Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady; instances 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.57/cwt on 157 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −87.40 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$325.57

157 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$69

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

$17.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.62

vs TX average

−8.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	339.49	1,782	29
Medium and Large 1	574	322.42	1,851	128

One grade step is worth $17.07/cwt here — about −$69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

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 sale157 hd

325.57

—

TX average4 barns · 343 hd

323.95

+1.62

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−8.69

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−87.40

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	1,933	169.89	3,284	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	141.37	1,733	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	136.36	1,390	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,412	133.33	1,882	6thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$2,420	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,224	$2,202	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,826	5

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	785	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,033	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,416	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,979	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,917	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	320.72/cwt	311.00–325.00	2,117	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	331.31/cwt	317.00–342.00	1,908	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,723	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	327.72/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,783	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,370	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,112	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,859	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	877	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,017	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,238	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,008	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,020	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,084	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	451.47/cwt	437.00–470.00	1,878	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,619	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,640	3
Bulls	—	—	1,840	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,220	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	149.01/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,904	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,151	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,362	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	346.86/cwt	346.00–350.00	1,991	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	305.70/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,953	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,016	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,739	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	2,415	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,019	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	314.20/cwt	309.00–318.00	1,951	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	321.38/cwt	302.00–332.00	1,864	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,865	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,073	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,827	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	339.49/cwt	339.00–342.00	1,782	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,865	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,420.04/head	2,350.00–2,500.00	2,420	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,224	2,201.63/head	2,150.00–2,300.00	2,202	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	803	278.50/cwt	278.50–278.50	2,236	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,825.60/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,826	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,904	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,840	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,523	5
Bulls	—	—	1,980	167.33/cwt	165.00–170.00	3,313	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	141.69/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,729	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	737	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,599	10

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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