Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-07-16

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jul 16
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,143 head
931 vs last sale 2,074 1,189 vs year ago 2,332 · 51.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
31 head
67 vs last sale 98 1 vs year ago 32 · 3.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. Cattle futures have been steadily climbing this week, encouraging the markets. The area remains mostly dry with the northern panhandle receiving all the rain this week, and hot temperatures continued. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Trade was active on good demand. Temperatures reached the tripe digit mark with relief of cooler temperatures insight for the weekend. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.50/cwt on 462 head.
Average price
$131.50
462 head · 641 lb average
Value per head Derived
$843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.77
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628133.76840411
Medium and Large 1-2776119.0092328
Medium and Large 2701106.3974523
One grade step is worth $27.37/cwt here — about $95 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 sale462 hd
131.50
TX average4 barns · 1,560 hd
127.73
+3.77
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
BullsHigh1,73486.031,4917thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56560.009391thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21458.337083thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16554.3763411

Every lot, as filed

42 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,16751.06/cwt50.00–52.505967
CowsLean 85-90%1,16059.39/cwt57.50–61.006893
CowsLean 85-90%1,17062.50/cwt62.50–62.507311
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56560.00/cwt60.00–60.009391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23360.00/cwt60.00–60.007402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17555.00/cwt55.00–55.006461
Bulls1,82590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6433
Bulls1,70784.90/cwt82.50–87.501,4493
Bulls1,54077.50/cwt77.50–77.501,1941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2821128.14/cwt125.00–129.501,05233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2798130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,03733
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,08092.00/cwt92.00–92.0099410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664138.00/cwt138.00–138.009165
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730135.50/cwt135.50–135.509894
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned710137.24/cwt136.00–138.0097425
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned653139.00/cwt139.00–139.009087
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned751135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0144
SteersMedium and Large 1776138.82/cwt137.00–141.001,07788
SteersMedium and Large 1523150.49/cwt150.00–151.0078757
SteersMedium and Large 1392189.00/cwt189.00–189.0074142
SteersMedium and Large 1915124.12/cwt119.00–125.001,13634
SteersMedium and Large 1670143.00/cwt143.00–143.0095830
SteersMedium and Large 11,004116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,16516
SteersMedium and Large 1822136.00/cwt135.00–137.001,11816
SteersMedium and Large 1471159.00/cwt159.00–159.007499
SteersMedium and Large 11,074101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0857
HeifersMedium and Large 2681113.00/cwt113.00–113.0077010
HeifersMedium and Large 2634111.00/cwt111.00–111.007047
HeifersMedium and Large 281190.00/cwt90.00–90.007306
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2776119.00/cwt119.00–119.0092328
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600128.00/cwt128.00–128.0076813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned698122.00/cwt122.00–122.008529
HeifersMedium and Large 1614138.58/cwt130.00–139.00851112
HeifersMedium and Large 1688131.68/cwt129.00–133.2590676
HeifersMedium and Large 1520138.30/cwt133.50–140.0071958
HeifersMedium and Large 1701129.44/cwt127.50–131.5090731
HeifersMedium and Large 1835117.55/cwt115.00–118.5098229
HeifersMedium and Large 1435149.80/cwt148.00–150.5065229
HeifersMedium and Large 1781119.44/cwt118.50–121.0093322
HeifersMedium and Large 1328154.00/cwt154.00–154.0050517
HeifersMedium and Large 1594132.00/cwt132.00–132.007848
HeifersMedium and Large 197585.00/cwt85.00–85.008297

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.