Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-03-26

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 26
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,008 head
717 vs last sale 1,725 1,008 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
7 vs last sale 13 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 0 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last comparable sale on 3/12/20: Feeder steers and heifers sold 13.00 to as much as 20.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate to good on good demand. Markets rebounded throughout most of the week, regaining some heavy losses over the past couple of weeks. Pastures are in good shape with warmer spring like temperatures in the forecast. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.49/cwt on 447 head.
Average price
$122.49
447 head · 679 lb average
Value per head Derived
$832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.66
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1690122.63847378
Medium and Large 1-2618121.7275369
One grade step is worth $0.90/cwt here — about $94 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 sale447 hd
122.49
TX average3 barns · 933 hd
126.14
−3.66
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
BullsAverage1,51585.001,2881thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13663.677247thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07261.906637thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56261.449594thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2492166.00/cwt166.00–166.008173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657133.97/cwt133.50–135.0088032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2854116.00/cwt116.00–116.0099129
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900705.56/cwt650.00–750.006,3502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,165875.00/cwt875.00–875.0010,1941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,163755.91/cwt700.00–800.008,7912
CowsLean 85-90%1,15366.46/cwt66.00–67.007662
Bulls1,51585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2881
BullsMedium and Large 1-2664118.00/cwt118.00–118.007844
BullsMedium and Large 1661120.50/cwt120.50–120.5079718
BullsMedium and Large 1539150.00/cwt150.00–150.0080914
BullsMedium and Large 1565131.00/cwt131.00–131.007402
SteersMedium and Large 1Full860105.00/cwt105.00–105.009036
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522135.00/cwt135.00–135.0070511
SteersMedium and Large 1623135.79/cwt135.00–140.0084632
SteersMedium and Large 1728126.40/cwt126.00–126.5092035
SteersMedium and Large 1756132.00/cwt132.00–132.0099852
SteersMedium and Large 1888117.77/cwt117.50–119.001,04663
SteersMedium and Large 1837124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,042129
SteersMedium and Large 1543152.00/cwt152.00–152.008256
SteersMedium and Large 11,016105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,06711
SteersMedium and Large 1901113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,02524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420150.00/cwt150.00–150.006309
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2747100.00/cwt100.00–100.0074715
HeifersMedium and Large 1697115.00/cwt115.00–115.0080242
HeifersMedium and Large 1729117.00/cwt117.00–117.0085351
HeifersMedium and Large 1506149.77/cwt148.00–150.0075864
HeifersMedium and Large 1767114.32/cwt113.00–116.25877167
HeifersMedium and Large 1889100.00/cwt100.00–100.008899
HeifersMedium and Large 1580135.24/cwt129.00–139.0078435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612125.00/cwt125.00–125.0076516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583123.00/cwt123.00–123.0071717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523143.00/cwt143.00–143.007486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2806100.00/cwt100.00–100.008066
CowsLean 85-90%1,03960.08/cwt56.50–62.506245
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00055.00/cwt55.00–55.005501
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13567.34/cwt66.50–68.507643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18362.90/cwt60.00–65.507443
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44562.87/cwt62.75–63.009082
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67860.00/cwt60.00–60.001,0072
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned510124.00/cwt124.00–124.006324
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned618125.00/cwt125.00–125.007736
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned548135.00/cwt135.00–135.007406

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.