Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-07-15

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jul 15
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,156 head
274 vs last sale 882 13 vs year ago 1,143 · +1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
20 vs last sale 100 49 vs year ago 31 · +158.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. Pastures are in good condition with more rain in the forecast for the weekend. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.65/cwt on 790 head.
Average price
$154.65
790 head · 720 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,113
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.34
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1747158.201,182313
Medium and Large 1-2700152.901,071463
Medium and Large 2740133.0798414thin
One grade step is worth $25.13/cwt here — about $198 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 sale790 hd
154.65
TX average4 barns · 3,138 hd
151.31
+3.34
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
BullsHigh1,55586.671,3483thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29772.5094022
CowsLean 85-90%Low98169.3568051

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls1,59095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,5111
Bulls1,65080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3201
Bulls1,42585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29772.50/cwt72.50–72.5094022
CowsLean 85-90%1,07565.00/cwt65.00–65.006991
CowsLean 85-90%97969.44/cwt67.00–70.0068050
SteersMedium and Large 1320232.18/cwt230.00–235.0074316
SteersMedium and Large 1593160.00/cwt160.00–160.0094937
SteersMedium and Large 1Full640156.00/cwt156.00–156.009985
HeifersMedium and Large 1649141.00/cwt141.00–141.009159
HeifersMedium and Large 1921126.54/cwt126.00–127.001,16511
SteersMedium and Large 1480184.50/cwt184.50–184.5088616
SteersMedium and Large 1889148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,316173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2691121.00/cwt121.00–121.008367
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned660135.00/cwt135.00–135.008914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576137.23/cwt136.50–139.007907
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned647138.00/cwt138.00–138.0089346
SteersMedium and Large 1-2457192.00/cwt192.00–192.008775
HeifersMedium and Large 1337165.85/cwt164.00–170.0055910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned689141.45/cwt141.00–143.0097517
HeifersMedium and Large 1424165.52/cwt163.00–166.0070218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521168.48/cwt166.00–170.0087821
SteersMedium and Large 1533174.00/cwt174.00–174.009275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529144.00/cwt144.00–144.0076213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy737126.00/cwt126.00–126.009295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2596150.00/cwt150.00–150.008945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423163.00/cwt163.00–163.006897
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657140.50/cwt140.50–140.5092320
SteersMedium and Large 2590139.00/cwt139.00–139.008203
SteersMedium and Large 2713132.00/cwt132.00–132.009415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635154.05/cwt148.50–155.00978120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2878137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2036
BullsMedium and Large 1566155.00/cwt155.00–155.008774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2743151.75/cwt151.75–151.751,128285
HeifersMedium and Large 1475148.00/cwt148.00–148.007032
HeifersMedium and Large 1814126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,0307
HeifersMedium and Large 1570147.85/cwt144.00–159.0084338
SteersMedium and Large 1410209.00/cwt209.00–209.008578
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned684151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,03353
SteersMedium and Large 2837131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0966

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.