Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-01-23

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jan 23
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
855 head
540 vs last sale 1,395 75 vs year ago 780 · +9.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
15 vs last sale 20 10 vs year ago 15 · 66.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 65 vs year ago 70 · 92.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. CME live and feeder futures jumped mid week, with live cattle hitting over 200.00 mark.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $326.68/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 139.08 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.
Average price
$326.68
60 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+15.69
vs TX average
14.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560326.681,83060
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
516463411358median 465.7612/1802/2604/1606/1108/13
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 sale60 hd
326.68
TX average4 barns · 232 hd
310.99
+15.69
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
−14.26
This barn, trailing median29 sales
465.76
−139.08
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
BullsAverage1,500139.502,0931thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,448134.741,9512thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,090118.501,2921thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,7501thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,500139.50/cwt139.50–139.502,0931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,448134.74/cwt133.00–136.501,9512
CowsLean 85-90%1,090118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,2921
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450421377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,5877
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3504
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750705255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,79810
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700679274.62/cwt270.00–276.001,865101
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900897240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,15311
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570304.90/cwt297.00–306.001,73833
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500483315.62/cwt307.00–323.001,52424
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420340.79/cwt330.00–345.001,43119
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550544338.74/cwt332.00–344.001,84316
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350348420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,46217
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900858254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,17921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950932241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,24615
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629298.41/cwt290.00–300.001,87739
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700664259.20/cwt255.00–262.001,72159
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526306.19/cwt302.00–313.001,61165
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450431388.44/cwt380.00–390.001,67432
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650624270.10/cwt261.00–280.001,68545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450434282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,2245
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400362415.72/cwt395.00–425.001,50526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750737245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8065
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1002,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800799265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1178
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0358
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566322.30/cwt319.00–327.001,82444
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350306407.49/cwt405.00–409.001,24721

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.