Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate. Offering included mostly Fall calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.53/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −85.44 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$327.53

97 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.79

vs TX average

−47.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	327.53	1,833	97

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

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 sale97 hd

327.53

—

TX average5 barns · 245 hd

323.75

+3.79

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−47.36

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

−85.44

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	1,225	145.00	1,776	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,363	137.80	1,878	2thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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%	—	1,363	137.80/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,878	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	511	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	817	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,614	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,827	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,999	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,101	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,236	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	342.34/cwt	328.00–360.00	1,801	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,288	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,454	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,390	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	315.89/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,857	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,496	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	300.67/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,048	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,034	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,267	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	373.32/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,280	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,363	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	406.81/cwt	402.00–420.00	2,067	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	783	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,412	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	369.29/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,725	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	416.24/cwt	415.00–417.00	2,015	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	321.54/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,325	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,101	19

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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