Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was good despite the lower CME cattle board.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.34/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −65.42 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$400.34

22 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,276

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+26.85

vs TX average

+12.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	400.34	2,276	22

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 sale22 hd

400.34

—

TX average5 barns · 352 hd

373.49

+26.85

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+12.85

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−65.42

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	—	High	1,962	187.25	3,673	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,195	175.15	2,092	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,540	166.27	2,561	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	160.00	1,728	1thin

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,338	$4,051	2thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	750–800	763	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,487	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,165	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	369.95/cwt	369.00–371.00	2,316	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	390.42/cwt	377.00–401.00	2,077	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,484	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,955	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	944	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,483	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	378.03/cwt	366.00–385.00	2,170	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	400.58/cwt	397.00–405.00	2,339	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,091	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	317.70/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,100	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,838	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	333.18/cwt	332.00–334.00	2,349	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,728	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	166.27/cwt	165.50–167.00	2,561	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	178.63/cwt	178.00–179.00	2,149	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	168.20/cwt	167.00–169.50	1,981	2
Bulls	—	—	1,585	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,233	1
Bulls	—	—	1,868	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	683	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,233	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,020	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,796	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,127	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,776	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,554	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,349	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,994	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	906	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	323.39/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,649	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,184	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	372.16/cwt	368.00–376.00	2,423	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,835	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,208	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,771	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,755	45
Bulls	—	—	2,525	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	4,419	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	711	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,119	71
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	606	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,818	71
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,338	4,051.40/head	3,900.00–4,200.00	4,051	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	248.96/cwt	236.00–252.00	2,821	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	767	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,800	147

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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