Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good. Temperatures warming up and moisture in the area for the week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $278.18/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −134.79 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$278.18

54 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$26

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

$21.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.79

vs TX average

−26.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	287.77	1,596	30
Medium and Large 1-2	590	266.20	1,571	24

One grade step is worth $21.57/cwt here — about $26 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $328.30, median $412.98 across 30 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 sale54 hd

278.18

—

TX average5 barns · 659 hd

288.98

−10.79

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−26.46

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−134.79

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,797	144.37	2,595	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	124.51	1,541	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,093	122.60	1,341	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	122.00	1,851	5thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Bulls	—	—	1,788	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,503	3
Bulls	—	—	1,803	146.99/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,650	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	935	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,169	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	122.26/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,364	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,804	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,567	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,278	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,830	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	288.75/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,744	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	252.07/cwt	247.00–253.75	1,918	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	266.20/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,571	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	252	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	970	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,255	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	345.71/cwt	342.00–347.00	1,621	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,881	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,602	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	295.22/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,633	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,990	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,999	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,130	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,384	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	260.63/cwt	260.00–264.00	2,015	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,800	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	334.64/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,854	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,477	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	738	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	840	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,016	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	334.41/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,451	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,720	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	773	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,762	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,353	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,488	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,138	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,137	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,200	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	593	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,483	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	866	223.65/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,937	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	126.35/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,555	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	118.98/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,498	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,385	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,370	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,309	6

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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