Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2022-06-02

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 2
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
824 head
▼ 248 vs last sale 1,072▲ 273 vs year ago 551 · +49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 64▲ 157 vs year ago 8 · +1,962.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. The area received some much needed moisture along with cooler than normal temperatures. Slaughter cows were mostly 4.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.59/cwt on 390 head.
Average price
$152.59
390 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,210
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$41.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.87
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2444180.9080448
Medium and Large 1845148.811,257335
Medium and Large 2705139.009807thin
One grade step is worth $41.90/cwt here — about −$176 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 sale390 hd
152.59
—
TX average4 barns · 1,243 hd
160.45
−7.87
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
Bulls—Average1,63380.001,3062thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48392.151,3673thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21789.231,0869thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01076.07769146

Every lot, as filed

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—599157.00/cwt157.00–157.009406
HeifersMedium and Large 1—459160.00/cwt160.00–160.007348
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425172.07/cwt165.00–181.0073113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—489154.13/cwt147.00–156.0075428
SteersMedium and Large 1—545176.00/cwt176.00–176.0095919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—473178.00/cwt178.00–178.008425
SteersMedium and Large 1—772150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—535167.00/cwt167.00–167.008939
SteersMedium and Large 2—705139.00/cwt139.00–139.009807
SteersMedium and Large 1—497182.00/cwt182.00–182.009055
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—627137.00/cwt137.00–137.008595
HeifersMedium and Large 1—602146.00/cwt146.00–146.0087921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—608143.00/cwt143.00–143.008698
SteersMedium and Large 1—698154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,07513
SteersMedium and Large 1—553178.00/cwt178.00–178.009845
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—416185.00/cwt185.00–185.0077034
HeifersMedium and Large 1—741137.70/cwt135.00–139.001,02031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—854123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,05520
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—722130.00/cwt130.00–130.009397
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—365165.00/cwt165.00–165.0060229
SteersMedium and Large 1—714157.78/cwt157.50–159.001,12774
SteersMedium and Large 1—943141.46/cwt135.00–141.751,334213
Bulls——1,79590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6161
Bulls——1,47070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0291
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10886.19/cwt83.00–88.009556
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00470.00/cwt70.00–70.0070333
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08062.40/cwt60.00–65.006744
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06080.30/cwt79.00–84.5085136
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,43595.30/cwt91.00–99.001,3683
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2421
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53593.23/cwt90.00–96.001,4312
CowsLean 85-90%—98577.47/cwt75.00–78.0076373

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.