Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-09-30

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Sep 30
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,642 head
435 vs last sale 1,207 692 vs year ago 2,334 · 29.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 20 85 vs year ago 95 · 89.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to weak on limited comparable sales. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Majority of cattle in the offering were crossbreds. Cooler temperatures with much needed rain in the forecast. Slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.56/cwt on 1,029 head.
Average price
$145.56
1,029 head · 733 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$824
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$91.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.23
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1715150.281,075283
Medium and Large 1-2747146.691,095694
Medium and Large 2730127.0792827
Medium and Large 2-3587110.006467thin
Medium and Large 371980.005759thin
Small 442559.002519thin
One grade step is worth $91.28/cwt here — about $824 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 sale1,029 hd
145.56
TX average4 barns · 2,419 hd
148.79
−3.23
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
BullsLow1,66377.501,2882thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14862.507172thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26760.677696thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2417154.00/cwt154.00–154.0064220
SteersMedium and Large 1668156.79/cwt154.00–158.001,04724
HeifersMedium and Large 1558140.50/cwt140.50–140.5078432
HeifersMedium and Large 1375150.00/cwt150.00–150.0056310
SteersMedium and Large 1780149.37/cwt143.00–151.001,165111
SteersMedium and Large 2-3587110.00/cwt110.00–110.006467
SteersMedium and Large 2731125.00/cwt125.00–125.009148
SteersMedium and Large 2660138.00/cwt138.00–138.009117
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned672117.00/cwt117.00–117.007869
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned657114.00/cwt114.00–114.0074911
SteersMedium and Large 371980.00/cwt80.00–80.005759
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned803130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0448
SteersMedium and Large 1517171.00/cwt171.00–171.0088418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2807145.85/cwt144.35–146.501,177478
SteersMedium and Large 1Full887132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1715
SteersMedium and Large 1641155.00/cwt155.00–155.009949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682150.56/cwt145.50–152.001,027126
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned730132.44/cwt130.00–134.0096710
SteersMedium and Large 1368175.00/cwt175.00–175.006442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned660137.50/cwt137.00–139.0090812
SteersSmall 442559.00/cwt59.00–59.002519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521144.56/cwt140.00–155.0075358
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned698147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0266
SteersMedium and Large 1580156.74/cwt155.00–158.0090936
SteersMedium and Large 1709151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,07114
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned646148.00/cwt148.00–148.009566
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467129.00/cwt129.00–129.0060212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514132.00/cwt132.00–132.0067811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2853105.00/cwt105.00–105.008966
BullsMedium and Large 1-2798100.00/cwt100.00–100.007986
BullsMedium and Large 1650121.00/cwt121.00–121.0078712
BullsMedium and Large 1809127.66/cwt117.00–130.001,03322
CowsLean 85-90%1,17560.00/cwt60.00–60.007051
CowsLean 85-90%1,12065.00/cwt65.00–65.007281
Bulls1,52575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1441
Bulls1,80080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06555.00/cwt55.00–55.005861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17565.00/cwt65.00–65.007641
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34161.01/cwt60.00–62.008184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full608130.00/cwt130.00–130.007906
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full792116.00/cwt116.00–116.0091911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full539129.00/cwt129.00–129.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy549118.00/cwt118.00–118.006486
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy818115.00/cwt115.00–115.009416
BullsMedium and Large 1506131.00/cwt131.00–131.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2406148.00/cwt148.00–148.0060117
HeifersMedium and Large 1793125.00/cwt125.00–125.0099122
HeifersMedium and Large 2-380480.00/cwt80.00–80.0064312
HeifersMedium and Large 356075.00/cwt75.00–75.0042015
HeifersMedium and Large 371870.00/cwt70.00–70.0050325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481128.81/cwt125.00–130.0062071
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned721121.00/cwt121.00–121.008725
HeifersMedium and Large 1401146.00/cwt146.00–146.005857
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned573126.00/cwt126.00–126.007226
HeifersMedium and Large 1463135.00/cwt135.00–135.006253
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full615129.00/cwt129.00–129.007933
HeifersMedium and Large 1640135.50/cwt135.50–135.5086718
SteersMedium and Large 2562125.00/cwt125.00–125.007035
SteersMedium and Large 1838144.03/cwt142.00–145.001,20725
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy663134.50/cwt134.50–134.508929
HeifersSmall 442740.00/cwt40.00–40.0017112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642137.00/cwt137.00–137.0088015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned448118.00/cwt118.00–118.005298
SteersMedium and Large 2919120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1037

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.