Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2021-12-02

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Dec 2
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,384 head
149 vs last sale 1,533 156 vs year ago 1,540 · 10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
28 vs last sale 40 119 vs year ago 131 · 90.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The area remains dry with unseasonably warm temperatures. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 5.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.38/cwt on 538 head.
Average price
$155.38
538 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,057
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.95
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684159.551,091450
Medium and Large 1-2661136.7990560
Medium and Large 2715135.009659thin
Medium and Large 2-3638125.0079819thin
One grade step is worth $34.55/cwt here — about $294 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 sale538 hd
155.38
TX average4 barns · 2,880 hd
159.33
−3.95
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
BullsAverage2,04080.001,6321thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31366.258702thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,29065.008391thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,64765.001,0715thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1-2572158.00/cwt158.00–158.009047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned603120.00/cwt120.00–120.0072425
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned630137.24/cwt135.00–139.0086530
SteersMedium and Large 2-3638125.00/cwt125.00–125.0079819
SteersMedium and Large 1720158.39/cwt158.00–158.751,14056
SteersMedium and Large 2715135.00/cwt135.00–135.009659
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned616153.15/cwt152.00–155.0094313
SteersMedium and Large 1684153.66/cwt151.00–157.001,05127
SteersMedium and Large 1647160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,0389
SteersMedium and Large 1525166.12/cwt165.00–166.5087241
SteersMedium and Large 1789156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,23520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603151.00/cwt151.00–151.009115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned643132.50/cwt132.50–132.5085230
SteersMedium and Large 1472173.65/cwt162.00–185.0082044
SteersMedium and Large 1377200.00/cwt200.00–200.0075419
SteersMedium and Large 1583152.90/cwt151.00–157.008919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned764130.00/cwt130.00–130.009939
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned722133.50/cwt133.50–133.509649
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned684146.55/cwt145.00–148.501,00235
SteersMedium and Large 1831158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,319126
Dairy HeifersSmall 477729.50/cwt29.50–29.5022925
Dairy HeifersLarge 363851.00/cwt51.00–51.0032510
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned709145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,02829
BullsMedium and Large 1-2633132.29/cwt130.50–134.0083712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2656134.00/cwt134.00–134.008796
BullsMedium and Large 1480159.00/cwt159.00–159.0076316
BullsMedium and Large 1-2712118.59/cwt117.00–120.0084415
BullsMedium and Large 1549147.00/cwt147.00–147.008077
BullsMedium and Large 1617138.00/cwt138.00–138.008513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33570.00/cwt70.00–70.009351
Bulls2,04080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,6321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29062.50/cwt62.50–62.508061
CowsLean 85-90%1,29065.00/cwt65.00–65.008391
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64765.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0715
BullsMedium and Large 1698123.00/cwt123.00–123.0085912
HeifersMedium and Large 1690145.25/cwt144.50–146.501,00246
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full722129.00/cwt129.00–129.0093113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full695128.00/cwt128.00–128.0089010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy619129.00/cwt129.00–129.007995
BullsMedium and Large 1385178.00/cwt178.00–178.0068510
HeifersMedium and Large 1523142.66/cwt140.50–144.0074639
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy682125.00/cwt125.00–125.0085310
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3423123.00/cwt123.00–123.005205
HeifersMedium and Large 11,023120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,22812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477140.00/cwt140.00–140.0066814
HeifersMedium and Large 1839135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,13324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned660126.13/cwt119.00–128.5083216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583132.16/cwt130.00–133.5077026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540135.71/cwt135.00–136.0073317
HeifersMedium and Large 1717145.40/cwt144.50–146.501,04337
HeifersMedium and Large 1431143.00/cwt143.00–143.006165
HeifersMedium and Large 1385148.65/cwt145.00–150.0057248
SteersMedium and Large 1449178.00/cwt178.00–178.007994
HeifersMedium and Large 1630145.61/cwt143.00–148.0091723
HeifersMedium and Large 1469142.69/cwt141.50–144.0066946
SteersMedium and Large 1Full818139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,13711
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy676144.00/cwt144.00–144.009737
HeifersMedium and Large 1563131.00/cwt131.00–131.007388

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.