Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Offering consisted of a lot of unweaned fleshier calves that took large discounts compared to their counterparts, which is normal for this time of year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.09/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −70.67 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$395.09

60 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$45.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.86

vs TX average

−73.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	405.77	2,338	46
Medium and Large 1-2	563	360.00	2,027	14thin

One grade step is worth $45.77/cwt here — about $311 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 sale60 hd

395.09

—

TX average5 barns · 523 hd

396.95

−1.86

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−73.95

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−70.67

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

51 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,163	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,401	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,073	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	351.23/cwt	339.00–364.00	1,830	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	386.14/cwt	367.00–405.00	2,020	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	390.09/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,266	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,355	214
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	329.91/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,075	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	680	353.24/cwt	347.00–356.00	2,402	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	783	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,647	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	739	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,564	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,730	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,624	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,089	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,096	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,059	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	406.76/cwt	402.00–410.00	2,396	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	384.69/cwt	381.00–389.00	2,374	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	518	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,839	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	592	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,036	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	781	366.50/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,862	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	559	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,163	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	868	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,441	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,165	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,736	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	454.69/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,196	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,027	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,176	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,986	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,844	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	959	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	487.59/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,223	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,123	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	942	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,014	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	242	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,073	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	333.07/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,078	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,147	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,412	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,108	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	651	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,246	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,870	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	3,224	97
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	324.86/cwt	317.00–339.00	2,027	57

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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