Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-12-03

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Dec 3
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,540 head
340 vs last sale 1,880 112 vs year ago 1,428 · +7.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
101 vs last sale 30 87 vs year ago 44 · +197.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. The area received very little amount of moisture from the winter storm earlier in the week. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.89/cwt on 545 head.
Average price
$121.89
545 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.89
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636121.97776490
Medium and Large 1-2573121.2069455
One grade step is worth $0.77/cwt here — about $82 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 sale545 hd
121.89
TX average4 barns · 1,580 hd
124.78
−2.89
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,47366.479793thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12445.7651453
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24944.2555323
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44743.866347thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned664124.00/cwt120.00–124.5082382
SteersMedium and Large 1521153.00/cwt140.00–166.0079750
Bulls1,47366.47/cwt65.00–70.009793
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26045.51/cwt45.00–47.5057315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22941.88/cwt40.00–42.505158
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44246.49/cwt45.00–49.506703
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45041.89/cwt40.00–42.506074
CowsLean 85-90%1,00939.94/cwt39.50–42.5040322
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned638118.56/cwt118.00–121.5075658
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned636137.00/cwt137.00–137.008719
HeifersMedium and Large 1536128.33/cwt124.50–135.5068862
SteersMedium and Large 1753137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,03570
SteersMedium and Large 1724130.99/cwt126.50–134.0094898
SteersMedium and Large 1817134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0959
SteersMedium and Large 1479158.52/cwt154.00–160.0075912
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned713115.00/cwt115.00–115.008207
HeifersMedium and Large 1446134.50/cwt134.50–134.5060010
HeifersMedium and Large 1576123.50/cwt123.50–123.5071123
HeifersMedium and Large 1477135.48/cwt125.00–139.0064627
BullsMedium and Large 1327148.00/cwt148.00–148.004843
SteersMedium and Large 1675135.00/cwt131.00–137.5091134
SteersMedium and Large 1581144.52/cwt138.00–147.5084046
BullsMedium and Large 1686108.00/cwt108.00–108.0074122
BullsMedium and Large 1727112.60/cwt100.00–119.0081927
BullsMedium and Large 1588123.87/cwt123.00–127.5072834
HeifersMedium and Large 1642126.00/cwt126.00–126.0080936
HeifersMedium and Large 1676123.16/cwt119.00–125.0083384
HeifersMedium and Large 1710124.52/cwt122.00–126.00884103
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full786106.00/cwt106.00–106.008339
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2404145.50/cwt145.50–145.505889
BullsMedium and Large 1525129.00/cwt129.00–129.0067720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2492125.50/cwt125.50–125.506179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584116.89/cwt111.00–118.5068328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2331142.00/cwt142.00–142.0047012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2906128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,16659
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned633132.50/cwt132.50–132.5083921
CowsLean 85-90%1,20649.89/cwt45.00–50.2560231
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy782120.00/cwt120.00–120.0093810
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy729124.50/cwt124.50–124.5090813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy627115.00/cwt115.00–115.0072119
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy564114.00/cwt114.00–114.0064315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy710101.74/cwt95.00–111.0072246

How this sale compares

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.