Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate, following large declines in the CME cattle boards today. Colder temperatures and much needed rain in the forecast for the weekend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $341.79/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −123.97 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$341.79

50 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$45.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.49

vs TX average

−27.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	357.29	1,886	33
Medium and Large 1-2	552	311.71	1,719	17thin

One grade step is worth $45.58/cwt here — about $167 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 sale50 hd

341.79

—

TX average5 barns · 241 hd

332.31

+9.49

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−27.22

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−123.97

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

42 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 1-2	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	821	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,847	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	725	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,965	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	700	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,995	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,108	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,504	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,051	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,976	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	363.48/cwt	355.00–377.00	1,349	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,123	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	268.93/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,565	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,074	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,093	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	357.29/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,886	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	270.17/cwt	268.00–276.50	1,872	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,848	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	715	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,195	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,174	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,149	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,668	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	346.43/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,614	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,146	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,109	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	317.50/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,848	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	252.85/cwt	250.00–255.00	2,076	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	250.63/cwt	244.00–252.00	2,414	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	256.78/cwt	252.50–263.50	2,380	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	288.28/cwt	288.00–291.00	2,084	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,908	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,871	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,259	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	263.22/cwt	262.00–267.50	2,327	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,067	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,443	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,897	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,847	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,111	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	327.52/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,674	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,640	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,577	8

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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