Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-01-26

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jan 26
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
426 head
1,414 vs last sale 1,840 247 vs year ago 673 · 36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
32 vs last sale 40 2 vs year ago 10 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady on limited comparable sales. Receipts were curbed due to snowfall making it difficult to get cattle to market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $199.81/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$199.81
193 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$370
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$25.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.70
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2383223.3885513thin
Medium and Large 1618198.111,225180
One grade step is worth $25.27/cwt here — about −$370 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 sale193 hd
199.81
TX average4 barns · 776 hd
194.12
+5.70
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16475.098743thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11471.047915thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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%97065.00/cwt65.00–65.006311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,1528
BullsMedium and Large 1-2486194.00/cwt194.00–194.0094319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2439168.50/cwt168.50–168.507406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2414186.00/cwt186.00–186.0077015
HeifersMedium and Large 1660162.21/cwt161.50–163.001,07138
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516174.00/cwt174.00–174.0089825
SteersMedium and Large 1569197.30/cwt194.00–198.001,12363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430204.00/cwt204.00–204.008774
HeifersMedium and Large 1590165.00/cwt165.00–165.0097412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2489166.00/cwt166.00–166.008126
SteersMedium and Large 1384237.00/cwt237.00–237.009104
SteersMedium and Large 1403245.00/cwt245.00–245.009876
SteersMedium and Large 1535214.04/cwt208.00–215.501,14549
SteersMedium and Large 1-2362232.00/cwt232.00–232.008409
HeifersMedium and Large 1534175.20/cwt174.00–179.0093625
HeifersMedium and Large 1429182.00/cwt182.00–182.0078127
SteersMedium and Large 1781178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,39058
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17872.63/cwt70.00–75.008562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13580.00/cwt80.00–80.009081
CowsLean 85-90%1,15072.55/cwt70.00–75.008344

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.