Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent sale for a market trend. Demand was good. Feeder cattle and live cattle boards have closed in the red most of the week, and negotiated cash fat cattle trading 10.00-11.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $370.39/cwt on 73 head, down $74.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 31 comparable sales and sits −42.20 against this barn's trailing median of $412.59.

Average price

$370.39

▼ 74.74 vs prior sale

73 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,023

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.88

vs TX average

−25.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	370.39	2,023	73

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $328.30, median $412.59 across 31 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 sale73 hd

370.39

—

TX average5 barns · 254 hd

379.27

−8.88

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−25.66

This barn, trailing median31 sales

412.59

−42.20

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	1,722	183.43	3,158	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	165.00	2,071	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,110	160.00	1,776	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,620	158.33	2,565	3thin

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
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	918	$2,365	14

Every lot, as filed

51 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	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,236	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,071	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,520	2
Bulls	—	—	1,770	195.14/cwt	190.00–200.00	3,454	2
Bulls	—	—	1,625	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,600	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,651	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,776	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,015	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,953	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,134	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,256	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,973	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	380.44/cwt	375.00–399.00	2,039	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,241	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,558	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	173	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,107	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	594.38/cwt	525.00–605.00	1,795	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,490	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,232	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	297.46/cwt	295.00–302.00	2,148	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,349	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	367.73/cwt	357.00–372.00	2,137	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	1,986	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	258	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	354.29/cwt	348.00–363.00	2,182	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	818	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,569	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	484.34/cwt	450.00–492.00	2,596	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	362.48/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,244	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	349.20/cwt	345.00–351.00	2,427	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	482.52/cwt	457.00–497.00	2,292	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	439.86/cwt	432.00–455.00	1,887	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,858	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	813	349.75/cwt	349.75–349.75	2,843	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	583	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,953	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	618	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,083	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	196	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	1,411	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,246	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,102	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	711	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,446	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	334.27/cwt	331.00–336.00	2,076	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,216	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,208	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	329.88/cwt	320.00–357.00	1,524	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,788	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	2,365.35/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,365	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,006	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,213	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	264	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,531	4

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages

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