Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-10-12

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 12
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,371 head
127 vs last sale 1,244 719 vs year ago 652 · +110.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
10 vs last sale 30 12 vs year ago 32 · 37.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
55 vs last sale 1 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers sold mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Trade was fairly active on moderate to good demand. Unweaned or short weaned calves were heavily discounted as we head into cooler temperatures as buyers try to avoid sickness this time of year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $247.82/cwt on 502 head.
Average price
$247.82
502 head · 666 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.85
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1666251.511,674386
Medium and Large 1-2643235.641,51595
Medium and Large 2784235.001,84221
One grade step is worth $16.51/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 sale502 hd
247.82
TX average4 barns · 2,424 hd
248.66
−0.85
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
BullsLow2,135108.332,3133thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50189.601,3455thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21786.791,0565thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08186.259324thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$2,1001thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1550252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,38613
HeifersMedium and Large 2520185.00/cwt185.00–185.0096227
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy766257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,96972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned724180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,30317
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned659216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned615199.32/cwt195.00–200.001,22673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned679193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,3105
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned701187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,31118
SteersMedium and Large 1474306.39/cwt297.00–317.001,45237
SteersMedium and Large 2784235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,84221
SteersMedium and Large 1765245.37/cwt241.00–246.001,87732
SteersMedium and Large 1596277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,65127
SteersMedium and Large 1522291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,51916
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy752225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6927
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned735221.38/cwt220.00–222.001,62729
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned618240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,48368
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned668228.25/cwt223.00–239.001,52569
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned786205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,61120
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned610252.10/cwt249.00–253.001,53877
SteersMedium and Large 1-2597255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned731217.76/cwt215.00–220.001,59222
BullsMedium 1-2414225.00/cwt225.00–225.0093212
BullsMedium 1-2593173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,02623
BullsMedium and Large 1307325.00/cwt325.00–325.009983
BullsMedium and Large 1586256.46/cwt256.00–257.001,50313
BullsMedium and Large 1457265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2116
BullsMedium and Large 1539263.92/cwt258.00–272.001,42321
CowsLean 85-90%1,06885.00/cwt85.00–85.009083
CowsLean 85-90%1,12090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0081
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2981
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3574
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27084.65/cwt84.00–85.001,0753
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0242
Bulls2,240105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,3522
Bulls1,925115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,2141
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,009139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,4037
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2862170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,46548
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1502,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
HeifersMedium 2411157.00/cwt157.00–157.0064512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full382240.00/cwt240.00–240.009179
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full588220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2945
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy807186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,5018
BullsMedium and Large 1628239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,50115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2298
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2442200.00/cwt200.00–200.008846
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2461249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,14818
HeifersMedium 1-2407190.00/cwt190.00–190.0077315
HeifersMedium and Large 1407265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0798
HeifersMedium and Large 1602265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,59532
HeifersMedium and Large 1466260.00/cwt252.00–277.001,21222
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned625213.42/cwt206.50–225.001,33444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540225.30/cwt210.00–231.001,21726
HeifersMedium and Large 1513249.79/cwt244.00–261.001,28156
HeifersMedium 1-2554180.00/cwt180.00–180.0099716

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.