Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-02-27

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Feb 27
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,643 head
1,209 vs last sale 2,852 1,643 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
15 vs last sale 49 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers sold 3.00 to as much as 10.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Feeder and live cattle CME board has continued to take hits all week after volatile stock markets. Slaughter cows and bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.64/cwt on 716 head.
Average price
$138.64
716 head · 696 lb average
Value per head Derived
$964
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$219
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.69
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1698141.50987563
Medium and Large 1-2694129.05896137
Medium and Large 2640120.0076816thin
One grade step is worth $21.50/cwt here — about $219 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 sale716 hd
138.64
TX average3 barns · 1,595 hd
144.33
−5.69
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
BullsLow1,62377.711,2616thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26158.957436thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59057.509141thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16455.056416thin

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 1344173.52/cwt171.00–179.0059716
SteersMedium and Large 1522160.00/cwt160.00–160.0083512
SteersMedium and Large 1660144.00/cwt144.00–144.009507
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy787122.00/cwt122.00–122.0096022
HeifersMedium and Large 2602115.00/cwt115.00–115.0069213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned696108.00/cwt108.00–108.007528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2584126.45/cwt119.00–131.7573844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2621126.50/cwt126.50–126.5078622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493140.50/cwt140.50–140.5069317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535128.46/cwt121.00–134.0068712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2872110.00/cwt110.00–110.009597
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned733116.00/cwt116.00–116.008506
HeifersMedium and Large 1763115.13/cwt115.00–115.50878124
HeifersMedium and Large 1727116.68/cwt114.50–119.5084897
HeifersMedium and Large 1691120.58/cwt118.00–123.2583390
HeifersMedium and Large 1614130.45/cwt127.00–134.5080181
HeifersMedium and Large 1513139.66/cwt132.50–143.0071643
HeifersMedium and Large 1581132.39/cwt130.00–133.0076929
HeifersMedium and Large 1858110.00/cwt110.00–110.0094421
HeifersMedium and Large 1433150.97/cwt148.00–154.0065416
HeifersMedium and Large 1484144.47/cwt144.00–145.0069915
HeifersMedium and Large 1808117.00/cwt117.00–117.0094512
HeifersMedium and Large 1347149.00/cwt149.00–149.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full85699.50/cwt99.50–99.508527
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full782106.00/cwt106.00–106.008295
BullsMedium and Large 1-2651123.00/cwt123.00–123.008019
BullsMedium and Large 1-2383155.00/cwt155.00–155.005943
BullsMedium and Large 1579149.00/cwt149.00–149.0086317
BullsMedium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008755
CowsLean 85-90%1,16555.87/cwt55.00–57.506513
CowsLean 85-90%1,18851.35/cwt50.00–52.506102
CowsLean 85-90%1,11560.00/cwt60.00–60.006691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59057.50/cwt57.50–57.509141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22358.14/cwt57.00–59.507115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45063.00/cwt63.00–63.009141
Bulls1,41066.25/cwt64.50–69.509343
Bulls1,96595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,8672
Bulls1,57577.50/cwt77.50–77.501,2211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,005887.69/cwt850.00–925.008,9212
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,238730.20/cwt710.00–750.009,0402
SteersMedium and Large 2640120.00/cwt120.00–120.0076816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned616133.00/cwt133.00–133.0081920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2842122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,02724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2856114.50/cwt114.50–114.5098014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426163.00/cwt163.00–163.0069413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624136.00/cwt136.00–136.0084910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2931115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506140.00/cwt140.00–140.007084
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full683125.00/cwt125.00–125.0085447
SteersMedium and Large 1624152.52/cwt149.00–157.50952152
SteersMedium and Large 1719135.05/cwt132.00–138.0097189
SteersMedium and Large 1930122.30/cwt120.50–123.001,13764
SteersMedium and Large 1808124.66/cwt124.50–125.001,00753
SteersMedium and Large 1773129.70/cwt127.50–131.001,00348
SteersMedium and Large 1892120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,07029
SteersMedium and Large 1409181.44/cwt173.00–188.0074228
SteersMedium and Large 1590157.39/cwt154.00–162.0092924
SteersMedium and Large 1487161.95/cwt161.00–162.5078919

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.