Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-06-05

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 5
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,455 head
57 vs last sale 1,398 437 vs year ago 1,018 · +42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
3 vs last sale 12 76 vs year ago 91 · 83.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
7 vs last sale 12 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Several loads of heavy yearlings coming off of local pastures. Area received 1-2 inches last night and more in the forecast tonight. Slaughter cows and bulls 5 to 7 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.46/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 107.30 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.
Average price
$358.46
60 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.85
vs TX average
20.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567358.462,03260
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
516463411358median 465.7612/1802/2604/1606/1108/13
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 sale60 hd
358.46
TX average5 barns · 355 hd
351.61
+6.85
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−20.12
This barn, trailing median29 sales
465.76
−107.30
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
BullsLow1,593175.002,7872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,270150.281,9099thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,143146.001,6692thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,475141.502,0872thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,1252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$3,0452thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,550170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,6351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,269150.06/cwt147.50–151.001,9048
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,320140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8481
CowsLean 85-90%1,143146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6692
Bulls1,635180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,9431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,280152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,9461
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650622335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,08414
SteersMedium and Large 1Full450–500452427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,93210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full600–650643290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8654
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650639354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,26225
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400366425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5567
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750724285.91/cwt284.00–288.002,07042
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669315.81/cwt314.00–322.502,11355
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8725
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,8888
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700666286.77/cwt281.50–290.001,91052
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,87018
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500499358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,78629
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950908262.75/cwt262.75–262.752,38626
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000959283.10/cwt283.10–283.102,715252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1002,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0003,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2753,045.10/head2,800.00–3,300.003,0452
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768308.42/cwt294.00–313.002,36993
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,630143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,3311
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800788282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,2225
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700653286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,86811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450405450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8235
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950935284.19/cwt283.50–285.252,657178
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850840295.86/cwt291.00–300.502,48589
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800281.75/cwt281.75–281.752,25412
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567358.46/cwt350.00–366.002,03260
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,97610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000969235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2777
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750719313.64/cwt309.00–315.002,25531
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450400452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,81014
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900867291.34/cwt283.00–294.002,52643
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350343535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8355
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800791236.10/cwt224.00–248.001,86814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000974265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,5817

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.