Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2019-06-20

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 20
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,640 head
▼ 540 vs last sale 3,180▲ 2,640 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 32▲ 32 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▲ 8 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 higher. Trade was active on good demand. Summer has officially began with temperatures reaching triple digits. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.00/cwt on 1,224 head.
Average price
$128.00
1,224 head · 803 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,028
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$229
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.73
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1808128.771,0401,059
Medium and Large 1-2781123.94968149
Medium and Large 2705115.0081116thin
One grade step is worth $13.77/cwt here — about $229 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 sale1,224 hd
128.00
—
TX average3 barns · 1,761 hd
128.73
−0.73
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—High1,73878.391,3626thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29556.0772610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46854.147955thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10353.245873thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1360170.00/cwt170.00–170.0061218
Steers—Medium and Large 1471154.62/cwt151.00–160.0072839
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520135.50/cwt135.50–135.507059
Steers—Medium and Large 1587145.00/cwt145.00–145.0085110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned600138.00/cwt138.00–138.008287
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616139.00/cwt139.00–139.008566
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627120.00/cwt120.00–120.0075212
Steers—Medium and Large 1641143.00/cwt143.00–143.009175
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full646137.75/cwt137.75–137.758907
Steers—Medium and Large 1657143.12/cwt140.00–144.5094084
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657139.00/cwt139.00–139.009136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned669123.00/cwt123.00–123.008238
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full674138.00/cwt138.00–138.009309
Steers—Medium and Large 2705115.00/cwt115.00–115.0081116
Steers—Medium and Large 1706139.46/cwt135.00–140.5098548
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned709116.50/cwt116.50–116.5082610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2747131.75/cwt131.75–131.7598440
Steers—Medium and Large 1782128.14/cwt125.25–135.501,00287
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0287
Steers—Medium and Large 1834129.59/cwt122.50–130.251,081228
Steers—Medium and Large 1887121.07/cwt119.00–125.001,074507
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930116.08/cwt114.00–117.001,08022
Steers—Medium and Large 1953114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,09110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2965113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,09025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,036108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1194
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1301146.00/cwt146.00–146.004394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368148.47/cwt147.00–149.005468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439145.41/cwt144.00–153.0063824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2503132.50/cwt132.50–132.506662
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526134.62/cwt134.00–137.0070889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy541121.50/cwt121.50–121.5065712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561134.00/cwt134.00–134.007527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned623119.97/cwt118.00–124.0074724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633132.49/cwt126.00–133.75839120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667125.24/cwt125.00–125.5083518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669124.00/cwt124.00–124.0083010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722122.83/cwt117.50–125.50887356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full736115.00/cwt115.00–115.008467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762118.70/cwt117.25–119.7590479
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2771116.00/cwt116.00–116.00894113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy792110.00/cwt110.00–110.008713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy797101.00/cwt101.00–101.0080522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833114.34/cwt112.50–117.50952135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872104.00/cwt104.00–104.009075
Heifers—Medium and Large 196894.50/cwt94.50–94.5091515
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59875.02/cwt72.50–77.501,1993
Bulls——1,87781.76/cwt80.00–82.501,5353
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10353.24/cwt52.50–55.005873
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28255.09/cwt52.50–58.007068
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34860.00/cwt60.00–60.008092
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46854.14/cwt52.50–55.007955
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2900900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,050875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,1881
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,190995.06/cwt950.00–1,050.0011,8415

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.