Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-12-10

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Dec 10
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,121 head
581 vs last sale 1,540 750 vs year ago 1,371 · +54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
31 vs last sale 131 13 vs year ago 87 · +14.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers were steady to instances 4 higher. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. After several days of temperatures near the 70's, the area braces for a cold front with hopefully some moisture. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.94/cwt on 975 head.
Average price
$138.94
975 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.30
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655139.58914863
Medium and Large 1-2517133.94693112
One grade step is worth $5.64/cwt here — about $221 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 sale975 hd
138.94
TX average4 barns · 2,714 hd
142.23
−3.30
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
BullsLow1,56271.651,1196thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22449.3460421
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53947.897377thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06044.6347336

Every lot, as filed

61 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2476130.27/cwt130.00–132.0062039
HeifersMedium and Large 1363151.25/cwt150.00–153.0054939
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613117.00/cwt117.00–117.0071736
SteersMedium and Large 1497147.77/cwt144.50–158.0073470
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full840105.00/cwt105.00–105.008825
SteersMedium and Large 1641143.00/cwt143.00–143.00917106
HeifersMedium and Large 1668124.00/cwt124.00–124.0082812
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned624133.50/cwt133.50–133.5083317
HeifersMedium and Large 1432140.92/cwt130.00–148.5060964
HeifersMedium and Large 1534131.00/cwt129.50–135.5070092
HeifersMedium and Large 1991115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1408
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned678114.09/cwt113.00–116.0077448
SteersMedium and Large 1379190.00/cwt190.00–190.007207
SteersMedium and Large 1287197.00/cwt197.00–197.005658
SteersMedium and Large 1511154.00/cwt149.00–160.00787113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned629119.50/cwt119.50–119.5075225
SteersMedium and Large 1763133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,015130
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned753122.82/cwt119.00–123.5092580
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned651129.00/cwt129.00–129.0084064
HeifersMedium and Large 1574122.65/cwt120.00–129.0070445
SteersMedium and Large 1574146.00/cwt146.00–146.0083812
SteersMedium and Large 1329201.00/cwt201.00–201.006616
SteersMedium and Large 1939119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1227
SteersMedium and Large 1723134.14/cwt133.00–135.00970144
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20749.25/cwt47.50–53.0059415
Bulls1,37065.00/cwt65.00–65.008912
Bulls1,72076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,3161
Bulls1,63874.47/cwt73.50–75.501,2203
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44043.76/cwt42.50–45.006302
CowsLean 85-90%1,03748.84/cwt45.00–50.5050610
CowsLean 85-90%1,09552.01/cwt51.50–52.505702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23545.00/cwt45.00–45.005563
CowsLean 85-90%1,06642.26/cwt40.00–43.0045024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81552.50/cwt52.50–52.509531
HeifersMedium and Large 1840117.70/cwt116.00–118.0098920
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51948.80/cwt47.50–50.007414
BullsMedium and Large 1488138.50/cwt138.50–138.506768
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy697130.00/cwt130.00–130.009066
SteersMedium and Large 1827129.80/cwt129.00–130.751,07347
HeifersMedium and Large 1475142.81/cwt125.00–145.5067847
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536122.01/cwt118.50–131.5065476
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30054.16/cwt54.00–54.507043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423130.34/cwt129.00–135.0055159
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3611112.00/cwt112.00–112.006846
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned705121.50/cwt121.50–121.5085712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620137.00/cwt137.00–137.0084911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned692114.00/cwt114.00–114.007896
BullsMedium and Large 1695109.00/cwt109.00–109.0075811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2333130.00/cwt130.00–130.004338
HeifersMedium and Large 2400115.00/cwt115.00–115.004603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565130.00/cwt130.00–130.0073531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2494130.54/cwt130.00–131.0064513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528126.00/cwt126.00–126.006658
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484148.00/cwt148.00–148.007164
SteersMedium and Large 1685135.50/cwt135.50–135.5092823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585113.84/cwt110.00–120.0066613
HeifersMedium and Large 1638127.41/cwt126.00–135.00813108
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned715107.00/cwt107.00–107.0076514
HeifersMedium and Large 1749130.00/cwt130.00–130.0097423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430137.31/cwt132.50–148.0059054
SteersMedium and Large 1416169.65/cwt163.00–176.0070623

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.