Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-05-20

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 20
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
736 head
268 vs last sale 1,004 1,862 vs year ago 2,598 · 71.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
13 vs last sale 28 40 vs year ago 55 · 72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
6 vs last sale 15 3 vs year ago 12 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher on a light test. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Thunderstorms throughout the first part of the week, dumped several inches of much needed rain, but hampered cattle movement. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.92/cwt on 358 head.
Average price
$146.92
358 head · 635 lb average
Value per head Derived
$933
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$653
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3-4
$76.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.85
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1635150.06954334
Medium and Large 2720125.009005thin
Medium and Large 1-2839123.501,0369thin
Small and Medium 3-440674.0030010thin
One grade step is worth $76.06/cwt here — about $653 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 sale358 hd
146.92
TX average4 barns · 1,476 hd
141.06
+5.85
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16563.137354thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35058.757932thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low97852.085096thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06065.00/cwt65.00–65.006891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20062.50/cwt62.50–62.507503
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40062.50/cwt62.50–62.508751
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,30055.00/cwt55.00–55.007151
CowsLean 85-90%97852.08/cwt50.00–55.005096
HeifersMedium 2575115.00/cwt115.00–115.006615
HeifersMedium and Large 1964114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,1046
SteersSmall and Medium 3-440674.00/cwt74.00–74.0030010
SteersMedium and Large 1311185.00/cwt185.00–185.0057519
SteersMedium and Large 1261190.38/cwt185.00–194.0049716
SteersMedium and Large 1500155.00/cwt155.00–155.007756
BullsMedium and Large 1774110.00/cwt110.00–110.008514
SteersMedium and Large 1397175.19/cwt175.00–176.0069626
HeifersMedium and Large 1464146.00/cwt146.00–146.006774
BullsMedium and Large 1574150.00/cwt150.00–150.0086121
HeifersMedium and Large 1753120.00/cwt120.00–120.009048
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned634128.26/cwt128.00–130.0081330
SteersMedium and Large 1613150.00/cwt150.00–150.0092014
HeifersMedium and Large 1657131.00/cwt131.00–131.0086117
HeifersMedium and Large 1569138.51/cwt138.00–139.0078822
HeifersMedium and Large 1424146.61/cwt144.00–149.5062223
SteersMedium and Large 1668147.84/cwt147.00–148.25988104
SteersMedium and Large 1767130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,00123
SteersMedium and Large 1469156.00/cwt156.00–156.007328
BullsMedium and Large 1-2589148.00/cwt148.00–148.0087210
SteersMedium and Large 2720125.00/cwt125.00–125.009005
BullsMedium and Large 1-2456157.00/cwt157.00–157.0071611
SteersMedium and Large 1591148.00/cwt148.00–148.008757
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2599125.50/cwt125.50–125.507525
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned677136.50/cwt136.00–137.009248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2443147.00/cwt147.00–147.006516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2939116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,09411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2496138.50/cwt138.50–138.5068718
HeifersMedium and Large 1233169.00/cwt169.00–169.003949
SteersMedium and Large 1718141.77/cwt137.50–144.001,01824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full593120.00/cwt120.00–120.007125
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy798115.00/cwt115.00–115.009188
HeifersMedium and Large 1729127.00/cwt127.00–127.0092621
HeifersMedium and Large 3489116.00/cwt116.00–116.005676
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686120.00/cwt120.00–120.0082314
HeifersMedium and Large 1326157.00/cwt157.00–157.0051211
SteersMedium and Large 1229191.00/cwt191.00–191.0043710
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,144859.08/cwt850.00–935.009,8289
SteersMedium and Large 1874129.11/cwt126.50–129.501,12869
SteersMedium and Large 1-2839123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,0369
HeifersMedium and Large 2726117.00/cwt117.00–117.0084914

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.