Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-12-21

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Dec 21
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
412 head
412 vs last sale 0 412 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough comparable sales in a recent test for a market trend. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate to good demand. Much needed rain last week with more chance of moisture going into the weekend and mild winter temperatures have ranchers in good spirits to close out the year.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.72/cwt on 131 head.
Average price
$215.72
131 head · 591 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,275
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
15.37
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591215.721,275131
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale131 hd
215.72
TX average2 barns · 291 hd
231.09
−15.37
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23892.501,1452thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69590.001,5261thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04983.638777thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5261
CowsLean 85-90%1,05581.74/cwt80.00–85.008626
CowsLean 85-90%1,01095.00/cwt95.00–95.009601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0741
HeifersMedium and Large 1415252.77/cwt245.00–255.001,04913
SteersMedium and Large 1580251.33/cwt240.00–267.001,45814
SteersMedium and Large 1500264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,32013
SteersMedium and Large 1688225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5486
HeifersMedium and Large 1578218.14/cwt209.00–219.001,26135
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned651195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,26914
SteersMedium and Large 1774215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6647
SteersMedium and Large 1819215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,76117
SteersMedium and Large 1421330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3896
HeifersMedium and Large 1464245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,13719
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned631207.42/cwt207.00–208.001,30926
HeifersMedium and Large 1851180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,53218
SteersMedium and Large 1859207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,77827
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned676216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4609
SteersMedium and Large 1619239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,47922
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy361220.00/cwt220.00–220.007946
BullsMedium and Large 1-2807178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4368
BullsMedium and Large 1-2616210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2945
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,038145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5059
BullsMedium and Large 1593231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,37013
BullsMedium and Large 1455230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0472

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.