Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate. Unseasonably warm temperatures for the week and area remains dry.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.14/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −87.62 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$378.14

66 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,058

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.98

vs TX average

−46.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	378.14	2,058	66

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

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 sale66 hd

378.14

—

TX average5 barns · 335 hd

370.17

+7.98

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−46.73

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−87.62

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,830	150.00	2,745	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	145.00	1,668	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,035	140.51	1,454	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,275	$2,498	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,256	$2,666	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$2,350	2thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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	—	—	1,830	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,745	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,668	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	747	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,585	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	876	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,672	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,869	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,969	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	384.93/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,156	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	329.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,696	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,350.00/head	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,350	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,221	2,703.51/head	2,500.00–3,000.00	2,704	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,500	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,978	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,477	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	334.73/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,136	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,257	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,003	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,052	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,124	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	704	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,196	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	768	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,365	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	691	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,073	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,218	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	294.97/cwt	288.00–310.00	2,018	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,836	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,614	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,498.04/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,133	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,607	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	326.49/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,828	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	650	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,905	5

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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