Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Demand was good for heavy yearlings coming off of wheat pastures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.26/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −65.72 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$347.26

44 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$20.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.76

vs TX average

+6.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	350.53	1,831	37
Medium and Large 1-2	531	330.00	1,752	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.53/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale44 hd

347.26

—

TX average4 barns · 146 hd

332.50

+14.76

National average161 barns · 10,769 hd

340.92

+6.34

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−65.72

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	152.00	1,528	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,245	140.00	1,743	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,575	140.00	2,205	1thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,376	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	353.22/cwt	352.00–355.00	1,833	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	944	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,624	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,098	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,305	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,357	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,743	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,205	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	907	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,177	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	598	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,087	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	538	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,937	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,215	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	352.48/cwt	330.00–380.00	1,854	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	288.87/cwt	285.00–289.10	2,689	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,065	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	770	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,156	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	370.65/cwt	362.00–382.00	2,135	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,752	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,220	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	798	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,075	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,895	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	899	283.75/cwt	283.75–283.75	2,551	236
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,073	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,579	37

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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