Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-11-09

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Nov 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,328 head
390 vs last sale 938 940 vs year ago 2,268 · 41.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
65 vs last sale 35 35 vs year ago 65 · +53.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
10 vs last sale 30 28 vs year ago 12 · +233.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Yearlings were not well tested. Trade activity and demand were light to moderate. The feeder cattle and live cattle index took major losses this week curbing receipts and prices. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $231.64/cwt on 400 head.
Average price
$231.64
400 head · 638 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,477
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$264
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$71.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.94
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2440251.021,10529
Medium and Large 1628242.061,519300
Medium and Large 2761179.731,36871
One grade step is worth $71.30/cwt here — about −$264 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 sale400 hd
231.64
TX average4 barns · 1,613 hd
233.58
−1.94
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
BullsLow1,595105.611,6853thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44292.501,3334thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23888.961,10225
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09485.9694015

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1656179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,17410
BullsMedium and Large 1616214.52/cwt199.00–225.001,32143
BullsMedium and Large 1528237.71/cwt234.00–240.001,25546
BullsMedium and Large 1469216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0136
BullsMedium and Large 1-2559201.20/cwt190.00–210.001,12525
BullsMedium and Large 2581170.00/cwt170.00–170.0098825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1437
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned743174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,29757
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned724191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,38320
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned621230.73/cwt224.00–238.001,43345
SteersMedium and Large 1716232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,66112
SteersMedium and Large 1418303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,26728
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned572209.02/cwt203.00–213.001,19656
SteersMedium and Large 1847220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,86333
SteersMedium and Large 1623249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,55113
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned490251.50/cwt251.50–251.501,2325
SteersMedium and Large 1365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2372284.18/cwt282.00–285.001,05715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2319257.00/cwt257.00–257.008205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2497215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0697
SteersMedium and Large 2836201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,68014
SteersMedium and Large 1582249.42/cwt242.00–257.001,45272
SteersMedium and Large 1539260.65/cwt259.00–262.001,40522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned674172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,16332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy608170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned406190.00/cwt190.00–190.0077127
CowsLean 85-90%1,06880.00/cwt80.00–80.008543
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1782
CowsLean 85-90%1,04095.00/cwt95.00–95.009881
CowsLean 85-90%1,10686.77/cwt85.00–90.0096011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23888.44/cwt85.00–90.001,09523
Bulls1,710100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,7101
Bulls1,538108.41/cwt107.00–110.001,6672
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,010137.49/cwt115.00–157.001,38933
HeifersMedium and Large 1481222.25/cwt222.00–223.001,06916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned539203.65/cwt199.00–204.501,09851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full735190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,39711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735147.46/cwt110.00–190.001,08419
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462209.95/cwt206.00–212.0097018
BullsMedium and Large 1-2752161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2117
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy667191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,27412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned432224.87/cwt215.00–229.0097114
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned627194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,21627
HeifersMedium and Large 1293277.00/cwt277.00–277.008126
HeifersMedium and Large 1375248.13/cwt237.00–256.009307
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3505160.00/cwt160.00–160.0080815
HeifersMedium and Large 1548219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,20014
SteersMedium and Large 1696233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,62537
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy719195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4028
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned542210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1387

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.