Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-11-11

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Nov 11
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,606 head
315 vs last sale 1,291 794 vs year ago 2,400 · 33.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
39 vs last sale 54 11 vs year ago 26 · 42.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
55 head
21 vs last sale 34 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand, especially on pre-conditioned yearlings. The area remains unseasonably warm and dry. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.92/cwt on 613 head.
Average price
$147.92
613 head · 667 lb average
Value per head Derived
$987
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.34
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1663151.031,001494
Medium and Large 1-2684136.5793591
Medium and Large 2691129.8089828
One grade step is worth $21.23/cwt here — about $103 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 sale613 hd
147.92
TX average4 barns · 2,433 hd
154.26
−6.34
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
BullsHigh1,73485.001,4743thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33360.828113thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54858.759092thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19055.646624thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1Fleshy959125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1994
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1905
SteersMedium and Large 1Full701150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,05513
SteersMedium and Large 1578151.51/cwt145.00–158.50876159
SteersMedium and Large 2846113.00/cwt113.00–113.009566
SteersMedium and Large 2569125.00/cwt125.00–125.007115
SteersMedium and Large 2528137.50/cwt137.50–137.507265
SteersMedium and Large 1714158.24/cwt157.00–159.001,13052
SteersMedium and Large 1449176.00/cwt176.00–176.007904
SteersMedium and Large 2448141.00/cwt141.00–141.006324
SteersMedium and Large 2876135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1838
SteersMedium and Large 1536165.57/cwt156.00–169.5088721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,04310
SteersMedium and Large 1840145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2184
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned720136.00/cwt136.00–136.009794
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned665140.18/cwt139.00–145.0093240
SteersMedium and Large 1370170.00/cwt170.00–170.006292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2748154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,15212
SteersMedium and Large 1466169.73/cwt169.50–170.0079119
SteersMedium and Large 1941141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,32712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned708130.00/cwt130.00–130.0092051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned574135.00/cwt135.00–135.0077518
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned793145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,15414
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned620144.50/cwt144.50–144.5089634
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy727133.00/cwt133.00–133.009673
BullsMedium and Large 1505145.00/cwt145.00–145.007322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2762117.27/cwt114.00–119.0089426
BullsMedium and Large 1-2672124.30/cwt124.00–125.0083513
BullsMedium and Large 1-2634128.87/cwt126.00–130.0081727
BullsMedium and Large 1459170.00/cwt170.00–170.007805
CowsLean 85-90%1,19054.18/cwt52.50–55.006453
CowsLean 85-90%1,19060.00/cwt60.00–60.007141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52062.50/cwt62.50–62.509501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57555.00/cwt55.00–55.008661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33360.82/cwt60.00–62.508113
Bulls2,35590.00/cwt90.00–90.002,1201
Bulls1,42382.50/cwt82.50–82.501,1742
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-278582.50/cwt82.50–82.5064855
HeifersMedium and Large 1686146.77/cwt143.50–149.001,00796
HeifersMedium and Large 2456125.00/cwt125.00–125.005705
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580134.36/cwt133.00–135.0077921
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full692125.00/cwt125.00–125.0086513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy587126.00/cwt126.00–126.007409
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy506126.26/cwt125.00–127.006398
HeifersMedium and Large 1522140.68/cwt138.00–146.0073490
HeifersMedium and Large 1376159.36/cwt155.00–162.0059918
HeifersMedium and Large 1436155.59/cwt155.00–156.0067812
HeifersMedium and Large 1755137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,03411
HeifersMedium and Large 1720148.57/cwt142.00–150.251,07092
HeifersMedium and Large 1592141.81/cwt135.00–144.0084047
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned669137.90/cwt137.50–139.0092311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned630129.00/cwt129.00–129.008136
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned604135.74/cwt135.00–141.0082049
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned709138.50/cwt138.50–138.5098217
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned559125.00/cwt125.00–125.006998
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned516134.82/cwt134.00–135.0069634
SteersMedium and Large 1779151.16/cwt150.00–153.001,17838
SteersMedium and Large 1883143.88/cwt143.50–144.001,27037
SteersMedium and Large 1633156.00/cwt156.00–156.0098728
SteersMedium and Large 1Full554145.00/cwt145.00–145.008034

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.