Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2019-05-16

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 16
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,597 head
▲ 346 vs last sale 1,251▲ 1,597 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 22▲ 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 0▲ 1 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 2.00 lower. Trade activity was moderate on light to moderate demand. Local pastures are in good condition after recent rains and lots of sunshine this week but receipts remain curbed due to a declining market. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $118.47/cwt on 824 head.
Average price
$118.47
824 head · 919 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,088
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$164
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.65
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2720130.8694271
Medium and Large 2755126.5795535
Medium and Large 1946116.861,106718
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about −$164 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 sale824 hd
118.47
—
TX average3 barns · 1,305 hd
126.13
−7.65
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—Average1,73579.611,3819thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32156.437467thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07153.115684thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15356.21/cwt55.00–57.506482
CowsLean 85-90%—98850.00/cwt50.00–50.004942
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,27955.84/cwt55.00–58.007146
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,57560.00/cwt60.00–60.009451
Bulls——1,72980.19/cwt77.50–83.001,3868
Bulls——1,78575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3391
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1301,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,8651
BullsMedium and Large 1—492156.00/cwt156.00–156.007683
BullsMedium and Large 1—578135.00/cwt135.00–135.0078013
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—786114.00/cwt114.00–114.008966
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385152.00/cwt152.00–152.005853
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488142.12/cwt138.50–143.5069411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—538137.89/cwt137.00–139.0074216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—90995.00/cwt95.00–95.0086419
HeifersMedium and Large 1—741118.23/cwt117.00–120.5087645
HeifersMedium and Large 1—85297.60/cwt97.00–102.0083250
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578133.35/cwt131.50–136.0077154
HeifersMedium and Large 1—694126.56/cwt120.50–128.0087891
HeifersMedium and Large 1—807113.00/cwt113.00–113.00912101
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—694110.00/cwt110.00–110.0076316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full—776103.00/cwt103.00–103.007996
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—803106.00/cwt106.00–106.0085111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—734118.01/cwt116.50–118.5086628
HeifersMedium and Large 2—88795.00/cwt95.00–95.008433
HeifersMedium and Large 2—686114.50/cwt114.50–114.5078511
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3—656101.00/cwt101.00–101.006635
SteersMedium and Large 1—470157.91/cwt153.00–162.007429
SteersMedium and Large 1—571145.69/cwt143.00–148.0083211
SteersMedium and Large 1—518155.53/cwt154.00–156.5080615
SteersMedium and Large 1—633144.00/cwt144.00–144.0091215
SteersMedium and Large 1—656138.70/cwt138.00–140.0091017
SteersMedium and Large 1—904116.57/cwt110.00–118.001,05417
SteersMedium and Large 1—984106.51/cwt105.00–108.501,04854
SteersMedium and Large 1—836126.83/cwt124.50–127.501,06073
SteersMedium and Large 1—867121.69/cwt120.00–122.501,05592
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,069108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,160380
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—716131.73/cwt130.50–132.0094335
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—549144.00/cwt144.00–144.007914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—625136.50/cwt136.50–136.508538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—855122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,04310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—698133.00/cwt133.00–133.0092811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—728130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094638
SteersMedium and Large 2—787116.89/cwt114.00–118.0092011
SteersMedium and Large 2—740131.00/cwt131.00–131.0096924

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.