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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 23

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← May 16May 23May 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,428 head

▼ 169 vs last sale 1,597▲ 1,428 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 26▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Trade activity was light to moderate on moderate demand. Thunderstorms throughout the area and more predicted for the weekend. Slaughter cows and bulls sold fully steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.39/cwt on 593 head.

Average price

$115.39

593 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$163

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$13.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.76

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	581	128.22	745	32
Medium and Large 2	429	122.32	524	22
Medium and Large 1	794	114.35	908	539

One grade step is worth $13.87/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale593 hd

115.39

—

TX average3 barns · 1,339 hd

117.15

−1.76

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,485	72.50	1,077	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,253	57.63	722	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,830	57.00	1,043	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,245	52.50	654	2thin

Every lot

49 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	576	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	588	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	675	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	756	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	494	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	692	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	888	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	629	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	796	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	911	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	973	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	945	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,014	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	110.75/cwt	110.00–113.00	842	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	981	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,039	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	130.08/cwt	128.00–131.25	1,063	227
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	858	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	944	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,075	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	906	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,042	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,073	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,018	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,145	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	144.32/cwt	143.00–145.00	475	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	124.63/cwt	120.00–133.00	446	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	431	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	517	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	439	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	595	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	637	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	556	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	667	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	782	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	823	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	809	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	130.10/cwt	127.00–131.00	876	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	120.21/cwt	116.50–122.00	885	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	754	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	890	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	114.61/cwt	113.00–119.00	902	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	111.48/cwt	107.00–112.00	925	253
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	851	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	923	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	909	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	909	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	91.48/cwt	90.00–94.00	890	19
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	466	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	559	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	480	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	686	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	572	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	686	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	589	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	819	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	850	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	918	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	881	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,077	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	613	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,253	57.63/cwt	55.00–60.00	722	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,265	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	696	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,750	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	1,015	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,910	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	1,070	1

This sale against other markets

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX

Thu May 23, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,428Last week 1,597Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 26Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	143.00	143.00
4	—	589	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	739	115.00	115.00
10	—	918	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	466	120.00	120.00
7	—	572	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	633	130.00	130.00
11	—	460	138.50	138.50
13	—	579	135.00	135.00
19	—	973	90.00–94.00	91.48
29	—	851	108.50	108.50
31	—	909	100.00	100.00
41	—	673	127.00–131.00	130.10
55	—	787	113.00–119.00	114.61
80	—	736	116.50–122.00	120.21
253	—	830	107.00–112.00	111.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	135.50	135.50
5	—	663	122.00	122.00
9	—	329	143.00–145.00	144.32
14	—	754	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	120.00	120.00
6	—	556	120.00	120.00
11	—	358	120.00–133.00	124.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	719	141.00	141.00
11	—	685	142.00	142.00
12	—	483	156.50	156.50
18	—	784	132.50	132.50
21	—	625	142.00	142.00
21	—	1,018	112.50	112.50
27	—	867	124.00	124.00
41	—	958	112.00	112.00
227	—	817	128.00–131.25	130.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	159.00	159.00
6	—	474	142.50	142.50
6	—	660	138.00	138.00
11	—	906	115.00	115.00
16	—	782	125.50	125.50
44	—	716	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	358	161.00	161.00
8	—	760	110.00–113.00	110.75
13	—	494	140.00	140.00
15	—	858	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	126.50	126.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,485	72.50	72.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,253	55.00–60.00	57.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	58.00	58.00
1	—	1,910	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	50.00	50.00
1	—	1,265	55.00	55.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.