Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2022-03-24

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 24
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,695 head
127 vs last sale 1,822 280 vs year ago 1,415 · +19.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
13 vs last sale 20 35 vs year ago 42 · 83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The area is expected to warm back up starting today, after a brief return of winter that brought some moisture if you were fortunate enough to receive any.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.79/cwt on 762 head.
Average price
$143.79
762 head · 692 lb average
Value per head Derived
$995
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$74
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.49
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530152.3580854
Medium and Large 1705143.311,011697
Medium and Large 2668132.0088211thin
One grade step is worth $20.35/cwt here — about −$74 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 sale762 hd
143.79
TX average4 barns · 1,828 hd
147.28
−3.49
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
BullsLow1,42085.001,2072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32590.001,1931thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01377.497852thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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 1-2Unweaned651131.00/cwt131.00–131.008537
SteersMedium and Large 1775154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,19465
SteersMedium and Large 1413210.00/cwt210.00–210.0086712
SteersMedium and Large 1822148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,217127
SteersMedium and Large 2-3742134.50/cwt134.50–134.509989
SteersMedium and Large 2781135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,05423
SteersMedium and Large 2721140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,00918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,05750
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned664145.00/cwt145.00–145.009636
SteersMedium and Large 2656140.00/cwt140.00–140.0091815
SteersMedium and Large 2806136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,09629
SteersMedium and Large 1-2707155.22/cwt155.00–157.001,09755
SteersMedium and Large 1264196.00/cwt196.00–196.0051710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned621149.00/cwt149.00–149.009258
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned664142.56/cwt140.00–145.0094725
SteersMedium and Large 1474193.54/cwt186.00–199.0091729
SteersMedium and Large 1547165.00/cwt165.00–165.0090315
SteersMedium and Large 1683159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0867
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned640155.00/cwt155.00–155.0099210
HeifersMedium and Large 1623151.54/cwt151.00–152.0094424
BullsMedium and Large 1381190.00/cwt190.00–190.0072417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2537160.00/cwt160.00–160.0085914
BullsMedium and Large 1-2839126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0579
BullsMedium and Large 1534170.00/cwt170.00–170.0090813
BullsMedium and Large 1668140.50/cwt140.50–140.5093910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1931
CowsLean 85-90%1,01377.49/cwt75.00–80.007852
Bulls1,42085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2072
HeifersMedium and Large 1519161.59/cwt159.00–163.0083914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full920110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,01210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy749135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,01111
HeifersMedium and Large 1323180.00/cwt180.00–180.005818
HeifersMedium and Large 1786142.10/cwt137.50–144.001,117100
HeifersMedium and Large 2668132.00/cwt132.00–132.0088211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy844135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1397
HeifersMedium and Large 1817139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,13645
HeifersMedium and Large 1463159.62/cwt150.00–168.5073943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2590150.50/cwt150.50–150.5088824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415160.00/cwt160.00–160.0066414
HeifersMedium and Large 1579154.69/cwt153.00–156.5089629
SteersMedium and Large 1563172.06/cwt166.00–174.0096952
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2497160.00/cwt160.00–160.007956
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned739125.00/cwt125.00–125.0092410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373166.00/cwt166.00–166.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 1661150.00/cwt150.00–150.0099210
SteersMedium and Large 1851147.42/cwt146.50–148.001,25575
SteersMedium and Large 1725162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1756
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy718154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1068
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned611145.00/cwt145.00–145.008865
HeifersMedium and Large 1722140.91/cwt137.50–144.001,017388

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.