Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. CME board closed in the red today, but negotiated cash fat cattle in Texas holding steady at 248.00. The thunderstorms predicted last weekend were spotty at best and did not bring the rain the drought stricken area had hoped for.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $489.79/cwt on 119 head, down $7.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 29 comparable sales and sits +24.03 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$489.79

▼ 7.38 vs prior sale

119 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$10.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.55

vs TX average

+1.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	498.69	2,763	19thin
Medium and Large 1	549	488.10	2,680	100

One grade step is worth $10.59/cwt here — about $83 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 sale119 hd

489.79

—

TX average5 barns · 291 hd

459.23

+30.55

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+1.44

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

+24.03

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	173.50	2,406	69

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	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,235	$2,916	7

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,144	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	471.83/cwt	470.00–472.00	2,675	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,610	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,129	7
Steers	Medium 2	700–750	744	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,589	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	3,268	314
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,624	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,726	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,871	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,417	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	361.10/cwt	359.00–368.00	2,994	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	340.65/cwt	340.00–344.00	3,039	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	351.76/cwt	344.00–356.00	2,899	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	371.23/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,818	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,323	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	493.66/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,152	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	782	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,369	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,352	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,438	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	498.69/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,763	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	360.52/cwt	357.00–362.00	2,318	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,975	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,265	7
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	501	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,628	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	783	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,819	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,430	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,942	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,744	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,709	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	398.56/cwt	385.00–402.00	2,324	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	376.76/cwt	376.50–380.00	2,362	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,929	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,268	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,202	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,291	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,524	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,346	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	2,985.14/head	2,700.00–3,500.00	2,985	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	267.38/cwt	260.00–275.00	2,484	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,387	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	2,406	69

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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