Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good. High winds and dry conditions throughout the week for the area. Fires have started in the northern panhandle and Oklahoma.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.23/cwt on 64 head, up $31.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 29 comparable sales and sits +20.47 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$486.23

▲ 31.60 vs prior sale

64 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$5.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.63

vs TX average

−1.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	487.63	2,745	49
Medium and Large 1-2	562	481.67	2,709	15thin

One grade step is worth $5.96/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale64 hd

486.23

—

TX average5 barns · 361 hd

457.61

+28.63

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−1.12

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

+20.47

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	—	Low	1,505	175.00	2,634	1thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,506	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,392	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	700	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,380	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	892	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,453	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	738	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,362	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,324	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	574.81/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,437	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	392.08/cwt	387.00–397.00	2,682	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,523	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	442.78/cwt	437.00–458.00	2,666	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	382.80/cwt	369.00–388.00	2,909	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	487.63/cwt	484.00–495.00	2,745	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,078	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,759	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,700	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,022	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	525.89/cwt	525.00–527.00	2,545	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	360.97/cwt	359.00–365.00	2,985	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,380	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	423.19/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,289	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,342	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	417.10/cwt	412.00–430.00	2,377	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	372.07/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,381	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	488.29/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,134	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,066	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	350.01/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,373	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,573	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,436	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,156	11
Bulls	—	—	1,505	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,634	1

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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