Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2020-06-25

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 25
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,192 head
▼ 952 vs last sale 2,144▼ 348 vs year ago 1,540 · −22.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 22▼ 32 vs year ago 44 · −72.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers traded 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Trade activity was moderate on good demand. The panhandle had welcomed thunderstorms early in the week that benefited drought stricken pastures. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.44/cwt on 494 head.
Average price
$115.44
494 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$826
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$625
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$49.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.18
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1737117.86869392
Medium and Large 2482115.0055412thin
Medium and Large 1-2685109.0974781
Small 435868.002439thin
One grade step is worth $49.86/cwt here — about $625 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 sale494 hd
115.44
—
TX average4 barns · 1,551 hd
115.27
+0.18
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—Average1,53981.311,2514thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38964.198925thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59564.001,0211thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2422125.00/cwt125.00–125.005286
Steers—Medium and Large 1478147.54/cwt145.00–149.0070514
Steers—Medium and Large 1570131.30/cwt125.00–139.0074829
Steers—Medium and Large 2572119.00/cwt119.00–119.006816
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned634130.50/cwt130.50–130.508278
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned648125.00/cwt125.00–125.008109
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full656127.00/cwt127.00–127.008334
Steers—Medium and Large 1680135.77/cwt134.50–138.0092321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy694115.00/cwt115.00–115.007987
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2701125.00/cwt125.00–125.008766
Steers—Medium and Large 1707131.50/cwt131.00–132.0093020
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3724100.00/cwt100.00–100.0072410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned758118.28/cwt118.00–118.5089723
Steers—Medium and Large 1771132.82/cwt125.00–134.001,024154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2809121.50/cwt121.50–121.509836
Steers—Medium and Large 1837121.59/cwt120.00–124.001,01836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875114.18/cwt112.00–117.0099927
Steers—Medium and Large 1913117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0686
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 435868.00/cwt68.00–68.002439
Heifers—Medium and Large 2482115.00/cwt115.00–115.0055412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529124.20/cwt120.00–127.0065718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530128.50/cwt128.50–128.5068111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572120.37/cwt117.00–124.0068933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned621108.50/cwt108.50–108.5067411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634122.10/cwt120.00–124.0077430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned636116.00/cwt116.00–116.007384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2648114.00/cwt114.00–114.007395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677114.54/cwt113.00–118.0077510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full686110.00/cwt110.00–110.007557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692120.74/cwt120.00–121.0083615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738123.51/cwt116.00–124.00912162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy738111.61/cwt111.00–113.0082413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1798114.50/cwt114.50–114.5091440
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2804105.00/cwt105.00–105.0084418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820108.30/cwt106.00–109.0088834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy82086.00/cwt86.00–86.0070512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1857106.50/cwt106.50–106.5091337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy89295.00/cwt95.00–95.008479
Heifers—Medium and Large 190490.00/cwt90.00–90.008144
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584125.00/cwt125.00–125.007308
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-285690.00/cwt90.00–90.007707
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44577.62/cwt75.00–80.001,1222
Bulls——1,63385.00/cwt82.50–87.501,3882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24861.55/cwt60.75–62.507682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48365.95/cwt65.25–66.509783
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0211
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,2751

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.