Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-11-30

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Nov 30
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,329 head
146 vs last sale 1,183 216 vs year ago 1,113 · +19.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
8 vs last sale 30 28 vs year ago 50 · 56.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
161 vs last sale 175 1 vs year ago 13 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Yearling steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Stocker calves sold with a higher undertone. Trade activity was moderate on light to moderate demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $235.01/cwt on 587 head.
Average price
$235.01
587 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.99
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1676236.841,600442
Medium and Large 1-2633229.441,453145
One grade step is worth $7.40/cwt here — about $147 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 sale587 hd
235.01
TX average4 barns · 1,876 hd
237.01
−1.99
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
BullsLow1,61090.001,4491thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23985.951,06516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20885.201,0294thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56085.001,3261thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$1,2001thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2773212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6398
SteersMedium and Large 1406317.55/cwt317.00–320.001,28911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned614180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1055
HeifersMedium and Large 1493243.90/cwt236.00–249.001,20235
SteersMedium and Large 1676230.13/cwt229.00–234.001,556101
SteersMedium and Large 1773217.63/cwt215.00–220.001,68293
SteersMedium and Large 1275340.00/cwt340.00–340.009352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2691219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,51315
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy812207.37/cwt206.00–210.001,68427
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy888191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,69616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426277.23/cwt270.00–292.001,18130
SteersMedium and Large 1470275.45/cwt264.00–297.001,29515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned621207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,28512
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned611225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466242.54/cwt230.00–255.001,13035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2954190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,81317
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned598225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3462
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned673222.20/cwt219.00–227.001,49532
SteersMedium and Large 1616250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,54042
SteersMedium and Large 1383324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,2415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2804206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,65628
SteersMedium and Large 1568272.57/cwt263.00–288.001,54841
HeifersMedium and Large 2561186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0439
BullsMedium and Large 1-2643164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0555
BullsMedium and Large 1595211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2553
BullsMedium and Large 1532264.72/cwt261.00–282.001,40830
BullsMedium and Large 1668219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,46324
BullsMedium and Large 1608224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3624
CowsLean 85-90%1,19583.60/cwt80.00–85.009993
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3261
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1327
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22582.80/cwt80.00–85.001,0149
CowsLean 85-90%1,24590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1211
Bulls1,61090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4491
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,036158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,63713
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
HeifersMedium and Large 2399180.00/cwt180.00–180.0071814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425213.00/cwt213.00–213.0090512
HeifersMedium and Large 1536239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,2814
HeifersMedium and Large 1382267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,02015
HeifersMedium and Large 1280277.32/cwt274.00–285.007766
HeifersMedium and Large 1609215.25/cwt213.00–220.001,31176
HeifersMedium and Large 1412275.94/cwt275.00–277.001,13715
HeifersMedium and Large 1328277.00/cwt277.00–277.009094
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned647194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,25516
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned473228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,07814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,22315
HeifersMedium and Large 1674199.83/cwt195.00–205.001,34746
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned660201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,32711
SteersMedium and Large 1725222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,61336
SteersMedium and Large 1530298.34/cwt293.00–302.001,58115
HeifersMedium and Large 1719197.75/cwt195.00–201.001,42215
HeifersMedium and Large 1584216.53/cwt210.00–229.001,26552
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned704193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,35929
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned421230.00/cwt230.00–230.0096812

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.