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	703	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	156.74/cwt	155.00–158.00	909	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	587	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	646	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	994	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	646	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	956	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	911	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	660	137.50/cwt	137.00–139.00	908	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	663	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	892	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	156.79/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,047	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	682	150.56/cwt	145.50–152.00	1,027	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	698	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,026	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,071	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	719	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	575	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	730	132.44/cwt	130.00–134.00	967	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	731	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	914	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	149.37/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,165	111
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	803	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,044	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	807	145.85/cwt	144.35–146.50	1,177	478
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	144.03/cwt	142.00–145.00	1,207	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	887	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,171	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	919	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,103	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	401	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	585	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	406	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	601	17
Heifers	—	Small 4	427	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	171	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	448	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	529	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	625	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	128.81/cwt	125.00–130.00	620	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	539	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	695	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	549	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	648	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	784	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	420	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	722	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	608	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	790	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	615	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	793	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	867	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	880	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	657	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	749	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	786	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	718	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	503	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	721	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	872	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	792	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	919	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	991	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	804	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	643	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	818	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	941	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	602	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	506	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	663	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	678	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	798	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	798	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	809	127.66/cwt	117.00–130.00	1,033	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	896	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,525	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,144	1
Bulls	—	—	1,800	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,440	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,065	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	586	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	728	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	764	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	705	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,341	61.01/cwt	60.00–62.00	818	4

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 Sep 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,642Last week 1,207Year ago 2,334

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 20Year ago 95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	417	154.00	154.00
478	—	807	144.35–146.50	145.85
126	—	682	145.50–152.00	150.56
58	—	521	140.00–155.00	144.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	668	154.00–158.00	156.79
111	—	780	143.00–151.00	149.37
18	—	517	171.00	171.00
9	—	641	155.00	155.00
2	—	368	175.00	175.00
36	—	580	155.00–158.00	156.74
14	—	709	151.00	151.00
25	—	838	142.00–145.00	144.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	587	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	731	125.00	125.00
7	—	660	138.00	138.00
5	—	562	125.00	125.00
7	—	919	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	719	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	803	130.00	130.00
10	—	730	130.00–134.00	132.44
6	—	698	147.00	147.00
6	—	646	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	887	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	660	137.00–139.00	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	425	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	663	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	558	140.50	140.50
10	—	375	150.00	150.00
22	—	793	125.00	125.00
7	—	401	146.00	146.00
3	—	463	135.00	135.00
18	—	640	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	672	117.00	117.00
5	—	721	121.00	121.00
6	—	573	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	657	114.00	114.00
8	—	448	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	608	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	792	116.00	116.00
4	—	539	129.00	129.00
3	—	615	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	549	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	818	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	406	148.00	148.00
71	—	481	125.00–130.00	128.81
15	—	642	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	804	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	560	75.00	75.00
25	—	718	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	427	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	467	129.00	129.00
11	—	514	132.00	132.00
6	—	853	105.00	105.00
6	—	798	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	650	121.00	121.00
22	—	809	117.00–130.00	127.66
4	—	506	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,175	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,120	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,175	65.00	65.00
4	—	1,341	60.00–62.00	61.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,800	80.00	80.00

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.