Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher on limited comparable sales from last week. Stocker calves sold with a sharply higher undertone with anticipation of much needed rain in the forecast for the weekend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $497.17/cwt on 72 head, up $31.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 29 comparable sales and sits +31.41 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$497.17

▲ 31.41 vs prior sale

72 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$43.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.67

vs TX average

+6.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	518	537.00	2,782	6thin
Medium and Large 1	547	493.55	2,699	66

One grade step is worth $43.45/cwt here — about $83 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 sale72 hd

497.17

—

TX average4 barns · 201 hd

489.50

+7.67

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+6.34

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

+31.41

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$3,433	3thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	800–850	832	358.21/cwt	355.00–369.00	2,980	199
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,075	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	616.01/cwt	610.00–630.00	2,051	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	325.68/cwt	320.00–329.00	2,833	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,796	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,525	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	337.57/cwt	335.50–338.25	3,150	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	342.07/cwt	338.00–343.00	3,000	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,746	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	3,074	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	348.91/cwt	344.00–358.00	3,046	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	404.12/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,704	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	486.22/cwt	485.00–487.00	2,699	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	537.00/cwt	537.00–537.00	2,782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	734	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,675	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,522	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	259	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,884	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,686	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	750–800	766	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,451	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,527	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,279	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,225	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,063	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,948	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,527	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,501	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,071	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	351.34/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,256	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,500	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,068	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,280	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	359.24/cwt	358.00–360.00	2,644	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	371.57/cwt	366.00–378.00	2,523	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	521.04/cwt	515.00–535.00	2,173	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,833	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,288	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	637.83/cwt	635.00–640.00	1,984	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	499.26/cwt	490.00–502.00	2,277	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,877	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	757	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,491	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,109	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,898	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	2,735	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,345	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,613	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	437.06/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,295	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	393.50/cwt	393.50–393.50	2,782	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	303.45/cwt	301.00–308.00	3,119	17

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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