Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good, especially heifers going back to pasture or as replacements. Pastures are in great shape with scattered thunderstorms throughout the panhandle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $333.15/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −68.00 against this barn's trailing median of $401.16.

Average price

$333.15

43 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,062

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$26.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.57

vs TX average

−9.17 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	617	336.20	2,074	38
Medium and Large 1-2	633	310.00	1,962	5thin

One grade step is worth $26.20/cwt here — about $112 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 600–700 lb

29 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $453.31, low $349.30, median $401.16 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 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale43 hd

333.15

—

TX average5 barns · 170 hd

310.59

+22.57

National average112 barns · 4,370 hd

342.32

−9.17

This barn, trailing median29 sales

401.16

−68.00

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	—	Average	1,453	172.39	2,505	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,271	141.52	1,799	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	136.67	2,048	3thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,210	$3,328	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$2,773	2thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,967	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	2,086	2
Bulls	—	—	1,453	172.39/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,505	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	141.52/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,799	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,011	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,093	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,289	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,005	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,634	241
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	319.82/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	336.20/cwt	334.00–340.00	2,074	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	864	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,436	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	257.54/cwt	247.00–259.50	2,465	70
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	3,327.69/head	3,050.00–3,450.00	3,328	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,793	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,281	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,277	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	339.29/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,771	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,235	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,470	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	292.07/cwt	287.00–295.00	2,161	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	633	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,709	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	293.16/cwt	291.00–294.00	2,234	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,554	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,262	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,940	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,687	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	349.86/cwt	322.00–351.00	1,781	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	432.35/cwt	427.00–440.00	1,803	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,879	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,307	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	290.18/cwt	289.00–293.00	2,107	52
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,773.33/head	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	361.35/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,380	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	283.33/cwt	282.75–285.00	2,533	73

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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