Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-03-11

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 11
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,319 head
414 vs last sale 2,733 594 vs year ago 1,725 · +34.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
128 vs last sale 191 50 vs year ago 13 · +384.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to instances 2.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Supply consisted mostly of yearlings coming off of wheat pasture. Chance of much needed rain going into the weekend. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.32/cwt on 1,112 head.
Average price
$133.32
1,112 head · 788 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,051
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$262
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.73
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1794133.691,0611,040
Medium and Large 1-2728129.4094252
Medium and Large 2643124.3079920
One grade step is worth $9.39/cwt here — about $262 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 sale1,112 hd
133.32
TX average4 barns · 4,010 hd
134.05
−0.73
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
BullsAverage1,70778.361,3387thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20053.696448thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11347.115248thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Bulls1,70480.71/cwt77.50–82.501,3755
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11540.00/cwt40.00–40.004461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20555.00/cwt55.00–55.006635
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22857.24/cwt57.00–57.507032
CowsLean 85-90%1,14451.72/cwt50.00–55.005924
CowsLean 85-90%1,08142.49/cwt40.00–45.004594
SteersMedium and Large 1944123.22/cwt122.00–124.001,16359
SteersMedium and Large 1667142.72/cwt139.50–147.0095260
SteersMedium and Large 1722137.82/cwt135.00–138.75995171
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790123.00/cwt123.00–123.009727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531134.00/cwt134.00–134.007128
SteersMedium and Large 1560152.81/cwt147.00–156.0085617
HeifersMedium and Large 1829118.31/cwt118.00–120.0098187
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned612126.19/cwt126.00–126.5077211
HeifersMedium and Large 1858111.00/cwt111.00–111.009527
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718128.00/cwt128.00–128.0091918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2691134.00/cwt134.00–134.0092621
HeifersMedium and Large 1214164.00/cwt164.00–164.0035112
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy590125.00/cwt125.00–125.007389
BullsMedium and Large 1721119.00/cwt119.00–119.008585
HeifersMedium and Large 1528137.05/cwt135.00–139.0072456
SteersMedium and Large 2625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007505
SteersMedium and Large 2711122.00/cwt122.00–122.008677
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2482138.50/cwt138.50–138.5066810
HeifersMedium and Large 1779121.40/cwt120.00–125.00946115
SteersMedium and Large 1525149.68/cwt145.00–155.0078619
HeifersMedium and Large 1583133.00/cwt133.00–133.0077519
SteersMedium and Large 1646142.00/cwt142.00–142.0091739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643123.00/cwt123.00–123.0079113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2814112.00/cwt112.00–112.0091218
SteersMedium and Large 1418160.00/cwt160.00–160.0066917
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned662135.00/cwt135.00–135.008945
SteersMedium and Large 1-2812125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0156
Bulls1,71572.50/cwt72.50–72.501,2432
BullsMedium and Large 1566135.00/cwt135.00–135.0076410
HeifersMedium and Large 1909113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0274
SteersMedium and Large 1774134.53/cwt133.50–136.001,04182
HeifersMedium and Large 1663128.37/cwt126.50–129.00851159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662126.82/cwt124.00–127.5084021
HeifersMedium and Large 1352140.00/cwt140.00–140.004937
HeifersMedium and Large 1720125.55/cwt121.00–126.00904249
SteersMedium and Large 1815130.88/cwt128.50–132.501,067234
SteersMedium and Large 1886129.90/cwt126.25–133.001,151312
SteersMedium and Large 1958122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,16916
SteersMedium and Large 2594129.00/cwt129.00–129.007668

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.