Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher with limited test last week on steers. Demand remains good. Temperatures cooled off a little with thunderstorms in the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.13/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −70.63 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$395.13

15 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,232

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$19.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.60

vs TX average

−14.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	404.00	2,388	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	535	385.00	2,060	7thin

One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $328 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale15 hd

395.13

—

TX average5 barns · 344 hd

391.54

+3.60

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−14.17

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−70.63

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	1,948	192.50	3,749	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,382	169.02	2,335	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,236	164.45	2,033	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,154	155.81	1,798	7thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,367	$2,700	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,421	$2,450	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,750	1thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1Unweaned	600–650	607	351.29/cwt	345.00–353.00	2,132	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,368	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	358.82/cwt	358.00–359.00	2,820	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	408.42/cwt	392.00–425.00	2,112	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	355.02/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,439	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,733	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	388.64/cwt	380.00–402.00	2,231	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,136	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	345.95/cwt	342.00–350.00	3,017	101
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,445	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	331.26/cwt	328.00–335.00	2,587	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	479.53/cwt	465.00–487.00	1,841	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	383.81/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,142	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,251	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,953	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	165.23/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,011	5
Bulls	—	—	2,170	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	4,340	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,605	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	156.78/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,831	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,868	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,321	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	397.35/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,019	19
Bulls	—	—	1,725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,191	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,301	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	170.28/cwt	169.50–172.00	2,350	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	397.81/cwt	380.00–417.00	1,866	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,337	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	331.82/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,359	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,367	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,421	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,884	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	350.94/cwt	347.00–355.00	2,207	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,496	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,461	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,388	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,996	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,888	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,341	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,294	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,972	10

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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