Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-02-06

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Feb 6
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
383 head
▼ 500 vs last sale 883▲ 383 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 17▲ 2 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 were steady. Trade activity was light on moderate demand. Receipts were curbed by 3-5 inches of snow and freezing temperatures; moisture gives up to local wheat pastures.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.73/cwt on 195 head.
Average price
$129.73
195 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$849
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.16
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1656130.05853190
Medium and Large 1-2604117.507105thin
One grade step is worth $12.55/cwt here — about $143 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 sale195 hd
129.73
—
TX average3 barns · 653 hd
135.89
−6.16
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
CowsLean 85-90%Low94548.004541thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 1415181.34/cwt179.00–182.507539
Steers—Medium and Large 1490164.50/cwt164.50–164.508064
Steers—Medium and Large 1597154.50/cwt154.50–154.5092216
Steers—Medium and Large 1632142.00/cwt142.00–142.008976
Steers—Medium and Large 1664140.50/cwt140.50–140.5093311
Steers—Medium and Large 1733137.69/cwt135.00–138.001,00920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0343
Steers—Medium and Large 1825134.64/cwt134.00–135.001,11131
Steers—Medium and Large 1856134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1474
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1334160.00/cwt160.00–160.005348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1362163.50/cwt163.50–163.505925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1452150.50/cwt150.50–150.5068018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516137.73/cwt135.50–140.5071116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584125.11/cwt125.00–125.5073122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned604117.50/cwt117.50–117.507105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609123.50/cwt123.50–123.507524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635128.35/cwt128.00–129.0081520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655130.50/cwt130.50–130.5085525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725125.31/cwt124.00–128.0090812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773121.93/cwt119.50–123.0094326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1828119.00/cwt119.00–119.0098510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1929115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,06824
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2638136.00/cwt136.00–136.008689
Bulls—Medium and Large 1679136.00/cwt136.00–136.009239
Bulls—Medium and Large 1762116.00/cwt116.00–116.008845
Bulls—Medium and Large 1872100.00/cwt100.00–100.008727
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94548.00/cwt48.00–48.004541

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.