Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-09-04

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Sep 4
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
588 head
544 vs last sale 1,132 30 vs year ago 558 · +5.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
68 vs last sale 77 22 vs year ago 31 · 71.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
35 vs last sale 40 48 vs year ago 53 · 90.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough feeder steers or heifers for a market trend, but markets seemed to hold firm despite CME feeder cattle board closing in the red. Demand remains good. Temperatures hit near triple digits with a much needed rain and cool down in the forecast for the weekend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.28/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 14 of 30 comparable sales and sits 14.69 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.
Average price
$398.28
77 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.77
vs TX average
+26.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551408.422,25155
Medium and Large 1-2558372.952,08022
One grade step is worth $35.46/cwt here — about $170 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

30 sales
475421368314median 412.9812/1802/2604/2306/1108/13
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 sale77 hd
398.28
TX average5 barns · 248 hd
386.52
+11.77
National average145 barns · 7,681 hd
371.51
+26.77
This barn, trailing median30 sales
412.98
−14.69
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,787180.033,2184thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216170.522,0735thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$3,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$2,5002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,205$2,2501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,105$2,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%1,191169.65/cwt168.50–171.002,0214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,315174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,2881
Bulls1,905185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,5241
Bulls1,748178.37/cwt175.00–180.003,1183
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full700–750730335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,44613
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400398535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,1292
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,18312
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460513.67/cwt495.00–525.002,36344
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600597410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4487
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650607417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,53114
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700653366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,39015
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600597379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,26323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1052,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0503,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900880310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,72820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600599410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4564
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450402550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,2118
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750700377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,63911
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550534440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,3506
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650635372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,3626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,9729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,15613
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,55015
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400361495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7874
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700346.61/cwt342.00–355.002,42631
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431488.61/cwt482.00–497.002,10671
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518429.56/cwt425.00–442.002,22532
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,2606
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528434.19/cwt425.00–452.002,29318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650605360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1788
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700652390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,54319
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521505.64/cwt470.00–525.002,63434
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2052,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5002
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700691349.03/cwt340.00–355.002,41215
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650614410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5174
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500450470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,1152
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600563370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0836

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.