Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2019-06-06

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 6
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,790 head
▲ 174 vs last sale 1,616▲ 1,790 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 53▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 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 steady to 3.00 lower. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand. Thunderstorms throughout the week dumped several inches of rain and brought damaging winds. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to instances 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.40/cwt on 787 head.
Average price
$132.40
787 head · 754 lb average
Value per head Derived
$998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.16
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1751133.291,001714
Medium and Large 1-2783128.271,00462
Medium and Large 2-378698.0077011thin
One grade step is worth $35.29/cwt here — about $231 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 sale787 hd
132.40
—
TX average3 barns · 1,116 hd
132.56
−0.16
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
Bulls—Average1,54375.001,1574thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25154.6168311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53253.478198thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05052.2454914

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1292184.00/cwt184.00–184.005376
Steers—Medium and Large 1434174.00/cwt174.00–174.0075520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442156.00/cwt156.00–156.0069011
Steers—Medium and Large 1489159.81/cwt156.00–163.0078144
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509140.00/cwt140.00–140.007135
Steers—Medium and Large 1522155.50/cwt155.50–155.5081217
Steers—Medium and Large 1566147.00/cwt147.00–147.0083224
Steers—Medium and Large 1606147.00/cwt147.00–147.0089123
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned607134.50/cwt134.50–134.5081626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630135.00/cwt135.00–135.008516
Steers—Medium and Large 1671139.00/cwt139.00–139.0093322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned708129.30/cwt128.50–129.5091525
Steers—Medium and Large 1736134.06/cwt133.50–135.0098753
Steers—Medium and Large 2-378698.00/cwt98.00–98.0077011
Steers—Medium and Large 1818127.22/cwt125.00–127.501,041277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2867125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,08419
Steers—Medium and Large 1870123.53/cwt117.00–125.501,075177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2935112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2993110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,029113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,16310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1361162.00/cwt162.00–162.005857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471142.59/cwt138.00–145.0067241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509134.00/cwt134.00–134.006827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522135.38/cwt135.00–136.0070726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562126.95/cwt122.50–129.8571330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624123.75/cwt123.50–124.0077249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned633120.00/cwt120.00–120.0076010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3657107.00/cwt107.00–107.0070311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full659105.00/cwt105.00–105.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681115.00/cwt115.00–115.007837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1688119.50/cwt119.50–119.5082219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707124.00/cwt124.00–124.00877217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714115.59/cwt110.00–117.5082528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full75199.50/cwt99.50–99.5074710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757116.93/cwt115.00–118.25885122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1819112.67/cwt112.00–115.0092387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full83894.00/cwt94.00–94.0078822
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1619125.00/cwt125.00–125.0077412
Bulls—Medium and Large 181790.00/cwt90.00–90.0073510
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42572.50/cwt72.50–72.501,0332
Bulls——1,66077.50/cwt77.50–77.501,2872
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94550.21/cwt50.00–51.004745
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10953.37/cwt52.50–55.005929
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23153.97/cwt52.50–57.5066410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45561.00/cwt61.00–61.008881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52953.97/cwt52.50–55.008257
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55050.00/cwt50.00–50.007751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2501,122.00/cwt1,050.00–1,200.0014,0252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,265875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,0691

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.