Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2019-10-17

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 17
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,627 head
▲ 1,239 vs last sale 1,388▲ 2,627 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 20▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 0▲ 50 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 5.00 higher. Trade was active on good demand especially on yearlings weighing over 700 lbs. The busier Fall runs have begun as the area had a chance to dry out and wheat pastures are in good condition.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.99/cwt on 1,352 head.
Average price
$140.99
1,352 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$950
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.99
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685144.98994974
Medium and Large 1-2646132.56856292
Medium and Large 2639124.4479586
One grade step is worth $20.54/cwt here — about $198 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 sale1,352 hd
140.99
—
TX average4 barns · 3,451 hd
139.00
+1.99
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22552.506435thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1329182.24/cwt164.00–190.0060017
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339179.00/cwt179.00–179.006075
Steers—Medium and Large 1386178.99/cwt165.00–186.0069134
Steers—Medium and Large 1433169.87/cwt166.00–175.0073672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471151.75/cwt145.00–164.0071527
Steers—Medium and Large 2488138.00/cwt138.00–138.006739
Steers—Medium and Large 1490155.76/cwt149.50–157.0076334
Steers—Medium and Large 1529147.45/cwt141.00–152.0078077
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570120.00/cwt120.00–120.0068418
Steers—Medium and Large 2573123.27/cwt119.00–130.0070624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584134.00/cwt134.00–134.0078334
Steers—Medium and Large 1590138.03/cwt136.00–149.0081459
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy594119.00/cwt119.00–119.007074
Steers—Medium and Large 2632124.50/cwt124.50–124.5078712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635134.05/cwt133.50–137.5085154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned638130.00/cwt130.00–130.0082911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full657140.00/cwt140.00–140.0092021
Steers—Medium and Large 1658144.76/cwt144.00–145.0095394
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662136.00/cwt136.00–136.0090011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned669116.50/cwt116.50–116.5077982
Steers—Medium and Large 2678125.45/cwt125.00–126.0085116
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned694130.00/cwt130.00–130.0090210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned700124.25/cwt124.25–124.258707
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708141.79/cwt135.00–144.501,00484
Steers—Medium and Large 1729140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,02117
Steers—Medium and Large 2735120.00/cwt120.00–120.0088225
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy771137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,06040
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0464
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned782123.50/cwt123.50–123.5096613
Steers—Medium and Large 1790142.22/cwt140.25–148.001,124228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2803134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0769
Steers—Medium and Large 1811143.47/cwt140.00–146.501,16463
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full829135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1197
Steers—Medium and Large 1872138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,208102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2879129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1343
Steers—Medium and Large 1933131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,22213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,014110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,11512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325157.00/cwt157.00–157.0051021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381148.86/cwt139.00–153.0056755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418125.00/cwt125.00–125.0052311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427143.12/cwt140.00–152.5061139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464127.50/cwt127.50–127.505926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465140.15/cwt131.50–149.5065252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470119.00/cwt119.00–119.005599
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2502120.00/cwt120.00–120.006026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515126.22/cwt121.50–128.5065052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550120.00/cwt120.00–120.0066023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568111.00/cwt111.00–111.0063010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569124.51/cwt118.50–127.5070894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2608110.00/cwt110.00–110.0066913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned610127.67/cwt123.50–130.0077914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618132.14/cwt131.00–133.5081788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627120.00/cwt120.00–120.0075218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned656119.00/cwt119.00–119.0078110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662140.28/cwt134.50–142.0092979
Heifers—Medium and Large 2665111.00/cwt111.00–111.0073812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,01336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773130.19/cwt128.00–130.501,00640
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy773114.00/cwt114.00–114.0088114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1801126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,00915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935105.00/cwt105.00–105.0098244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2958100.00/cwt100.00–100.0095810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy963100.00/cwt100.00–100.009638
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470147.02/cwt144.00–150.0069116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525147.00/cwt147.00–147.007723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2540133.00/cwt133.00–133.007189
Bulls—Medium and Large 1607121.82/cwt119.00–126.0073915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685115.00/cwt115.00–115.0078810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-273597.00/cwt97.00–97.007133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2758100.00/cwt100.00–100.007586
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22552.50/cwt52.50–52.506435
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,100610.00/cwt610.00–610.006,7106

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.