Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-04-29

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 29
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,470 head
947 vs last sale 2,417 313 vs year ago 1,783 · 17.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
70 vs last sale 90 0 vs year ago 20 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Corn futures prices hovering around 7.00, which dampers the yearling market going to feedlots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.71/cwt on 820 head.
Average price
$146.71
820 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$886
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.07
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1600149.02894713
Medium and Large 1-2584135.6979239
Medium and Large 2-3551130.0071613thin
Medium and Large 2680128.5087455
One grade step is worth $20.52/cwt here — about $20 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 sale820 hd
146.71
TX average4 barns · 1,834 hd
145.64
+1.07
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
BullsAverage1,74583.331,4543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26668.4786713

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
Bulls1,67385.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4222
Bulls1,89080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17764.12/cwt62.50–65.007553
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29369.77/cwt69.75–70.0090210
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy925116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,07310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy452120.00/cwt120.00–120.005425
SteersMedium and Large 1406169.68/cwt159.00–175.0068912
SteersMedium and Large 1473161.29/cwt159.00–163.0076321
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned601137.50/cwt137.50–137.5082610
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned671129.81/cwt129.00–131.5087112
SteersMedium and Large 1671140.12/cwt134.00–142.5094042
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned603119.50/cwt119.50–119.5072123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned686119.00/cwt119.00–119.008168
SteersMedium and Large 1514160.39/cwt147.50–165.75824229
HeifersMedium and Large 1464137.57/cwt136.50–140.0063843
SteersMedium and Large 1811125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,01424
SteersMedium and Large 1718131.06/cwt130.50–135.50941208
HeifersMedium and Large 1566128.00/cwt128.00–128.007248
HeifersMedium and Large 1701118.50/cwt118.50–118.508318
HeifersMedium and Large 1426139.50/cwt139.50–139.5059415
HeifersMedium and Large 1637128.50/cwt128.50–128.5081942
SteersMedium and Large 1583145.98/cwt144.50–146.5085166
SteersMedium and Large 1396189.48/cwt171.00–190.5075068
BullsMedium and Large 1482147.97/cwt141.00–154.0071317
HeifersMedium and Large 1532127.48/cwt127.00–129.0067820
SteersMedium and Large 1866122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,05711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy947115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0895
BullsMedium and Large 1-2639120.00/cwt120.00–120.007676
SteersMedium and Large 1-2313145.00/cwt145.00–145.0045418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616119.00/cwt119.00–119.007335
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2710120.00/cwt120.00–120.008526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2598124.00/cwt124.00–124.007427
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,014113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,14610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2756128.00/cwt128.00–128.009685
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537152.00/cwt152.00–152.008166
SteersMedium and Large 2680128.50/cwt128.50–128.5087455
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full783105.00/cwt105.00–105.008225
BullsMedium and Large 1543141.00/cwt141.00–141.007664
BullsMedium and Large 1655133.00/cwt133.00–133.008717
HeifersMedium and Large 1773117.50/cwt117.50–117.5090836
SteersMedium and Large 2-3551130.00/cwt130.00–130.0071613
HeifersMedium and Large 2-399498.00/cwt98.00–98.0097432

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.