Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2022-10-20

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 20
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
950 head
298 vs last sale 652 594 vs year ago 1,544 · 38.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
2 vs last sale 32 29 vs year ago 59 · 49.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light test: Yearling steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves sold with a higher undertone. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.20/cwt on 346 head.
Average price
$172.20
346 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,083
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.01
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636172.811,099288
Medium and Large 1-2593169.171,00458
One grade step is worth $3.64/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 sale346 hd
172.20
TX average4 barns · 1,731 hd
174.21
−2.01
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
BullsLow1,73781.841,4227thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50066.009905thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24965.2381512
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05956.956036thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1663142.00/cwt142.00–142.0094112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655120.00/cwt120.00–120.007865
HeifersMedium and Large 1431159.20/cwt155.00–166.0068635
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned663148.00/cwt148.00–148.0098111
SteersMedium and Large 1621181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,12428
SteersMedium and Large 1744174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,29870
HeifersMedium and Large 1573153.15/cwt151.00–155.5087838
HeifersMedium and Large 1533165.13/cwt163.00–166.5088040
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned647165.69/cwt165.00–166.001,07260
SteersMedium and Large 1585169.89/cwt169.00–173.0099450
SteersMedium and Large 1468186.00/cwt186.00–186.008703
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned736167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,22910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663148.00/cwt148.00–148.0098114
HeifersMedium and Large 1825161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,32816
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned651166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,08114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,11824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575165.79/cwt160.00–168.0095329
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410180.00/cwt180.00–180.007385
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy844125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0554
HeifersMedium and Large 1757155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,17348
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471163.00/cwt163.00–163.007688
HeifersMedium and Large 1617158.00/cwt158.00–158.0097511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2763140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0687
SteersMedium and Large 1523179.24/cwt173.00–189.5093753
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned619152.81/cwt149.50–155.5094654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned641141.00/cwt141.00–141.0090415
HeifersMedium and Large 1312172.00/cwt172.00–172.005379
HeifersMedium and Large 1494169.00/cwt169.00–169.008359
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2593145.00/cwt145.00–145.008602
HeifersMedium and Large 1269170.45/cwt167.00–180.004597
Bulls1,59680.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2775
Bulls2,09086.45/cwt85.00–88.001,8072
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51065.00/cwt65.00–65.009824
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0221
CowsLean 85-90%1,05562.52/cwt60.00–65.006603
CowsLean 85-90%1,06351.38/cwt50.00–55.005463
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23264.28/cwt62.50–65.0079210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33370.00/cwt70.00–70.009332
BullsMedium and Large 1483175.15/cwt174.00–180.0084634
BullsMedium and Large 1361184.80/cwt184.00–185.0066715

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.