Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Offering included long time weaned cattle coming off of wheat.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $309.79/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −155.97 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$309.79

145 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$502

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$68.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.12

vs TX average

−32.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	318.94	1,799	105
Medium and Large 1-2	578	299.34	1,731	29
Medium and Large 2	519	250.00	1,298	11thin

One grade step is worth $68.94/cwt here — about $502 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $372.21, median $465.76 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale145 hd

309.79

—

TX average5 barns · 872 hd

303.68

+6.12

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−32.66

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−155.97

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,165	120.00	1,398	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	721	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,622	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	795	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,976	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	768	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,736	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	696	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,775	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	322.02/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,381	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,298	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,883	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,827	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,631	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,749	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,167	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	258.32/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,359	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,724	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,445	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,368	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,109	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	259.68/cwt	257.50–261.00	1,724	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	278.22/cwt	272.00–291.00	1,597	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	249.56/cwt	244.00–251.00	2,161	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,060	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,271	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,505	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	241.09/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,866	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	236.15/cwt	236.00–236.50	1,981	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	326.78/cwt	325.00–328.00	1,673	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,040	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,324	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,239	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,273	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	318.25/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,489	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	315.81/cwt	302.00–322.00	1,847	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	302.56/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,543	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,566	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,593	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	307.54/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,891	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,056	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	273.94/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,874	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,424	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	261.97/cwt	255.00–263.50	1,884	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,056	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	371.19/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,578	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	271.50/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,651	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,614	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	304.35/cwt	292.00–315.00	1,595	12

How this sale compares

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.

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