Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good after temperatures warmed up from last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.39/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −147.37 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$318.39

62 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$3.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.99

vs TX average

−29.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	318.89	1,869	54
Medium and Large 1-2	543	315.00	1,710	8thin

One grade step is worth $3.89/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale62 hd

318.39

—

TX average5 barns · 335 hd

326.38

−7.99

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−29.85

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−147.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	309	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	865	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	380	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,243	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	805	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,852	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,626	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,627	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,286	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,710	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,966	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,026	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,472	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,864	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	923	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,077	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,637	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,910	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,496	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,213	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	289.86/cwt	275.00–307.00	1,470	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,813	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,173	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,877	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	311.46/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,645	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,702	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	297.12/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,812	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	338.38/cwt	332.00–357.00	1,628	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	371.34/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,497	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	654	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,602	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	264.64/cwt	258.00–266.00	2,138	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	251.03/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,948	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	252	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	995	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	271.75/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,948	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	318.89/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,869	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	302.47/cwt	296.00–321.00	1,718	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	243.30/cwt	243.00–244.00	2,100	351
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	258.41/cwt	258.25–260.00	2,277	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	256.23/cwt	255.25–256.75	2,327	535
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,262	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	273.91/cwt	267.00–278.00	2,139	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	647	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,928	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	240.26/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,958	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,077	229.92/cwt	223.00–230.75	2,476	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	246.63/cwt	244.00–247.50	2,405	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	254.02/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,839	27

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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