Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 1.00 to 4.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.73/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −68.04 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$397.73

44 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.43

vs TX average

−24.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	400.00	2,340	40
Medium and Large 1-2	578	375.00	2,168	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale44 hd

397.73

—

TX average5 barns · 387 hd

385.30

+12.43

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−24.92

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−68.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

35 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	300–350	330	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,568	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	322.55/cwt	300.00–337.00	2,393	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,168	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,340	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,975	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,890	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	840	311.33/cwt	307.00–320.00	2,615	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	752	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,512	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	737	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,469	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,028	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,007	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,808	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,200	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	408.50/cwt	395.00–440.00	1,736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,224	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,931	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	362.66/cwt	359.00–372.00	2,415	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,904	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,697	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,341	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	324.29/cwt	317.00–332.00	2,037	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,011	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,013	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,165	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	262	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,890	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	553.97/cwt	535.00–557.00	2,022	29

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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