Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2023-06-01

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
407 head
▼ 704 vs last sale 1,111▼ 417 vs year ago 824 · −50.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 70▼ 155 vs year ago 165 · −93.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good. Receipts were curbed due to heavy rainfall.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $248.66/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$248.66
140 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,435
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.00
vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558257.821,43997
Medium and Large 1-2620227.981,41343
One grade step is worth $29.85/cwt here — about $26 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 sale140 hd
248.66
—
TX average4 barns · 818 hd
220.66
+28.00
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—Average1,765118.212,0864thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,228100.001,2282thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2298265.00/cwt265.00–265.007902
Steers—Medium and Large 1325315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0247
Steers—Medium and Large 1381312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,1895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2405272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1027
Steers—Medium and Large 1429289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,24028
Steers—Medium and Large 1473250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1832
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2173
Steers—Medium and Large 1506289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4629
Steers—Medium and Large 1579238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,3785
Steers—Medium and Large 1604237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4315
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,52911
Steers—Medium and Large 1746214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,59629
Steers—Medium and Large 1763210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2763205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,56415
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341240.00/cwt240.00–240.008184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393212.00/cwt212.00–212.008336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414228.59/cwt215.00–234.0094622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,12234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,14812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2729182.76/cwt181.00–186.001,33226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,44812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2449240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,07810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2554213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1806
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,640116.42/cwt115.00–118.001,9092
Bulls——1,890120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,2682
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2282

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.