Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady on a light test. Demand was good for the short summer run of cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $382.22/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −83.54 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$382.22

90 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.40

vs TX average

+6.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	382.22	2,226	90

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

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 sale90 hd

382.22

—

TX average5 barns · 339 hd

365.82

+16.40

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+6.48

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−83.54

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	1,576	174.97	2,757	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,527	150.43	2,297	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,262	150.03	1,893	12

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)	1,200	$3,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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	—Light Weight	—	1,250	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,125	1
Bulls	—	—	1,520	170.90/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,598	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,555	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,246	80
Bulls	—	—	1,878	187.61/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,523	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	151.83/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,922	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,088	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	151.03/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,321	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,534	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	654	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,955	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,056	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,882	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,871	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,180	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,837	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,720	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	162.07/cwt	159.50–165.00	1,998	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	141.30/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,793	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,138	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,649	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,776	3

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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