Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. Thunderstorms with the possible severe weather expected for the afternoon and into over night.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $501.67/cwt on 92 head, up $22.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 29 comparable sales and sits +35.91 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$501.67

▲ 22.55 vs prior sale

92 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,662

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$58.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.75

vs TX average

+26.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	513.67	2,685	73
Medium and Large 1-2	561	455.58	2,554	19thin

One grade step is worth $58.09/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale92 hd

501.67

—

TX average5 barns · 248 hd

470.92

+30.75

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+26.11

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

+35.91

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	1,733	176.95	3,067	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,163	152.57	1,774	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	150.00	1,928	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	650–700	676	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,710	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,390	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	487.58/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,531	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,316	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	447.08/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,280	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	487.57/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,589	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	386.46/cwt	384.00–401.00	2,848	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,422	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,067	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,506	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,974	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,925	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	410.05/cwt	395.00–422.00	2,739	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,558	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	525.67/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,728	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	304.78/cwt	300.00–317.00	2,917	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,285	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,020	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	428.99/cwt	421.00–440.00	2,741	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,301	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,363	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	416.00/cwt	412.00–425.00	2,147	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	549.26/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,148	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,476	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,960	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	344.02/cwt	343.00–345.00	2,456	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,834	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,276	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	471.05/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,228	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	418.74/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,324	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,643	67
Bulls	—	—	1,614	155.81/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,515	4
Bulls	—	—	1,742	173.42/cwt	170.00–175.00	3,021	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	152.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,774	2
Bulls	—	—	1,808	192.81/cwt	190.00–202.00	3,486	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,928	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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