Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good. Recent rains have pastures greening up and in much better shape going into June.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $424.27/cwt on 82 head, down $5.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 30 comparable sales and sits +11.30 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$424.27

▼ 5.44 vs prior sale

82 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,295

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$66

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

$35.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+31.86

vs TX average

+19.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	430.30	2,281	68
Medium and Large 1-2	594	395.00	2,346	14thin

One grade step is worth $35.30/cwt here — about −$66 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $328.30, median $412.98 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 sale82 hd

424.27

—

TX average5 barns · 277 hd

392.41

+31.86

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

+19.51

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

+11.30

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	1,508	190.00	2,865	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,123	170.41	1,914	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,440	166.83	2,402	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,050	161.89	1,700	16

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)	1,000	$3,035	3thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls	—	—	1,508	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,865	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	170.41/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,914	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	166.83/cwt	165.00–168.50	2,402	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	168.66/cwt	166.00–170.00	1,692	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	161.75/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,721	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	152.54/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,653	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	468.61/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,202	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	3,152.38/head	3,100.00–3,200.00	3,152	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	467.94/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,714	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,004	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,436	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,172	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,691	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,703	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,661	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,184	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,302	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	430.30/cwt	422.00–440.00	2,281	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	436.95/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,333	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	506.85/cwt	475.00–542.00	2,387	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	398.57/cwt	375.00–435.00	2,352	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,604	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	900	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,346	14

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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