Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2019-05-23

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 23
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,428 head
169 vs last sale 1,597 1,428 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
14 vs last sale 26 12 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 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Thunderstorms throughout the area and more predicted for the weekend. Slaughter cows and bulls sold fully steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.39/cwt on 593 head.
Average price
$115.39
593 head · 769 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.76
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2581128.2274532
Medium and Large 2429122.3252422
Medium and Large 1794114.35908539
One grade step is worth $13.87/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale593 hd
115.39
TX average3 barns · 1,339 hd
117.15
−1.76
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
BullsLow1,48572.501,0771thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25357.637224thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,83057.001,0432thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24552.506542thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
BullsMedium and Large 1480143.00/cwt143.00–143.006862
BullsMedium and Large 1589139.00/cwt139.00–139.008194
BullsMedium and Large 1-2739115.00/cwt115.00–115.008506
BullsMedium and Large 1-291896.00/cwt96.00–96.0088110
BullsMedium and Large 2466120.00/cwt120.00–120.005596
BullsMedium and Large 2572120.00/cwt120.00–120.006867
HeifersMedium and Large 1633130.00/cwt130.00–130.008237
HeifersMedium and Large 1460138.50/cwt138.50–138.5063711
HeifersMedium and Large 1579135.00/cwt135.00–135.0078213
HeifersMedium and Large 197391.48/cwt90.00–94.0089019
HeifersMedium and Large 1851108.50/cwt108.50–108.5092329
HeifersMedium and Large 1909100.00/cwt100.00–100.0090931
HeifersMedium and Large 1673130.10/cwt127.00–131.0087641
HeifersMedium and Large 1787114.61/cwt113.00–119.0090255
HeifersMedium and Large 1736120.21/cwt116.50–122.0088580
HeifersMedium and Large 1830111.48/cwt107.00–112.00925253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439135.50/cwt135.50–135.505954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663122.00/cwt122.00–122.008095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2329144.32/cwt143.00–145.004759
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2754118.00/cwt118.00–118.0089014
HeifersMedium and Large 2431120.00/cwt120.00–120.005175
HeifersMedium and Large 2556120.00/cwt120.00–120.006676
HeifersMedium and Large 2358124.63/cwt120.00–133.0044611
SteersMedium and Large 1719141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0148
SteersMedium and Large 1685142.00/cwt142.00–142.0097311
SteersMedium and Large 1483156.50/cwt156.50–156.5075612
SteersMedium and Large 1784132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,03918
SteersMedium and Large 1625142.00/cwt142.00–142.0088821
SteersMedium and Large 11,018112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,14521
SteersMedium and Large 1867124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,07527
SteersMedium and Large 1958112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,07341
SteersMedium and Large 1817130.08/cwt128.00–131.251,063227
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370159.00/cwt159.00–159.005883
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474142.50/cwt142.50–142.506756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660138.00/cwt138.00–138.009116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2906115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,04211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2782125.50/cwt125.50–125.5098116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2716132.00/cwt132.00–132.0094544
SteersMedium and Large 2358161.00/cwt161.00–161.005766
SteersMedium and Large 2760110.75/cwt110.00–113.008428
SteersMedium and Large 2494140.00/cwt140.00–140.0069213
SteersMedium and Large 2858110.00/cwt110.00–110.0094415
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned629126.50/cwt126.50–126.507966
Bulls1,48572.50/cwt72.50–72.501,0771
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25357.63/cwt55.00–60.007224
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75058.00/cwt58.00–58.001,0151
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,91056.00/cwt56.00–56.001,0701
CowsLean 85-90%1,22550.00/cwt50.00–50.006131
CowsLean 85-90%1,26555.00/cwt55.00–55.006961

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.