Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-04-10

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
276 head
1,411 vs last sale 1,687 217 vs year ago 493 · 44.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
17 vs last sale 0 12 vs year ago 5 · +240.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeder steers or heifers for a market trend. Receipts were heavily curbed by muddy conditions after the area received much needed rain/snow last weekend. Pastures have benefitted from the moisture and warmer temperatures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $328.50/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits 84.48 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.
Average price
$328.50
18 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$71
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+27.24
vs TX average
+11.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522335.001,7493thin
Medium and Large 1556327.201,81915thin
One grade step is worth $7.80/cwt here — about −$71 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

30 sales
475421368314median 412.9812/1802/2604/2306/1108/13
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $328.30, median $412.98 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 sale18 hd
328.50
TX average4 barns · 129 hd
301.26
+27.24
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
+11.95
This barn, trailing median30 sales
412.98
−84.48
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
BullsAverage1,755155.002,7201thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,485138.672,0603thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,322134.021,7718thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,101129.011,4215thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,580142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,2441
CowsLean 85-90%1,083125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3542
CowsLean 85-90%1,113137.52/cwt135.00–140.001,5312
CowsLean 85-90%1,115120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,080120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,306133.03/cwt130.00–135.001,7374
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1687
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750701250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,75310
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900888237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,10512
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550504351.01/cwt345.00–372.001,7699
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700655277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,8142
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500450352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,5844
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950940240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8443
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full800–850831226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,8789
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600550347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,9092
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450447402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,7978
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000991210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0815
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550548332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,8199
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8837
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426371.48/cwt370.00–375.001,58313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650647302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,9543
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500494370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8285
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0594
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650612327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,0016
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8186
Bulls1,755155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,7201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,423140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9923
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,9702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,7493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800775262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800753240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8077

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.