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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 28

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Apr 21Apr 28May 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,834 head

▲ 340 vs last sale 1,494▲ 364 vs year ago 1,470 · +24.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 20▲ 30 vs year ago 20 · +150.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls 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 $160.77/cwt on 937 head.

Average price

$160.77

937 head · 678 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$189

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

$30.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.94

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	500	170.59	853	132
Medium and Large 1	705	160.56	1,131	751
Medium and Large 2	746	139.72	1,042	54

One grade step is worth $30.87/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale937 hd

160.77

—

TX average4 barns · 1,746 hd

163.71

−2.94

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	1,824	88.61	1,617	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	78.21	972	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,480	72.50	1,073	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	978	61.73	603	16

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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	677	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	189.86/cwt	188.00–192.00	699	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	174.26/cwt	171.00–176.00	756	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	173.67/cwt	170.00–192.00	766	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	823	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	175.76/cwt	167.00–178.00	817	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	736	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	172.10/cwt	171.75–182.00	935	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	871	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	172.94/cwt	166.00–180.00	970	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,034	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	168.87/cwt	168.50–175.00	1,049	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	653	174.75/cwt	174.75–174.75	1,141	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	662	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	927	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,069	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	673	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,077	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,124	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	687	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,031	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	691	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	981	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	709	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,007	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	153.95/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,173	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	762	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,105	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	799	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,079	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	147.62/cwt	145.00–148.50	1,206	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	840	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,168	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	145.36/cwt	143.25–147.00	1,256	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	968	139.91/cwt	132.00–142.25	1,354	135
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	157.12/cwt	150.00–165.00	509	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	164.53/cwt	162.00–167.00	561	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	157.55/cwt	155.00–159.00	660	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	154.05/cwt	150.00–163.00	670	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	152.78/cwt	152.50–153.00	695	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	152.42/cwt	151.00–154.00	722	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	735	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	145.75/cwt	140.00–148.50	772	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	152.19/cwt	149.00–153.00	895	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	811	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	138.64/cwt	137.00–141.00	850	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	136.89/cwt	135.00–140.00	845	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	629	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	862	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	645	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	938	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	875	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	661	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	866	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	138.53/cwt	135.00–139.50	985	161
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	737	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	984	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	998	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	133.62/cwt	130.00–137.50	1,038	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	813	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,049	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,120	30
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	539	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	405	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	684	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	725	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	503	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	815	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	872	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	601	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	986	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	926	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,806	87.55/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,581	6
Bulls	—	—	1,935	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,838	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	799	50.45/cwt	50.00–53.00	403	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	647	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	768	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	949	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	76.14/cwt	75.00–80.00	876	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,258	77.49/cwt	75.00–80.00	975	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,050	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,092	1

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 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,834Last week 1,494Year ago 1,470

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 20Year ago 20

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	494	149.00	149.00
19	—	840	139.00	139.00
6	—	709	142.00	142.00
16	—	799	135.00	135.00
5	—	662	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	673	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	548	159.00	159.00
18	—	366	185.00	185.00
31	—	434	171.00–176.00	174.26
13	—	584	177.00	177.00
30	—	465	167.00–178.00	175.76
10	—	670	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	457	180.00	180.00
8	—	561	166.00–180.00	172.94
135	—	543	171.75–182.00	172.10
4	—	681	165.00	165.00
154	—	621	168.50–175.00	168.87
35	—	864	143.25–147.00	145.36
16	—	368	188.00–192.00	189.86
43	—	817	145.00–148.50	147.62
135	—	968	132.00–142.25	139.91
87	—	762	153.00–157.00	153.95
17	—	441	170.00–192.00	173.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	653	174.75	174.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	745	150.00	150.00
9	—	687	150.00	150.00
5	—	762	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	691	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	661	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	592	137.00	137.00
28	—	455	152.50–153.00	152.78
30	—	875	128.00	128.00
40	—	419	155.00–159.00	157.55
13	—	653	134.00	134.00
4	—	739	135.00	135.00
17	—	324	150.00–165.00	157.12
32	—	530	140.00–148.50	145.75
21	—	617	135.00–140.00	136.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	629	137.00	137.00
5	—	813	129.00	129.00
15	—	737	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	341	162.00–167.00	164.53
54	—	588	149.00–153.00	152.19
161	—	711	135.00–139.50	138.53
7	—	500	147.00	147.00
13	—	435	150.00–163.00	154.05
12	—	645	145.50	145.50
101	—	777	130.00–137.50	133.62
14	—	474	151.00–154.00	152.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	613	137.00–141.00	138.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	152.00	152.00
9	—	581	150.00	150.00
7	—	293	184.00	184.00
6	—	605	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	503	162.00	162.00
8	—	601	164.00	164.00
22	—	405	169.00	169.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,400	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,097	70.00	70.00
4	—	1,150	75.00–80.00	76.14
2	—	1,078	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,258	75.00–80.00	77.49
1	—	1,150	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	799	50.00–53.00	50.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,806	85.00–90.00	87.55
1	—	1,935	95.00	95.00

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.