Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Demand was good after sales were closed for the holidays. Temperatures remain mild with scattered thunderstorms.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $370.52/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −95.24 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$370.52

23 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,065

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$72.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.43

vs TX average

−8.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	392.63	2,165	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	571	320.00	1,827	7thin

One grade step is worth $72.63/cwt here — about $338 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 500–600 lb

29 sales

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 sale23 hd

370.52

—

TX average4 barns · 110 hd

374.95

−4.43

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−8.61

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−95.24

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	—	Low	1,795	178.67	3,207	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,325	166.09	2,201	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	165.00	1,650	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,555	155.99	2,425	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$3,525	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,839	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,109	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	456.54/cwt	455.00–457.50	1,968	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	354.17/cwt	347.50–371.00	1,714	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,489	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	788	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,403	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	360.86/cwt	360.00–362.00	2,248	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,265	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,295	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,934	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,020	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	310.25/cwt	305.00–313.00	2,072	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	730	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,971	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	166.09/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,201	2
Bulls	—	—	2,335	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,970	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,650	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,288	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,648	160.87/cwt	160.75–161.00	2,651	2
Bulls	—	—	1,525	183.00/cwt	181.00–185.00	2,791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,247	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,021	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,827	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,191	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	722	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,884	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,486	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,479	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,828	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,034	285.10/cwt	285.10–285.10	2,948	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,535	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,504	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,827	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,342	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	626	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	723	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,198	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	154.74/cwt	153.00–156.00	2,324	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,053	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,722	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,252	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,525.00/head	3,525.00–3,525.00	3,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,582	14

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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