Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. High winds with fire warnings expected tomorrow. Slaughter cows were steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $350.43/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −109.95 against this barn's trailing median of $460.38.

Average price

$350.43

45 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,961

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$56.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.54

vs TX average

−8.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	375.58	2,067	25
Medium and Large 1-2	571	319.00	1,821	20

One grade step is worth $56.58/cwt here — about $245 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

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $372.21, median $460.38 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 sale45 hd

350.43

—

TX average5 barns · 252 hd

335.90

+14.54

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−8.24

This barn, trailing median30 sales

460.38

−109.95

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	—	Low	1,778	147.50	2,622	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	133.80	2,142	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	126.29	1,339	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,280	125.00	1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,121	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	306.77/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,779	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	378.20/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,046	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	365.39/cwt	360.00–372.00	1,575	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,701	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	259.31/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,872	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,670	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	246.78/cwt	245.75–253.00	2,394	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	301.55/cwt	292.00–310.00	1,870	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,821	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	275.40/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,564	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	662	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,768	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,559	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	617	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,512	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,160	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,707	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,795	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	245.94/cwt	245.50–246.50	2,066	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,038	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	256.41/cwt	255.00–259.00	2,103	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	277.22/cwt	275.00–282.00	2,051	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,837	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	758	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,781	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	126.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,339	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	133.80/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,142	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,600	1
Bulls	—	—	2,025	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,936	1
Bulls	—	—	1,530	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,903	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,436	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,916	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	807	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,775	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,008	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,097	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,662	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	256.30/cwt	256.25–256.50	2,032	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,846	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,783	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	263.88/cwt	261.50–265.00	2,169	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,594	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	259.25/cwt	257.50–262.00	2,292	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,546	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	287.47/cwt	286.00–293.00	2,058	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	297.29/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,715	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	304.08/cwt	295.00–312.00	2,001	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,026	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	794	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,906	7

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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