Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Area continues to be dry with triple digit heat.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.41/cwt on 96 head, down $3.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +14.03 against this barn's trailing median of $460.38.

Average price

$474.41

▼ 3.81 vs prior sale

96 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$61

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

$13.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.36

vs TX average

−3.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	485.09	2,606	22
Medium and Large 1	566	471.23	2,667	74

One grade step is worth $13.86/cwt here — about −$61 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $372.21, median $460.38 across 30 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 sale96 hd

474.41

—

TX average5 barns · 332 hd

468.05

+6.36

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−3.68

This barn, trailing median30 sales

460.38

+14.03

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	1,933	183.91	3,555	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,499	165.46	2,480	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	156.25	1,702	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,144	153.33	1,754	3thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	337.16/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,970	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	727	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,675	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	644	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,479	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,230	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,764	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	393.29/cwt	392.00–395.00	2,670	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,402	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,600	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,513	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,753	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	471.23/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,667	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,571	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,882	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	644	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,479	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	494	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,668	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,853	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,764	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,986	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,698	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,403	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,399	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,060	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	482.30/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,595	75
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,394	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	606.19/cwt	585.00–615.00	2,570	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,711	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,697	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	343.49/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,504	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	446.89/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,288	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,165	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	688	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,509	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,095	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	431.56/cwt	422.00–437.00	2,421	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	466.49/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,248	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	535.86/cwt	515.00–550.00	2,272	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	409.10/cwt	407.00–410.00	2,504	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	415.87/cwt	412.00–430.00	2,379	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,447	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,793	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	324.89/cwt	323.00–335.00	2,550	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,004	8
Bulls	—	—	1,933	183.91/cwt	180.00–190.00	3,555	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,248	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	156.25/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,702	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,928	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,670	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,502	166.21/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,496	28

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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