Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Yearlings not well tested. Demand was good. Thunderstorms in the area brought hail and much needed rain to the panhandle. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $445.13/cwt on 110 head, up $1.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 30 comparable sales and sits +32.16 against this barn's trailing median of $412.98.

Average price

$445.13

▲ 1.23 vs prior sale

110 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$21.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.31

vs TX average

+29.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	457.95	2,484	43
Medium and Large 1	554	436.91	2,420	67

One grade step is worth $21.04/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale110 hd

445.13

—

TX average4 barns · 193 hd

425.82

+19.31

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

+29.30

This barn, trailing median30 sales

412.98

+32.16

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	1,647	195.00	3,211	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,220	176.50	2,153	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,587	171.65	2,724	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	170.56	1,782	5thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1-2	500–550	533	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,782	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	449.04/cwt	432.00–457.00	2,393	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,326	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,558	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,784	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	559.41/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,103	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,285	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,588	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,430	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	605	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,753	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,734	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	528.84/cwt	525.00–533.00	2,792	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	291	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,008	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,620	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	472.99/cwt	471.00–478.00	2,866	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	542.26/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,587	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,455	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,439	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,017	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	625.48/cwt	615.00–645.00	2,302	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	536.18/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,952	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	506.54/cwt	475.00–520.00	2,087	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,422	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	579.22/cwt	540.00–595.00	1,894	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	426.57/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,470	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	451.31/cwt	433.00–469.00	2,342	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,915	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	402.78/cwt	387.00–410.00	2,505	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	504.09/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,158	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,678	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,450	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	492.69/cwt	482.00–505.00	2,276	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	171.95/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,773	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,775	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,929	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	174.98/cwt	174.50–175.50	2,612	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	2,153	1
Bulls	—	—	1,700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,400	2
Bulls	—	—	1,540	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,849	1

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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