Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good. Temperatures back in the 60s and 70s with chance of much needed rain going into the weekend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.64/cwt on 59 head, up $5.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 29 comparable sales and sits −11.13 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$454.64

▲ 5.08 vs prior sale

59 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$711

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$150.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.09

vs TX average

−23.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	505.00	2,550	4thin
Medium and Large 1	581	464.97	2,703	48
Medium and Large 2-3	518	355.00	1,839	7thin

One grade step is worth $150.00/cwt here — about $711 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale59 hd

454.64

—

TX average4 barns · 354 hd

447.55

+7.09

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−23.75

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−11.13

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	1,958	180.00	3,524	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,230	150.00	1,845	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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	—	—	1,810	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,168	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,845	1
Bulls	—	—	2,105	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	718	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,728	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,195	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,145	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	419.54/cwt	417.00–435.00	2,240	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	455.68/cwt	452.00–457.00	2,670	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	218	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,602	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,571	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,134	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,318	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	1,608.58/head	1,550.00–1,660.00	1,609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	168	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	445.92/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,163	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,408	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	481.21/cwt	475.00–482.00	2,050	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,356	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,408	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	398.14/cwt	391.00–401.00	2,660	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,189	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	361.32/cwt	360.00–363.00	2,847	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	363.56/cwt	362.00–370.00	2,436	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,839	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,884	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	336.91/cwt	335.00–338.50	3,143	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,060	90
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	389.46/cwt	377.00–395.00	2,247	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,243	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,214	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	539.47/cwt	535.00–540.00	2,287	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,550	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	355.56/cwt	355.00–356.00	2,958	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,341	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	456.55/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,694	21

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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