Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.77/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −139.00 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$326.77

73 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$84.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.36

vs TX average

−37.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	363.58	1,912	26
Medium and Large 1-2	551	334.99	1,845	23
Medium and Large 2	560	279.00	1,562	24

One grade step is worth $84.58/cwt here — about $350 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale73 hd

326.77

—

TX average5 barns · 442 hd

331.12

−4.36

National average170 barns · 13,177 hd

363.98

−37.21

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−139.00

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	—	High	1,489	145.00	2,159	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,288	130.00	1,674	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,527	129.94	1,984	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,115	126.29	1,408	4thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 and Large 1-2	450–500	489	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,697	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	279.39/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,861	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	854	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,212	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,165	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	543	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,857	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	261.00/cwt	258.50–263.50	2,031	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	330.49/cwt	310.00–347.00	1,738	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,656	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,939	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	320.45/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,647	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,117	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,435	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	730	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,102	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,014	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	284.13/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,668	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	300.16/cwt	298.00–306.50	2,173	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	424.29/cwt	415.00–427.00	1,752	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	128.39/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,515	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	920	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,104	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,147	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,905	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,674	3
Bulls	—	—	2,010	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	3,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,249	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,776	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,783	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	270.32/cwt	267.25–274.50	2,333	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,813	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	627	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,220	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	673	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,218	159
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,562	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,623	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,615	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,693	8
Bulls	—	—	1,415	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,981	1
Bulls	—	—	1,485	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,153	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,045	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	488	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,610	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	524	231.00/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,210	11
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	597	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,493	12

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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