Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-05-04

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,662 head
9 vs last sale 1,653 401 vs year ago 1,261 · +31.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
9 vs last sale 54 48 vs year ago 15 · +320.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Stocker calves sold with a higher undertone after the area received rain turning pastures green. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $199.01/cwt on 680 head.
Average price
$199.01
680 head · 805 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$232
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.13
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2703199.051,40086
Medium and Large 1820199.001,632594
One grade step is worth $0.04/cwt here — about −$232 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 sale680 hd
199.01
TX average3 barns · 1,503 hd
206.14
−7.13
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
BullsLow1,28298.371,2613thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18489.791,06357
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51587.501,3262thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06080.008481thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1-2417230.00/cwt230.00–230.009597
SteersMedium and Large 1723203.75/cwt203.00–205.001,47334
SteersMedium and Large 1509250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2734
SteersMedium and Large 1482267.01/cwt266.00–280.001,28768
HeifersMedium and Large 1422229.00/cwt229.00–229.009664
HeifersMedium and Large 1730179.92/cwt176.50–184.001,313109
HeifersMedium and Large 1481224.38/cwt217.00–226.001,07973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1829
SteersMedium and Large 1-2547206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1277
SteersMedium and Large 1628224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,40717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2861189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,62716
SteersMedium and Large 1918184.23/cwt178.50–185.751,691207
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned610189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1534
SteersMedium and Large 1877188.65/cwt187.00–190.001,654228
SteersMedium and Large 1754199.07/cwt197.00–203.501,50136
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,29711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy884155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,37026
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475215.57/cwt215.00–217.001,02414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2786160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2585
BullsMedium and Large 1-2692182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2593
BullsMedium and Large 1525232.14/cwt215.00–260.001,21920
BullsMedium and Large 1448246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,10217
HeifersMedium and Large 1559207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,15726
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680185.73/cwt181.00–190.501,26387
SteersMedium and Large 1-2791194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5356
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710200.79/cwt199.00–201.501,42629
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2499205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2791174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,38010
HeifersMedium and Large 1750177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,33111
HeifersMedium and Large 1690186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2836
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy775189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4654
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528178.00/cwt178.00–178.009406
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full458194.00/cwt194.00–194.0088919
HeifersMedium and Large 1629207.93/cwt202.50–211.001,30833
HeifersMedium and Large 1842167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,41038
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537200.12/cwt189.00–207.001,07521
HeifersMedium and Large 1535205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,09727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2747178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,3305
Bulls1,28298.37/cwt95.00–100.001,2613
CowsLean 85-90%1,06080.00/cwt80.00–80.008481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18489.73/cwt85.00–90.001,06256
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,1021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51587.50/cwt87.50–87.501,3262

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.