Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-04-16

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 16
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,401 head
▼ 449 vs last sale 1,850▲ 1,401 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 26▲ 10 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 weighing under 800 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher; over 800 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Trade activity was fairly active on good demand. CME cattle futures struggled to start off the week but regained momentum throughout the sale closing in the green.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $119.88/cwt on 746 head.
Average price
$119.88
746 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$856
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$7.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.51
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2658122.21804238
Medium and Large 1759119.42907441
Medium and Large 2609114.6869967
One grade step is worth $7.53/cwt here — about $106 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 sale746 hd
119.88
—
TX average4 barns · 1,246 hd
131.39
−11.51
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—High1,63771.281,1664thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31352.506892thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92847.494412thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1345180.00/cwt180.00–180.006219
Steers—Medium and Large 1383180.00/cwt180.00–180.0068910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424142.78/cwt141.00–149.0060519
Steers—Medium and Large 1425180.00/cwt180.00–180.007658
Steers—Medium and Large 1484167.00/cwt167.00–167.0080816
Steers—Medium and Large 1516156.43/cwt155.00–158.0080719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530135.00/cwt135.00–135.0071623
Steers—Medium and Large 2543116.55/cwt115.00–119.0063328
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561138.00/cwt138.00–138.0077414
Steers—Medium and Large 2568120.00/cwt120.00–120.0068211
Steers—Medium and Large 1598134.00/cwt134.00–134.008018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606129.00/cwt129.00–129.0078220
Steers—Medium and Large 1627136.50/cwt136.50–136.5085615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663124.38/cwt118.00–125.5082591
Steers—Medium and Large 2665114.44/cwt108.00–118.0076117
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned668125.46/cwt121.50–129.0083813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725108.11/cwt105.00–110.0078443
Steers—Medium and Large 2733105.00/cwt105.00–105.0077011
Steers—Medium and Large 1763113.90/cwt111.00–114.50869209
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2863103.88/cwt102.00–104.5089620
Steers—Medium and Large 1894107.05/cwt104.00–107.3595766
Steers—Medium and Large 1-295989.00/cwt89.00–89.008548
Steers—Medium and Large 196396.15/cwt93.00–99.0092663
Steers—Medium and Large 11,00196.00/cwt96.00–96.009615
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2353142.00/cwt142.00–142.005015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364157.00/cwt157.00–157.005719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1406150.18/cwt141.00–154.0061031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426132.00/cwt132.00–132.0056210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467133.50/cwt133.50–133.5062311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474127.00/cwt127.00–127.006026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495130.00/cwt130.00–130.006447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515131.66/cwt128.00–135.0067817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525128.50/cwt128.50–128.5067512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537102.00/cwt102.00–102.005486
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581105.00/cwt105.00–105.006107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1596122.29/cwt122.00–123.0072917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1647115.50/cwt115.50–115.507473
Heifers—Medium and Large 264898.00/cwt98.00–98.006358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654110.50/cwt110.50–110.5072331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664110.00/cwt110.00–110.007307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full66587.00/cwt87.00–87.0057918
Heifers—Medium and Large 177099.41/cwt94.50–107.50765106
Heifers—Medium and Large 180892.82/cwt90.00–95.0075025
Heifers—Medium and Large 187995.93/cwt90.00–96.7584379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement907101.00/cwt101.00–101.0091623
Heifers—Medium and Large 194095.00/cwt95.00–95.0089332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1448174.00/cwt174.00–174.0078018
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583129.00/cwt129.00–129.007525
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2603124.00/cwt124.00–124.007484
Bulls—Medium and Large 177185.00/cwt85.00–85.006555
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,35361.60/cwt60.00–63.508332
Bulls——1,92080.96/cwt80.00–82.001,5542
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92847.49/cwt45.50–49.504412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31352.50/cwt52.50–52.506892

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.