Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales for a market trend. Demand was good for the last sale of the year. Offering included several loads of attractive yearling steers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.00/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −20.76 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$445.00

13 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+47.38

vs TX average

+0.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	445.00	2,270	13thin

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 sale13 hd

445.00

—

TX average5 barns · 230 hd

397.62

+47.38

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+0.90

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−20.76

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	1,670	165.00	2,756	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	147.11	1,721	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,322	144.48	1,910	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,588	140.92	2,238	5thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$3,100	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,950	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,087	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,180	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,346	142.78/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,922	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	151.62/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,983	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,613	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	140.92/cwt	140.00–145.00	2,238	5
Bulls	—	—	1,670	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,756	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	142.15/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,717	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,324	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,270	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	378.37/cwt	367.00–385.00	1,971	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,928	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	422.34/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,564	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,133	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,007	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	329.25/cwt	327.00–330.00	2,051	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	338.30/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,763	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,381	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,896	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,237	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	742	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,300	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,451	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,022	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,820	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	154.56/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,720	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	703	378.50/cwt	378.50–378.50	2,661	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	729	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,267	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	874	317.99/cwt	316.00–320.00	2,779	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	714	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,213	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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