Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-08-24

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Aug 24
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
929 head
418 vs last sale 1,347 150 vs year ago 1,079 · 13.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
43 vs last sale 68 21 vs year ago 46 · 45.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $259.64/cwt on 311 head.
Average price
$259.64
311 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,738
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$38
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$43.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.14
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655269.071,764237
Medium and Large 2444251.001,11412thin
Medium and Large 1-2766225.261,72662
One grade step is worth $43.81/cwt here — about $38 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 sale311 hd
259.64
TX average4 barns · 1,155 hd
252.50
+7.14
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
BullsAverage1,728123.472,1342thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34298.621,3245thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03692.309569thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57592.001,4495thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1549244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3405
BullsMedium and Large 1-2449267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,19913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2494239.06/cwt231.00–255.001,1819
BullsMedium and Large 1481278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3377
HeifersMedium and Large 1345294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,01410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560236.50/cwt225.00–249.001,32427
SteersMedium and Large 1625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,56312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2827220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,81924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,39910
SteersMedium and Large 1773252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,95245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2617240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7038
SteersMedium and Large 2444251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,11412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2747210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,56910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2871215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,87314
SteersMedium and Large 1313367.06/cwt355.00–375.001,14927
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy760255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,93886
SteersMedium and Large 1546268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,46322
SteersMedium and Large 1457280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,28024
HeifersMedium and Large 2413245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,01212
SteersMedium and Large 1659250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6486
SteersMedium and Large 1821230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,88815
HeifersMedium and Large 1590245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2409274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,12118
HeifersMedium and Large 1466257.11/cwt245.00–260.001,19862
HeifersMedium and Large 1353275.00/cwt275.00–275.009718
HeifersMedium and Large 1811217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,76439
HeifersMedium and Large 1695235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,63712
HeifersMedium and Large 1527248.66/cwt248.00–250.001,31012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2259299.00/cwt299.00–299.0077411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2394269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,06018
HeifersMedium and Large 1732234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,71338
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2542234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,26810
HeifersMedium and Large 1649236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5329
Bulls1,728123.47/cwt120.00–127.002,1342
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3352
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5193
CowsLean 85-90%1,10798.39/cwt95.00–100.001,0893
CowsLean 85-90%1,00089.26/cwt85.00–90.008936
CowsBoner 80-85%1,365100.78/cwt100.00–103.001,3764

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.