Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-08-03

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Aug 3
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
321 vs last sale 960 430 vs year ago 1,069 · 40.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
23 vs last sale 6 29 vs year ago 58 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly 2.00 higher compared to last weeks light test. Trading activity was light to moderate on moderate buyer demand. Temperatures continue to be above average for this time of year, with limited moisture in the Central and Southern Panhandle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.09/cwt on 233 head.
Average price
$233.09
233 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,299
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$40
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$93.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.13
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454265.841,206117
Medium and Large 1-2642209.271,34387
Medium and Large 2723172.451,24729
One grade step is worth $93.40/cwt here — about −$40 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 sale233 hd
233.09
TX average4 barns · 677 hd
229.97
+3.13
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
BullsAverage1,383120.001,6603thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,410106.251,4989thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,258104.321,3126thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13398.771,11911

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-2Fleshy1,021161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,6448
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,30622
SteersMedium and Large 1497292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4516
SteersMedium and Large 1664235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5608
HeifersMedium and Large 2806165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,33017
HeifersMedium and Large 2605183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,10712
HeifersMedium and Large 1545242.48/cwt234.00–244.001,32213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2737220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,62111
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned198280.00/cwt280.00–280.005546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654234.50/cwt230.00–235.001,53452
HeifersMedium and Large 1242300.00/cwt300.00–300.0072614
HeifersMedium and Large 1416289.66/cwt285.00–297.001,20526
HeifersMedium and Large 1367293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,07522
SteersMedium and Large 1524270.28/cwt270.00–271.001,4167
SteersMedium and Large 1832221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,83911
SteersMedium and Large 2606214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,29717
BullsMedium and Large 1448310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,38910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2339250.00/cwt250.00–250.008487
BullsMedium and Large 1-2540220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1883
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0513
BullsMedium and Large 1858185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5874
BullsMedium and Large 1635245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy275210.00/cwt210.00–210.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full775200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5504
HeifersMedium and Large 1625227.22/cwt226.00–228.001,42015
SteersMedium and Large 1256337.00/cwt337.00–337.0086316
SteersMedium and Large 1405355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,43815
HeifersMedium and Large 1313290.00/cwt290.00–290.009086
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,33351
HeifersMedium and Large 1783211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,6526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2759190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475226.64/cwt221.00–240.001,07713
HeifersMedium and Large 1555240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3323
BullsMedium and Large 1457300.91/cwt297.00–310.001,37517
BullsMedium and Large 1586234.43/cwt224.00–239.001,37413
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy376230.00/cwt230.00–230.008658
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy785167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3116
BullsMedium and Large 1539229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,2345
BullsMedium and Large 1333315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0492
Bulls1,455120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,410106.25/cwt105.00–110.001,4989
Bulls1,240120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,258104.32/cwt103.00–105.001,3126
CowsLean 85-90%1,141100.76/cwt100.00–103.001,1508
CowsLean 85-90%1,11093.48/cwt90.00–95.001,0383

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.