Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-05-21

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 21
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,598 head
71 vs last sale 2,527 1,170 vs year ago 1,428 · +81.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
40 vs last sale 15 43 vs year ago 12 · +358.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
12 vs last sale 0 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 mostly steady with instances 2.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Thunderstorms moved across the area bringing much needed moisture for those fortunate enough to get it. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $117.27/cwt on 1,476 head.
Average price
$117.27
1,476 head · 813 lb average
Value per head Derived
$953
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$19.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.57
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2726122.39889271
Medium and Large 1838117.319831,109
Medium and Large 2768102.4578796
One grade step is worth $19.94/cwt here — about $102 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 sale1,476 hd
117.27
TX average4 barns · 2,470 hd
119.84
−2.57
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
BullsAverage1,96088.021,7252thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39166.5092541
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20662.417534thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11958.606566thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1877103.89/cwt101.00–106.0091157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned673124.00/cwt124.00–124.008358
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820115.76/cwt114.00–117.00949170
SteersMedium and Large 1-2501132.50/cwt132.50–132.5066434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657132.00/cwt132.00–132.0086727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2598135.00/cwt135.00–135.0080723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391147.00/cwt147.00–147.005759
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned753105.00/cwt105.00–105.0079120
HeifersMedium and Large 1527127.92/cwt127.50–128.5067412
HeifersMedium and Large 1448140.00/cwt140.00–140.006277
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full89190.50/cwt90.50–90.5080617
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full93080.00/cwt80.00–80.0074410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2629121.00/cwt121.00–121.0076124
BullsMedium and Large 1635133.00/cwt133.00–133.0084519
SteersMedium and Large 2696110.00/cwt110.00–110.007669
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned686125.71/cwt125.00–127.0086214
SteersMedium and Large 1875113.31/cwt109.00–118.00991320
SteersMedium and Large 11,020104.77/cwt102.00–105.251,069268
SteersMedium and Large 1519145.55/cwt133.50–157.00755105
SteersMedium and Large 1778117.73/cwt117.00–119.0091658
SteersMedium and Large 1830115.31/cwt114.50–119.0095749
SteersMedium and Large 1932110.15/cwt110.00–110.501,02745
SteersMedium and Large 1721125.25/cwt124.00–126.0090344
SteersMedium and Large 1574139.36/cwt136.00–141.5080038
SteersMedium and Large 1972108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,05035
SteersMedium and Large 1476154.29/cwt152.00–154.5073434
SteersMedium and Large 11,05087.50/cwt87.50–87.5091924
SteersMedium and Large 1638134.50/cwt134.50–134.5085823
SteersMedium and Large 11,13885.00/cwt85.00–85.0096717
SteersMedium and Large 1390188.03/cwt184.00–190.007339
SteersMedium and Large 1433169.00/cwt169.00–169.007326
CowsLean 85-90%1,08054.69/cwt54.00–55.005913
CowsLean 85-90%1,22565.00/cwt65.00–65.007962
CowsLean 85-90%1,02557.50/cwt57.50–57.505891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39166.50/cwt66.50–66.5092541
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23361.55/cwt60.00–62.507593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12565.00/cwt65.00–65.007311
Bulls1,96088.02/cwt85.00–90.001,7252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,3851
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4561,087.40/cwt950.00–1,100.0015,8339
SteersMedium and Large 2783100.00/cwt100.00–100.0078373
SteersMedium and Large 2739110.40/cwt107.00–115.0081614
HeifersMedium and Large 2732100.00/cwt100.00–100.0073227
HeifersMedium and Large 276390.25/cwt90.25–90.2568925
HeifersMedium and Large 2664105.00/cwt105.00–105.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2794104.50/cwt104.50–104.50830119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-289296.50/cwt96.50–96.5086131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733110.50/cwt110.50–110.5081011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2597116.00/cwt116.00–116.006937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2507130.00/cwt130.00–130.006597
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned682110.00/cwt110.00–110.0075021
HeifersMedium and Large 1726112.73/cwt107.50–115.00818124
HeifersMedium and Large 1555126.82/cwt120.00–129.0070496
HeifersMedium and Large 1761110.75/cwt110.00–113.5084370
HeifersMedium and Large 1817109.27/cwt107.50–109.5089360
HeifersMedium and Large 1479133.94/cwt131.50–139.5064256
HeifersMedium and Large 190799.50/cwt99.50–99.5090217
HeifersMedium and Large 1362143.86/cwt140.00–146.0052117
HeifersMedium and Large 199388.00/cwt88.00–88.0087416

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.