Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-05-18

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 18
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Receipts
1,317 head
22 vs last sale 1,339 316 vs year ago 1,001 · +31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-4.00 higher with light comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves not well tested last week to compare trends this week, however a higher undertone is noted. Demand very good for all classes. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $182.48/cwt on 940 head.
Average price
$182.48
940 head · 746 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,362
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.27
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1744183.851,367686
Medium and Large 1-2754179.001,350249
Medium and Large 2-3714168.001,2005thin
One grade step is worth $15.85/cwt here — about $168 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 sale940 hd
182.48
TX average3 barns · 1,376 hd
192.75
−10.27
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1697195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3595
HeifersMedium and Large 11,036140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,45020
HeifersMedium and Large 1832176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,46429
HeifersMedium and Large 1965154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,49134
HeifersMedium and Large 1693187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,29956
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2774176.12/cwt173.00–178.001,36321
SteersMedium and Large 1561233.20/cwt232.00–235.001,3085
SteersMedium and Large 1466267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,24414
SteersMedium and Large 1605214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,29518
SteersMedium and Large 1823194.86/cwt193.00–198.001,60469
SteersMedium and Large 1788195.52/cwt194.00–198.001,54164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2748179.87/cwt175.00–180.001,345221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3714168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2005
SteersMedium and Large 1696203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4137
SteersMedium and Large 11,095164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,79612
HeifersMedium and Large 1763182.63/cwt181.50–188.001,393263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2898160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4377
HeifersMedium and Large 1619195.03/cwt190.00–198.001,207117
HeifersMedium and Large 1722189.32/cwt187.50–193.001,367167
SteersMedium and Large 1414275.77/cwt267.00–277.001,14217
SteersMedium and Large 1865190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,64425

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.