Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2019-11-14

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Nov 14
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,071 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 2,310▲ 2,071 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 103▲ 85 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 mostly steady to instances 3.00 lower. Pre-conditioned light weight calves going back to wheat sold with a higher undertone. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Offerings mostly consisted of calves going back out on wheat. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.36/cwt on 782 head.
Average price
$145.36
782 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$874
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$205
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.23
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1601147.29885632
Medium and Large 1-2607141.19856126
Medium and Large 2583116.4667924
One grade step is worth $30.84/cwt here — about $205 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 sale782 hd
145.36
—
TX average3 barns · 2,213 hd
147.59
−2.23
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%Average1,54047.507321thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average85144.5037925

Every lot

67 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1316199.44/cwt198.00–205.0063010
Steers—Medium and Large 1357204.50/cwt204.00–205.007304
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395173.00/cwt173.00–173.0068314
Steers—Medium and Large 1424167.05/cwt157.00–188.0070851
Steers—Medium and Large 1471166.16/cwt150.00–170.0078366
Steers—Medium and Large 2482130.00/cwt130.00–130.0062711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487155.51/cwt148.00–158.0075739
Steers—Medium and Large 1517150.70/cwt140.00–159.00779125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned557120.00/cwt120.00–120.0066812
Steers—Medium and Large 1591146.22/cwt135.50–155.0086495
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned603125.00/cwt125.00–125.007548
Steers—Medium and Large 1616144.59/cwt144.00–145.0089132
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned627131.60/cwt130.00–133.0082540
Steers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned669105.00/cwt105.00–105.0070213
Steers—Medium and Large 1680141.67/cwt140.00–144.0096324
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned681126.32/cwt123.50–132.0086030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned695120.50/cwt120.50–120.5083711
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full703136.00/cwt136.00–136.0095619
Steers—Medium and Large 1704138.30/cwt138.00–139.0097444
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned722122.50/cwt122.50–122.508848
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned725124.50/cwt124.50–124.5090315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy734120.00/cwt120.00–120.008815
Steers—Medium and Large 1773142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0982
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full785129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,01312
Steers—Medium and Large 1811143.48/cwt141.00–145.001,16440
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy824110.00/cwt110.00–110.009065
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,17415
Steers—Medium and Large 1855139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,18820
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full917115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,05512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368134.43/cwt134.00–135.0049518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383140.00/cwt140.00–140.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 2412125.00/cwt125.00–125.005158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417143.12/cwt139.00–145.0059716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2464125.00/cwt125.00–125.0058010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477131.35/cwt121.50–139.00627136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy486114.00/cwt114.00–114.005549
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510123.88/cwt112.00–127.0063225
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524110.00/cwt110.00–110.0057610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526126.61/cwt120.50–135.0066693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581122.76/cwt118.50–129.0071398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585111.00/cwt111.00–111.006497
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586114.50/cwt114.50–114.506717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620116.92/cwt115.00–117.5072526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned622124.97/cwt122.00–128.0077720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634133.48/cwt131.00–135.0084646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full647106.00/cwt106.00–106.0068612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned650119.00/cwt119.00–119.0077413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned654111.00/cwt111.00–111.007265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy662109.15/cwt105.00–112.0072327
Heifers—Medium 2-367688.00/cwt88.00–88.0059520
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Unweaned69093.00/cwt93.00–93.006429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2692123.00/cwt123.00–123.008518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned727107.44/cwt105.00–110.0078110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733124.00/cwt124.00–124.0090910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776129.36/cwt125.00–133.501,00418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned786115.00/cwt115.00–115.009049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800117.50/cwt117.50–117.5094017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full814110.00/cwt110.00–110.0089511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full99195.00/cwt95.00–95.009417
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2550128.00/cwt128.00–128.0070418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2607115.00/cwt115.00–115.0069811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007328
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675118.00/cwt118.00–118.007978
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-273890.00/cwt90.00–90.0066410
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 3-447834.00/cwt34.00–34.0016310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85144.50/cwt44.50–44.5037925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54047.50/cwt47.50–47.507321

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.