Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Demand was good especially on conditioned yearlings available in the offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $478.21/cwt on 28 head, up $39.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 29 comparable sales and sits +12.45 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$478.21

▲ 39.98 vs prior sale

28 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$355

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

$78.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.07

vs TX average

+6.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	520.00	2,896	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	442.00	2,542	15thin

One grade step is worth $78.00/cwt here — about $355 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 sale28 hd

478.21

—

TX average5 barns · 272 hd

459.14

+19.07

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+6.09

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

+12.45

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	1,400	170.00	2,380	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	160.00	2,608	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,565	160.00	2,504	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	150.71	1,723	7thin

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,015	$3,048	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,380	$6,366	9

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,860	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,608	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,134	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,701	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,565	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,249	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,559	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,987	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	373.46/cwt	371.00–377.00	2,338	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,954	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,277	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,542	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	363.59/cwt	358.00–368.00	2,814	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,896	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	320.95/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,507	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,071	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,909	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,602	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,059	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	348.62/cwt	347.50–353.00	2,918	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,874	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,442	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,664	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	438.27/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,713	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,684	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,408	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,042	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,290	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	801	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,934	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,525	5,500.00/head	5,500.00–5,500.00	5,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,362	6,474.58/head	6,200.00–6,800.00	6,475	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	3,047.78/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,048	2
Bulls	—	—	1,400	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,380	2

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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