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
Bulls—Average2,04080.001,6321thin
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 1-2—572158.00/cwt158.00–158.009047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—603120.00/cwt120.00–120.0072425
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—630137.24/cwt135.00–139.0086530
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—638125.00/cwt125.00–125.0079819
SteersMedium and Large 1—720158.39/cwt158.00–158.751,14056
SteersMedium and Large 2—715135.00/cwt135.00–135.009659
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—616153.15/cwt152.00–155.0094313
SteersMedium and Large 1—684153.66/cwt151.00–157.001,05127
SteersMedium and Large 1—647160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,0389
SteersMedium and Large 1—525166.12/cwt165.00–166.5087241
SteersMedium and Large 1—789156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,23520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—603151.00/cwt151.00–151.009115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—643132.50/cwt132.50–132.5085230
SteersMedium and Large 1—472173.65/cwt162.00–185.0082044
SteersMedium and Large 1—377200.00/cwt200.00–200.0075419
SteersMedium and Large 1—583152.90/cwt151.00–157.008919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—764130.00/cwt130.00–130.009939
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—722133.50/cwt133.50–133.509649
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—684146.55/cwt145.00–148.501,00235
SteersMedium and Large 1—831158.75/cwt158.75–158.751,319126
Dairy HeifersSmall 4—77729.50/cwt29.50–29.5022925
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—63851.00/cwt51.00–51.0032510
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—709145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,02829
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—633132.29/cwt130.50–134.0083712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—656134.00/cwt134.00–134.008796
BullsMedium and Large 1—480159.00/cwt159.00–159.0076316
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—712118.59/cwt117.00–120.0084415
BullsMedium and Large 1—549147.00/cwt147.00–147.008077
BullsMedium and Large 1—617138.00/cwt138.00–138.008513
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33570.00/cwt70.00–70.009351
Bulls——2,04080.00/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 1—698123.00/cwt123.00–123.0085912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690145.25/cwt144.50–146.501,00246
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full—722129.00/cwt129.00–129.0093113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—695128.00/cwt128.00–128.0089010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—619129.00/cwt129.00–129.007995
BullsMedium and Large 1—385178.00/cwt178.00–178.0068510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—523142.66/cwt140.50–144.0074639
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—682125.00/cwt125.00–125.0085310
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—423123.00/cwt123.00–123.005205
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,023120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,22812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—477140.00/cwt140.00–140.0066814
HeifersMedium and Large 1—839135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,13324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—660126.13/cwt119.00–128.5083216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—583132.16/cwt130.00–133.5077026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—540135.71/cwt135.00–136.0073317
HeifersMedium and Large 1—717145.40/cwt144.50–146.501,04337
HeifersMedium and Large 1—431143.00/cwt143.00–143.006165
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385148.65/cwt145.00–150.0057248
SteersMedium and Large 1—449178.00/cwt178.00–178.007994
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630145.61/cwt143.00–148.0091723
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469142.69/cwt141.50–144.0066946
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—818139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,13711
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—676144.00/cwt144.00–144.009737
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563131.00/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.