Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-03-20

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
902 head
746 vs last sale 1,648 372 vs year ago 1,274 · 29.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
10 vs last sale 15 22 vs year ago 27 · 81.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good. Extreme winds moved across the panhandle last Friday and continued into Tuesday, winds ranged from 30 to 60 mph sustained winds, and gusts up to 80 mph.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $367.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 98.76 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.
Average price
$367.00
7 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+23.71
vs TX average
+9.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541367.001,9857thin
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 sale7 hd
367.00
TX average4 barns · 149 hd
343.29
+23.71
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
+9.84
This barn, trailing median29 sales
465.76
−98.76
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
BullsAverage1,350145.001,9581thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,110141.501,5712thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,005136.761,3742thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,350145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,9581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,190139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,6601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,030143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,4781
CowsLean 85-90%1,005136.76/cwt135.50–138.001,3742
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800798245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9555
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750727238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7306
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,47411
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550541367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,9857
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850823268.18/cwt267.00–270.002,20720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6018
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850820253.79/cwt245.00–258.502,08117
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900894264.25/cwt261.00–264.502,362216
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650630279.45/cwt275.00–287.001,76124
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800760266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,02212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650645252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6253
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950949220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,08822
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650642319.21/cwt314.00–332.002,04943
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,6853
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550507327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,6586
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400356407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,44912
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568298.19/cwt270.00–307.001,69434
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700684310.32/cwt301.00–324.002,12344
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725265.18/cwt257.00–272.501,92339
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700697275.70/cwt272.00–276.001,92267
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400366390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,4275
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000956245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3425
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5772
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800758284.00/cwt284.00–284.002,15342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500450327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,1438
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000981251.50/cwt251.50–251.502,46744
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800785264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0726
SteersMedium and Large 1Full750–800785260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,0414

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.