Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2022-08-18

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Aug 18
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,544 head
259 vs last sale 1,285 850 vs year ago 694 · +122.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
11 vs last sale 87 66 vs year ago 10 · +660.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady to 4.00 higher. Yearlings were not well tested. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. More rain chances in the area has buyer's in high spirits for stocker calves. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.29/cwt on 595 head.
Average price
$170.29
595 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.84
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534170.89912497
Medium and Large 1-2408170.7369785
Large 1541160.008666thin
Medium and Large 2624131.008177thin
One grade step is worth $39.89/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 sale595 hd
170.29
TX average4 barns · 1,563 hd
169.45
+0.84
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
BullsLow1,48280.391,19114
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42476.921,0969thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25174.5493318
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00359.7259914

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1Unweaned605161.00/cwt161.00–161.009743
HeifersMedium and Large 1703167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,174121
HeifersMedium and Large 1472173.16/cwt168.00–178.00817111
SteersMedium and Large 1373218.94/cwt210.00–240.0081726
SteersMedium and Large 1341236.00/cwt236.00–236.0080515
SteersMedium and Large 2595167.00/cwt167.00–167.0099410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2337171.51/cwt171.00–172.0057817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2388167.64/cwt167.00–170.0065017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2327200.00/cwt200.00–200.006549
SteersSmall 441460.00/cwt60.00–60.002488
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,04430
SteersMedium and Large 2758143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,08413
HeifersMedium and Large 1334186.78/cwt174.00–194.0062437
HeifersMedium and Large 1432170.61/cwt168.00–175.0073725
SteersMedium and Large 1538187.06/cwt181.00–195.001,00630
SteersMedium and Large 1576185.82/cwt185.50–188.001,070108
SteersMedium and Large 1932160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,49640
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned614170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0449
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463191.00/cwt191.00–191.0088413
SteersMedium and Large 1475196.21/cwt190.00–199.00932143
SteersMedium and Large 1419200.19/cwt188.00–205.0083934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2387209.00/cwt209.00–209.0080915
BullsMedium and Large 1-2603155.00/cwt155.00–155.0093522
BullsMedium and Large 1565166.00/cwt166.00–166.009385
BullsMedium and Large 1335218.00/cwt218.00–218.007304
BullsMedium and Large 1356220.00/cwt220.00–220.007834
BullsMedium and Large 1405194.00/cwt194.00–194.0078612
BullsMedium and Large 1285205.63/cwt200.00–211.005868
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43378.31/cwt77.00–80.001,1226
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40774.13/cwt72.50–75.001,0433
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight90449.00/cwt45.00–51.004434
Bulls1,64981.50/cwt80.00–85.001,3444
CowsLean 85-90%1,01957.97/cwt55.00–65.005915
CowsLean 85-90%1,17075.00/cwt75.00–75.008781
CowsLean 85-90%1,04068.80/cwt65.00–70.007164
Bulls1,70596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6371
Bulls2,00889.21/cwt87.50–91.001,7912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21565.00/cwt65.00–65.007901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0324
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24273.60/cwt70.00–75.0091413
BullsLight Weight1,20475.00/cwt75.00–75.009037
HeifersMedium and Large 2624131.00/cwt131.00–131.008177
BullsMedium and Large 1-2681148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,0119
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full669154.93/cwt151.00–159.001,03612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2282190.00/cwt190.00–190.005365
BullsMedium and Large 1-2391185.00/cwt185.00–185.007237
BullsMedium and Large 1-2438181.00/cwt181.00–181.0079318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full898132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,18513
HeifersMedium and Large 1387176.17/cwt170.00–193.0068257
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422174.00/cwt174.00–174.0073436
HeifersMedium and Large 1263180.00/cwt180.00–180.0047310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480165.50/cwt165.50–165.5079415
HeifersLarge 1541160.00/cwt160.00–160.008666
HeifersMedium and Large 1537169.97/cwt169.00–171.0091394
SteersMedium and Large 1666186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,23910
SteersMedium and Large 1278230.00/cwt230.00–230.006399
HeifersMedium and Large 1571175.00/cwt175.00–175.0099914

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.