Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Warmer temperatures for this time of year around the Texas Panhandle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $417.48/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −48.28 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$417.48

145 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,387

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+7.79

vs TX average

−13.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	417.48	2,387	145

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 sale145 hd

417.48

—

TX average5 barns · 706 hd

409.69

+7.79

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−13.15

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−48.28

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

33 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	723	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,437	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,919	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,187	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,960	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	253.33/cwt	253.00–255.00	1,751	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,264	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,940	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,792	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	339.22/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,093	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,201	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,941	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	403.37/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,114	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,079	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,011	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,884	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	440.95/cwt	432.00–450.00	2,372	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	734	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,253	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	690	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,270	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,950	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,083	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	314.61/cwt	295.00–327.00	2,014	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	390.29/cwt	390.00–392.00	2,455	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	495.85/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,321	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	394.40/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,818	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	547.14/cwt	540.00–565.00	2,117	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,669	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	412.35/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,388	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	480.81/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,087	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	374.42/cwt	362.00–385.00	2,130	36

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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