Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2019-06-27

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 27
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,540 head
▼ 1,100 vs last sale 2,640▲ 1,540 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 32▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 8▲ 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 4.00 higher. Trade was moderately active on good demand. Temperatures hitting triple digits has dried out the area. 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 $133.90/cwt on 686 head.
Average price
$133.90
686 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.46
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1704140.05986287
Medium and Large 1-2707132.72938325
Medium and Large 2703115.2281074
One grade step is worth $24.83/cwt here — about $176 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 sale686 hd
133.90
—
TX average3 barns · 893 hd
135.36
−1.46
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—Average1,78675.411,3474thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28354.7170212
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45653.357779thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10252.295777thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1427168.00/cwt168.00–168.0071717
Steers—Medium and Large 1538164.00/cwt164.00–164.0088258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569138.03/cwt135.00–140.0078569
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned601131.50/cwt131.50–131.5079010
Steers—Medium and Large 1611143.50/cwt143.50–143.508775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned672130.00/cwt130.00–130.008745
Steers—Medium and Large 2676125.00/cwt125.00–125.0084510
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned683131.00/cwt131.00–131.0089527
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned683113.00/cwt113.00–113.0077251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695136.32/cwt136.00–137.5094794
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned708125.00/cwt125.00–125.008852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2709136.75/cwt136.75–136.7597058
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full720126.00/cwt126.00–126.0090713
Steers—Medium and Large 1728135.00/cwt135.00–135.0098312
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned745132.00/cwt132.00–132.0098311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773124.50/cwt124.50–124.5096232
Steers—Medium and Large 2790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009326
Steers—Medium and Large 1792130.40/cwt130.00–130.501,03329
Steers—Medium and Large 1816130.53/cwt126.00–133.001,065118
Steers—Medium and Large 2816115.00/cwt115.00–115.009387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2869121.96/cwt120.00–122.751,06052
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1406147.27/cwt131.00–152.0059827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523139.00/cwt139.00–139.0072762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2556120.50/cwt120.50–120.5067017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589122.33/cwt120.00–124.5072143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2606114.00/cwt114.00–114.006917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612129.00/cwt129.00–129.0078913
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned644104.50/cwt104.50–104.5067332
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669124.91/cwt124.00–125.50836159
Heifers—Medium and Large 2743105.45/cwt105.00–106.0078320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy779113.00/cwt113.00–113.008806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2782118.21/cwt116.00–121.00924130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790118.00/cwt118.00–118.009327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy834102.00/cwt102.00–102.008518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840112.00/cwt112.00–112.0094136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-288295.50/cwt95.50–95.5084216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy89495.00/cwt95.00–95.008499
Heifers—Medium and Large 199395.00/cwt95.00–95.009437
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1406160.00/cwt160.00–160.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1579131.00/cwt131.00–131.007587
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2736116.50/cwt116.50–116.508574
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2001
Bulls——1,69572.31/cwt72.00–72.501,2262
Bulls——2,15582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,7671
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06950.67/cwt50.00–52.505424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14754.46/cwt53.50–55.006253
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20060.00/cwt60.00–60.007202
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29754.15/cwt53.00–55.007027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30552.50/cwt52.50–52.506853
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44753.02/cwt52.50–53.507678
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52556.00/cwt56.00–56.008541
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,187.50/cwt1,025.00–1,325.0014,2502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045875.00/cwt875.00–875.009,1441

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.