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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 21

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,544 head

▲ 392 vs last sale 1,152▲ 67 vs year ago 1,477 · +4.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 55▼ 41 vs year ago 100 · −41.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 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 steady to 2.00 higher. Yearlings were not well tested in last week's sale. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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 $147.32/cwt on 729 head.

Average price

$147.32

729 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$44.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.61

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	694	154.94	1,075	494
Medium and Large 1-2	642	137.60	884	176
Medium and Large 2-3	534	114.00	609	37
Medium 2-3	727	110.00	800	22

One grade step is worth $44.94/cwt here — about $275 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 sale729 hd

147.32

—

TX average4 barns · 2,620 hd

150.93

−3.61

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	1,712	74.43	1,274	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,619	67.86	1,099	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	64.80	810	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,216	58.40	710	14

Every lot

77 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	339	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	593	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	679	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	180.43/cwt	166.00–185.00	752	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	181.71/cwt	177.00–187.00	865	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	782	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	890	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	534	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	609	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	864	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	156.34/cwt	152.00–161.00	901	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	596	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	805	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	601	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	775	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	645	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	922	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	648	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	894	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	143.39/cwt	142.00–145.50	961	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,024	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	153.86/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,089	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,064	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	726	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	951	22
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	727	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	800	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	739	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	905	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,178	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	758	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,042	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	758	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	951	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	778	139.85/cwt	138.00–142.50	1,088	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,188	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	804	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,158	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	828	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,110	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	828	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	989	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	831	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,072	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	882	149.85/cwt	149.85–149.85	1,322	103
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	900	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,260	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	560	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	141.44/cwt	134.00–145.00	605	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	443	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	576	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	662	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	147.64/cwt	146.00–148.00	719	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	141.12/cwt	135.00–144.00	744	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	704	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	541	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	703	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	131.71/cwt	130.75–132.50	745	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	135.90/cwt	133.00–137.00	787	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	586	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	727	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	126.96/cwt	125.00–130.00	781	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	141.84/cwt	140.00–144.00	877	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	631	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	792	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	659	128.16/cwt	125.00–132.00	845	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	143.76/cwt	143.00–144.00	986	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	688	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	826	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	703	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	844	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,026	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	739	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	887	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,045	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	763	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	839	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	820	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	984	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	829	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	829	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	844	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,013	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	388	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	644	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	850	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	544	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	870	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	567	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	794	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	724	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	805	8
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	464	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	162	7
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	681	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	204	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,674	71.02/cwt	70.00–75.00	1,189	4
Bulls	—	—	1,788	81.24/cwt	80.00–82.50	1,453	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,204	59.62/cwt	55.00–60.00	718	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,244	65.48/cwt	65.00–65.50	815	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,285	51.09/cwt	50.00–52.50	657	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,297	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	778	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,613	68.42/cwt	65.00–69.00	1,104	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,710	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,026	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,308	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,388	6

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 Oct 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,544Last week 1,152Year ago 1,477

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 55Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	476	177.00–187.00	181.71
16	—	803	148.00	148.00
40	—	417	166.00–185.00	180.43
19	—	576	152.00–161.00	156.34
51	—	708	150.00–154.50	153.86
103	—	882	149.85	149.85
27	—	750	157.00	157.00
76	—	516	172.50	172.50
12	—	676	151.50	151.50
4	—	900	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	804	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	739	122.50	122.50
29	—	601	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	724	147.00	147.00
19	—	477	164.00	164.00
7	—	339	175.00	175.00
14	—	572	151.00	151.00
6	—	388	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	758	125.50	125.50
4	—	828	134.00	134.00
22	—	726	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	727	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	831	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	534	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	596	135.00	135.00
8	—	835	110.00	110.00
4	—	645	143.00	143.00
15	—	758	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	778	138.00–142.50	139.85
10	—	828	119.50	119.50
6	—	648	138.00	138.00
25	—	670	142.00–145.50	143.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	615	125.00–130.00	126.96
6	—	586	124.00	124.00
11	—	755	110.00	110.00
54	—	659	125.00–132.00	128.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	763	110.00	110.00
8	—	703	120.00	120.00
19	—	631	125.50	125.50
3	—	443	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	686	143.00–144.00	143.76
16	—	487	146.00–148.00	147.64
26	—	763	137.00	137.00
58	—	714	143.75	143.75
26	—	618	140.00–144.00	141.84
11	—	579	133.00–137.00	135.90
21	—	527	135.00–144.00	141.12
13	—	361	155.00	155.00
46	—	428	134.00–145.00	141.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	820	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	829	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	566	130.75–132.50	131.71
9	—	533	132.00	132.00
5	—	433	135.00	135.00
26	—	466	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	653	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	844	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	739	120.00	120.00
17	—	541	130.00	130.00
6	—	688	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	35.00	35.00
7	—	681	30.00	30.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	130.00	130.00
32	—	568	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	140.00	140.00
2	—	475	179.00	179.00
4	—	544	160.00	160.00
3	—	388	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,244	65.00–65.50	65.48
3	—	1,297	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	60.00	60.00
14	—	1,613	65.00–69.00	68.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,285	50.00–52.50	51.09
12	—	1,204	55.00–60.00	59.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,674	70.00–75.00	71.02
2	—	1,788	80.00–82.50	81.24

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	—	1,308	1,100.00	1,100.00

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.