Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was very good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $370.75/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits −42.23 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$370.75

75 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,144

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

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

$35.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.43

vs TX average

+10.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	386.40	2,254	42
Medium and Large 1-2	572	350.83	2,007	33

One grade step is worth $35.57/cwt here — about $247 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

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 sale75 hd

370.75

—

TX average5 barns · 446 hd

374.18

−3.43

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

+10.95

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−42.23

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	1,599	189.15	3,024	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,096	161.25	1,767	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	155.00	1,817	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,408	153.75	2,164	4thin

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 Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,126	$2,200	14

Every lot, as filed

42 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	450–500	476	416.44/cwt	400.00–436.00	1,982	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	443.95/cwt	442.00–452.00	1,922	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,047	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,879	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,759	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,139	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,749	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,336	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	497.63/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,841	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,536	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,258	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,806	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	377.06/cwt	372.00–390.00	2,485	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	592	382.13/cwt	379.00–400.00	2,262	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	347.95/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,324	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	350.83/cwt	340.00–363.00	2,007	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,470	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,184	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	388.37/cwt	382.00–389.00	2,785	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,357	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,103	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,788	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,662	2
Bulls	—	—	1,673	188.48/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,153	3
Bulls	—	—	1,666	198.81/cwt	195.00–200.00	3,312	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	2,580	128
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,984	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,510	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,868	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,126	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,179	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,712	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,174	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	370.27/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,140	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,367	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,853	21
Bulls	—	—	1,476	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,657	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,680	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,340	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,913	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,338	9

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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