Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate. Offering consisted of mostly Fall calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.75/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −78.01 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$387.75

81 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$58.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.14

vs TX average

−70.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	395.69	2,220	70
Medium and Large 1-2	574	337.27	1,935	11thin

One grade step is worth $58.41/cwt here — about $284 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

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 sale81 hd

387.75

—

TX average5 barns · 514 hd

390.90

−3.14

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−70.39

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−78.01

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,272	148.74	1,892	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,137	147.68	1,679	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,577	143.75	2,267	4thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,268	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	151.52/cwt	149.00–154.00	1,656	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,715	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,298	153.11/cwt	151.00–155.00	1,987	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,708	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	329.65/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,899	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,657	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	389.74/cwt	367.00–405.00	2,210	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,798	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,564	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,633	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,103	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	311.24/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,936	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	380.17/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,779	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,526	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,901	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	351.09/cwt	341.00–353.00	2,342	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	720	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,340	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,140	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	320.66/cwt	317.00–323.00	1,972	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,807	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	465.37/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,266	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	424.42/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,258	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	386.25/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,460	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,969	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	273.97/cwt	260.00–280.00	2,101	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,091	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,668	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	383.84/cwt	377.00–435.00	2,057	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	350.32/cwt	330.00–356.00	2,039	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	367.56/cwt	367.00–370.00	1,728	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	331.42/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,730	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	306.39/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,090	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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