Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light test: A higher undertone was noted on feeder cattle. Demand was good. Markets regained last week's losses and cattle futures closed in the green. The majority of receipts were yearlings coming off of wheat.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.71/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −87.05 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$378.71

40 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+27.84

vs TX average

+13.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	378.71	2,031	40

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

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 sale40 hd

378.71

—

TX average4 barns · 136 hd

350.87

+27.84

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

+13.95

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−87.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,384	$4,475	10

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	300–350	346	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	744	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	490	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,127	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	986	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,352	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	738	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,771	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	784	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,811	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	275.71/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,850	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,407	103
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,868	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,384	4,474.57/head	3,900.00–4,900.00	4,475	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	719	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,625	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,088	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	248.36/cwt	248.00–248.50	2,111	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,856	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,949	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,210	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	276.85/cwt	275.00–283.00	2,107	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,941	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,702	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	397.92/cwt	382.00–402.00	1,902	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	329.80/cwt	307.00–337.00	1,837	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	878	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,976	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	261.84/cwt	260.50–265.00	2,328	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	312.20/cwt	294.00–317.00	1,976	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	234.72/cwt	233.50–236.00	2,157	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	255.76/cwt	246.00–256.25	2,445	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	299.48/cwt	298.00–301.00	2,171	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	342.79/cwt	333.00–346.00	1,817	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	354.63/cwt	350.00–357.00	1,993	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	385.70/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,040	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	278.11/cwt	274.00–282.50	2,264	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,267	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	257.00/cwt	256.00–257.25	2,406	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,311	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	246.94/cwt	246.00–249.00	2,082	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	661	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,785	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	244.14/cwt	239.50–246.75	2,451	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,185	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,799	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	13

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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