Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good as we head into a holiday week with sales closed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.42/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −92.56 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$320.42

45 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,761

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$78

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

$4.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.28

vs TX average

−15.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	321.28	1,777	36
Medium and Large 1-2	536	317.00	1,699	9thin

One grade step is worth $4.28/cwt here — about $78 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale45 hd

320.42

—

TX average5 barns · 395 hd

337.70

−17.28

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−15.49

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−92.56

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	1,922	178.98	3,440	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,219	157.86	1,925	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,546	149.82	2,316	8thin

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	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$2,951	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1-2	500–550	536	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,699	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,177	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,665	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	278.77/cwt	278.00–281.00	1,935	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	300.95/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,438	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,793	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,782	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	295.83/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,766	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	379.11/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,013	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,529	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,241	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,727	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,087	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,223	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	143.81/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,774	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,204	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,951.00/head	2,600.00–3,250.00	2,951	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,262	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	328.83/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,243	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,230	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	425.53/cwt	402.00–447.00	1,966	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,019	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	275.70/cwt	272.50–276.35	2,426	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	817	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,043	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,212	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	371.56/cwt	357.00–385.00	1,750	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	293.25/cwt	293.25–293.25	2,759	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,001	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,611	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,878	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	162.17/cwt	159.00–162.50	1,951	26
Bulls	—	—	1,470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,499	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,320	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	150.51/cwt	150.00–154.00	2,315	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	151.65/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,888	9
Bulls	—	—	2,035	181.23/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,688	4

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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