Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-04-23

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 23
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,201 head
1,800 vs last sale 1,401 3,201 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
42 vs last sale 10 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
20 vs last sale 0 20 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 mostly steady. Trade was active on moderate to good demand. Temperatures were more spring-like with thunderstorms in the north Panhandle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.92/cwt on 1,531 head.
Average price
$104.92
1,531 head · 726 lb average
Value per head Derived
$761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$5.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.56
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2645108.69701146
Medium and Large 1734104.537681,379
Medium and Large 2686103.007076thin
One grade step is worth $5.69/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale1,531 hd
104.92
TX average4 barns · 2,491 hd
105.48
−0.56
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
BullsAverage1,75087.901,5384thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21556.3668517
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04354.8357214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49954.0481011

Every lot, as filed

65 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
HeifersMedium and Large 186492.74/cwt89.00–96.0080137
SteersMedium and Large 1321174.00/cwt174.00–174.005598
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned633124.21/cwt120.00–127.0078621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full62995.00/cwt95.00–95.005988
HeifersMedium and Large 1315151.50/cwt148.00–163.0047729
HeifersMedium and Large 1200175.00/cwt175.00–175.003503
SteersMedium and Large 1248187.00/cwt187.00–187.004644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2658117.00/cwt117.00–117.0077028
HeifersMedium and Large 1-284894.00/cwt94.00–94.007978
SteersMedium and Large 1-2598130.50/cwt130.50–130.5078014
SteersMedium and Large 1487159.45/cwt154.00–166.0077737
HeifersMedium and Large 1757102.07/cwt97.00–104.75773481
HeifersMedium and Large 1670108.75/cwt108.75–108.7572999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2814106.32/cwt105.00–108.00865113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2789107.00/cwt107.00–107.008444
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,01390.00/cwt90.00–90.009129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2492127.00/cwt127.00–127.0062510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527121.08/cwt118.00–127.0063824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-274296.19/cwt94.00–99.0071417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588115.24/cwt115.00–117.0067847
HeifersMedium and Large 1-276897.79/cwt95.00–99.5075132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472139.25/cwt138.00–144.0065719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2913101.13/cwt97.50–103.0092315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585126.00/cwt126.00–126.0073730
BullsMedium and Large 1-281792.50/cwt92.50–92.5075614
HeifersMedium and Large 2686103.00/cwt103.00–103.007076
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49954.04/cwt52.50–55.0081011
SteersMedium and Large 1760112.58/cwt110.00–113.0085649
SteersMedium and Large 1525151.17/cwt147.00–153.0079427
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned621112.00/cwt112.00–112.0069613
HeifersMedium and Large 1475132.63/cwt129.00–140.0063031
HeifersMedium and Large 198885.00/cwt85.00–85.008409
HeifersMedium and Large 1620118.12/cwt117.50–118.5073224
HeifersMedium and Large 1541126.21/cwt125.00–126.5068321
BullsMedium and Large 1617118.84/cwt113.00–125.0073312
SteersMedium and Large 1627137.43/cwt137.00–139.0086231
HeifersMedium and Large 1586119.90/cwt115.00–123.0070388
HeifersMedium and Large 182096.64/cwt94.50–98.50792290
SteersMedium and Large 1Full746108.50/cwt108.50–108.508097
SteersMedium and Large 1830109.64/cwt107.00–111.50910161
HeifersMedium and Large 1262175.00/cwt175.00–175.004595
HeifersMedium and Large 1730101.11/cwt97.50–103.75738177
HeifersMedium and Large 193891.49/cwt85.00–92.0085853
SteersMedium and Large 1686124.09/cwt118.50–129.7585187
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy733109.50/cwt109.50–109.508033
SteersMedium and Large 1927101.12/cwt97.00–103.50937156
SteersMedium and Large 1406181.00/cwt181.00–181.0073515
SteersMedium and Large 1879103.07/cwt100.00–105.75906310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned66999.00/cwt99.00–99.006627
SteersMedium and Large 195794.92/cwt94.50–95.00908117
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,300775.00/cwt775.00–775.0010,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2501,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,231940.58/cwt800.00–1,050.0011,5799
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full618108.25/cwt108.25–108.256696
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full78796.00/cwt96.00–96.007566
CowsLean 85-90%1,03254.28/cwt52.00–57.505607
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22955.83/cwt52.50–57.5068613
Bulls1,66582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,3741
SteersMedium and Large 1-287595.00/cwt95.00–95.008315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20060.78/cwt60.00–62.507293
Bulls1,77889.70/cwt85.00–92.501,5953
CowsLean 85-90%1,07263.41/cwt62.50–65.006803
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08550.00/cwt50.00–50.005431
CowsLean 85-90%1,04149.37/cwt47.50–50.005144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735113.00/cwt113.00–113.008316

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.