Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-09-23

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Sep 23
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,207 head
16 vs last sale 1,191 1,471 vs year ago 2,678 · 54.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 90 vs year ago 110 · 81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales of feeder cattle for a market trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Fall is in the air with cooler temperatures in the mornings. Calves that are weaned and vaccinated are heavily sought after to turn out on winter wheat pastures. Slaughter cows were 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.71/cwt on 495 head.
Average price
$138.71
495 head · 627 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.09
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2636141.0089710thin
Medium and Large 1626138.67869485
One grade step is worth $2.33/cwt here — about $28 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 sale495 hd
138.71
TX average4 barns · 1,830 hd
137.62
+1.09
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49661.899264thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24559.947469thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10857.506372thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1554136.00/cwt136.00–136.0075310
BullsMedium and Large 1629128.00/cwt128.00–128.008056
BullsMedium and Large 1898111.00/cwt111.00–111.009974
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610133.50/cwt133.50–133.5081410
BullsMedium and Large 1425160.00/cwt160.00–160.0068010
BullsMedium and Large 1529142.50/cwt142.50–142.5075427
SteersMedium and Large 1847146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,23734
SteersMedium and Large 1727154.55/cwt154.00–155.001,12453
SteersMedium and Large 2-3641120.00/cwt120.00–120.007695
SteersMedium and Large 1473181.00/cwt181.00–181.0085614
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned651142.00/cwt142.00–142.0092413
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned725145.03/cwt144.00–146.001,05117
SteersMedium and Large 1392178.00/cwt178.00–178.0069816
SteersMedium and Large 1561168.50/cwt168.50–168.5094524
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned624126.35/cwt124.50–127.0078842
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned563125.00/cwt125.00–125.0070411
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned779135.07/cwt133.50–137.501,05237
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned618146.67/cwt141.00–148.5090656
SteersMedium and Large 1897143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,28316
SteersMedium and Large 2604142.00/cwt142.00–142.0085815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned692123.00/cwt123.00–123.0085111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned779125.24/cwt124.00–127.5097625
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23561.21/cwt60.00–62.507566
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49661.89/cwt60.00–62.509264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22553.60/cwt52.50–55.006572
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34565.00/cwt65.00–65.008741
CowsLean 85-90%1,05055.00/cwt55.00–55.005781
CowsLean 85-90%1,16560.00/cwt60.00–60.006991
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy737120.00/cwt120.00–120.0088419
HeifersMedium and Large 1553131.29/cwt130.00–132.0072617
HeifersMedium and Large 1420150.51/cwt143.00–158.0063262
BullsMedium and Large 1815122.00/cwt122.00–122.009944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636141.00/cwt141.00–141.0089710
HeifersMedium and Large 1669143.09/cwt142.50–143.5095737
HeifersMedium and Large 1707146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,036140
HeifersMedium and Large 1522138.74/cwt132.50–144.5072488
SteersMedium and Large 1Full773142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0986
SteersMedium and Large 1Full598144.00/cwt144.00–144.0086110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full815124.51/cwt123.00–127.001,0158
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full591125.00/cwt125.00–125.007394
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned703131.00/cwt131.00–131.009214
HeifersMedium and Large 1794130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,03217
SteersMedium and Large 1540157.07/cwt155.00–157.5084823
SteersMedium and Large 1677154.83/cwt154.00–156.001,04845

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.