Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales on steers or heifers due to last weeks light test, but a higher undertone was noted despite the CME feeder and live cattle contracts trading sharply lower. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady. Trading activity was active on good buyer demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.22/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −57.76 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$355.22

82 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$17.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.85

vs TX average

+7.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	358.00	2,036	69
Medium and Large 1-2	534	340.46	1,818	13thin

One grade step is worth $17.54/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale82 hd

355.22

—

TX average5 barns · 226 hd

358.07

−2.85

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

+7.72

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−57.76

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	1,853	187.05	3,466	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	149.90	1,774	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	148.35	1,454	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,473	145.64	2,145	3thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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	500–550	534	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,976	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,063	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	399.33/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,037	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	419.91/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,053	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	367.16/cwt	359.50–375.00	2,309	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	400.59/cwt	392.00–405.00	2,239	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,567	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,315	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	348.78/cwt	347.00–350.00	2,183	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	324.08/cwt	317.00–327.00	2,194	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,422	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,705	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	746	328.19/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,448	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,581	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,379	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	151.82/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,849	8
Bulls	—	—	1,853	187.05/cwt	180.00–190.00	3,466	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	840	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,176	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	152.52/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,601	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	145.64/cwt	145.00–147.00	2,145	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,114	146.07/cwt	145.00–147.00	1,627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,422	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,600	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,009	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,818	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,041	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	3,008	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	314.41/cwt	314.00–327.00	2,393	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,263	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750–800	765	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,410	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,007	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,266	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,056	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,656	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,697	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,815	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,974	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	747	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,450	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,138	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,205	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,993	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	333.52/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,848	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	403.82/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,918	19

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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