Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-06-15

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
984 head
▲ 209 vs last sale 775▲ 86 vs year ago 898 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 101▲ 30 vs year ago 10 · +300.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 18▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate to good 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 $239.63/cwt on 495 head.
Average price
$239.63
495 head · 647 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.35
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1642243.451,563421
Medium and Large 1-2673217.881,46774
One grade step is worth $25.57/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 sale495 hd
239.63
—
TX average4 barns · 1,184 hd
232.28
+7.35
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
Bulls—High1,881121.032,2767thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11898.291,09913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46796.771,4203thin
CowsLean 85-90%High96394.6091114

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)805$1,2751thin

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 1—437268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1717
BullsMedium and Large 1—598238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4236
BullsMedium and Large 1—540220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,18813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—790184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,45423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—679209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,29212
SteersMedium and Large 1—428293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,25438
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—839177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,4897
SteersMedium and Large 1—793217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,72134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—751219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,64522
SteersMedium and Large 1—808222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,798136
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-3—320245.00/cwt245.00–245.0078410
SteersMedium and Large 1—399298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,1898
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—474223.23/cwt222.00–227.001,05848
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—411227.00/cwt227.00–227.009334
SteersMedium and Large 1—609238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,4494
SteersMedium and Large 1—674221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,49013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—574224.90/cwt218.00–229.001,29111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—639205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3107
HeifersMedium and Large 1—361261.00/cwt261.00–261.009428
HeifersMedium and Large 1—491223.49/cwt223.00–230.001,09755
SteersMedium and Large 1—575246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,41513
SteersMedium and Large 1—534254.90/cwt239.00–258.001,361169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—633223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—499255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,27210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—604211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,27412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—702204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4323
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—638202.31/cwt200.00–205.001,29115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1474
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—832206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,7146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—715206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,47311
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—8051,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Bulls——2,041125.68/cwt122.50–130.002,5654
Bulls——1,515110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6671
Bulls——1,743117.25/cwt115.00–120.002,0442
CowsLean 85-90%—973100.00/cwt100.00–100.009735
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,10297.44/cwt95.00–100.001,07411
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46796.77/cwt95.00–100.001,4203
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,208102.98/cwt102.00–104.001,2442
CowsLean 85-90%—95891.60/cwt90.00–95.008789

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.