Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Demand was good. Pastures remain in good shape after ample rain and seasonal temperatures in the 90s.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.12/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −80.64 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$385.12

69 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$151

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

$1.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.01

vs TX average

+12.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	385.42	2,166	56
Medium and Large 1-2	525	383.85	2,015	13thin

One grade step is worth $1.57/cwt here — about $151 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale69 hd

385.12

—

TX average4 barns · 250 hd

364.12

+21.01

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+12.69

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−80.64

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	1,887	171.67	3,239	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	162.80	1,717	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	158.77	2,062	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,498	154.17	2,309	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
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,050	$2,000	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	—	—	1,770	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,921	1
Bulls	—	—	1,945	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,404	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,306	157.49/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,057	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	156.26/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,250	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	156.90/cwt	156.00–158.00	1,738	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	165.75/cwt	164.00–168.00	1,704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,515	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	385.42/cwt	385.00–386.00	2,166	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	340.23/cwt	337.00–344.00	2,456	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	310.48/cwt	305.00–317.00	2,254	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,894	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,188	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,012	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,070	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	316.32/cwt	315.00–317.00	1,930	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,744	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,729	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,549	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,926	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,949	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	685	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,137	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,298	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,949	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,615	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,412	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	777	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,378	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,827	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,005	9
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	696	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,385	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	808	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,424	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	460.10/cwt	430.00–487.00	1,965	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,138	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,996	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	165.72/cwt	165.00–166.50	2,101	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,995	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,420	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	441	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,103	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	710	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	533	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,439	20

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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