Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-06-11

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,726 head
▼ 1,307 vs last sale 3,033▼ 1,454 vs year ago 3,180 · −45.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 0▼ 2 vs year ago 32 · −6.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifers sold mostly steady with instances 3.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Several loads of reputation steers coming off of local pastures were available in the offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.91/cwt on 1,029 head.
Average price
$123.91
1,029 head · 815 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,009
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$158
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$5.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.02
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2734125.54921185
Medium and Large 1834123.591,031835
Medium and Large 2637119.677639thin
One grade step is worth $5.87/cwt here — about $158 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 sale1,029 hd
123.91
—
TX average4 barns · 1,808 hd
126.93
−3.02
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—Average1,70279.961,36010
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,62065.001,0531thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16961.857234thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24760.7075711

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full486138.00/cwt138.00–138.006719
Steers—Medium and Large 1548147.00/cwt147.00–147.0080617
Steers—Medium and Large 1559143.00/cwt143.00–143.007999
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567129.00/cwt129.00–129.007316
Steers—Medium and Large 2580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007256
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615122.50/cwt122.50–122.5075312
Steers—Medium and Large 1624134.00/cwt134.00–134.008367
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628132.00/cwt132.00–132.0082917
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full646130.00/cwt130.00–130.008409
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned676119.00/cwt119.00–119.0080413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685129.00/cwt129.00–129.0088410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705130.00/cwt130.00–130.0091772
Steers—Medium and Large 1722127.65/cwt124.50–130.5092239
Steers—Medium and Large 2752109.00/cwt109.00–109.008203
Steers—Medium and Large 1762127.36/cwt123.00–129.50970100
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2781124.88/cwt123.00–125.2597547
Steers—Medium and Large 1819123.88/cwt118.50–127.001,015108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy820134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,103233
Steers—Medium and Large 1859119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0227
Steers—Medium and Large 1928114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,058134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2928107.00/cwt107.00–107.0099320
Steers—Medium and Large 1961106.71/cwt104.00–107.501,025128
Steers—Medium and Large 11,012104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,05223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367139.00/cwt139.00–139.005107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386144.17/cwt144.00–145.0055616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445133.50/cwt133.50–133.5059415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468134.00/cwt134.00–134.0062710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555120.00/cwt120.00–120.0066616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2556121.00/cwt121.00–121.006737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full577113.00/cwt113.00–113.006526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613122.00/cwt122.00–122.007487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625100.00/cwt100.00–100.0062516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned633112.50/cwt112.50–112.507129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634118.49/cwt115.00–120.0075125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full679105.00/cwt105.00–105.0071313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full70695.00/cwt95.00–95.0067116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714112.00/cwt112.00–112.008004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719107.53/cwt107.00–108.0077313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy75099.00/cwt99.00–99.0074318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779109.43/cwt105.00–112.0085263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838104.02/cwt102.50–105.0087223
Heifers—Medium and Large 187899.00/cwt99.00–99.008699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1943101.00/cwt101.00–101.0095243
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1403157.00/cwt157.00–157.0063314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479128.24/cwt126.50–130.0061429
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-270998.00/cwt98.00–98.006959
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64875.44/cwt75.00–77.501,2435
Bulls——1,75584.47/cwt82.50–85.001,4825
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15060.80/cwt60.00–62.506993
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22565.00/cwt65.00–65.007961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22565.00/cwt65.00–65.007961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22556.30/cwt55.00–57.506902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25561.26/cwt60.00–62.507698
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0531

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.