Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good. Offering included several lots of light weight stocker calves and a few loads of nice yearlings. Temperatures in the upper 90s all week with very little to no rain in sight.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $439.85/cwt on 68 head, down $8.93 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 29 comparable sales and sits −25.91 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.

Average price

$439.85

▼ 8.93 vs prior sale

68 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.14

vs TX average

−33.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	439.85	2,413	68

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale68 hd

439.85

—

TX average5 barns · 257 hd

450.00

−10.14

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−33.85

This barn, trailing median29 sales

465.76

−25.91

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,269	170.25	2,160	73

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)	1,250	$3,452	23

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1-2	800–850	820	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,640	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,561	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	793	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	401.90/cwt	399.00–419.00	2,761	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	455.19/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,804	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,366	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,642	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,541	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,675	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,511	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,000	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,091	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	3,025	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	467.95/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,195	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,837	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	688.03/cwt	660.00–715.00	2,167	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,453	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	246	759.56/cwt	740.00–765.00	1,869	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,646	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	553.60/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,309	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	649.40/cwt	585.00–660.00	2,305	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	543.81/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,333	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,158	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,799	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,489	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	344.93/cwt	338.00–347.50	2,504	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	532.80/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,179	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,199	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	239	671.45/cwt	655.00–675.00	1,605	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	537.76/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,043	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	423.09/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,204	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	185	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	1,425	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,375	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,374	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,308	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	186	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	1,311	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	452.11/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,116	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	600.24/cwt	585.00–630.00	1,951	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,064	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	452.62/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,308	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,003	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,205	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,452.17/head	3,400.00–3,500.00	3,452	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,269	170.25/cwt	170.25–170.25	2,160	73

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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