Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2024-01-04

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jan 4
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
656 head
244 vs last sale 412 1,222 vs year ago 1,878 · 65.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
8 vs last sale 10 53 vs year ago 71 · 74.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
22 head
22 vs last sale 0 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Much needed moisture predicted for today and into the weekend along with freezing temperatures. Slaughter cows were 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $224.94/cwt on 335 head.
Average price
$224.94
335 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$342
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
26.44
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1748229.391,716276
Medium and Large 1-2672219.051,47239
Medium and Large 2785175.001,37420
One grade step is worth $54.39/cwt here — about $342 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 sale335 hd
224.94
TX average3 barns · 1,308 hd
251.38
−26.44
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52085.001,2922thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21081.819909thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06276.698157thin

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$1,3284thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,150$1,1002thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1598215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2868
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy772170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3123
HeifersMedium and Large 1434271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1765
HeifersMedium and Large 1731200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,46232
HeifersMedium and Large 1575226.49/cwt210.00–238.001,30230
HeifersMedium and Large 1390287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,1196
SteersMedium and Large 1483265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2806
SteersMedium and Large 1621237.86/cwt234.00–240.001,47711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3035
SteersMedium and Large 1761224.97/cwt222.00–226.501,712108
SteersMedium and Large 1538267.52/cwt265.00–270.001,43912
SteersMedium and Large 2785175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,37420
SteersMedium and Large 1436296.87/cwt285.00–311.001,29413
SteersMedium and Large 1731226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,65223
SteersMedium and Large 1581247.50/cwt244.00–256.001,43813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2723211.89/cwt210.00–216.001,53228
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2726180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,30717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1107
HeifersMedium and Large 1667204.33/cwt204.00–205.001,36312
HeifersMedium and Large 1536243.83/cwt236.00–248.001,30724
SteersMedium and Large 1814219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,78716
SteersMedium and Large 1879213.65/cwt210.00–215.001,87874
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,328.26/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3284
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,100.00/head1,075.00–1,125.001,1002
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2951117.28/cwt100.00–135.001,11516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21081.81/cwt80.00–85.009909
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2922
CowsLean 85-90%1,10580.00/cwt80.00–80.008842
CowsLean 85-90%1,04575.37/cwt75.00–77.007885

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.