Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2026-07-23

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jul 23
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
650 head
597 vs last sale 1,247 227 vs year ago 423 · +53.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
0 vs last sale 20 10 vs year ago 30 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate. The area is hitting triple digit temperatures all week and in much need of rain.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $438.16/cwt on 49 head, down $0.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits 27.61 against this barn's trailing median of $465.76.
Average price
$438.16
0.84 vs prior sale
49 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,389
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$180
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.15
vs TX average
+19.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564445.292,51116thin
Medium and Large 1-2536434.702,33133
One grade step is worth $10.59/cwt here — about $180 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

29 sales
516463411358median 465.7612/1802/2604/1606/1108/13
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 sale49 hd
438.16
TX average5 barns · 236 hd
418.00
+20.15
National average142 barns · 5,313 hd
419.04
+19.12
This barn, trailing median29 sales
465.76
−27.61
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,565204.203,1962thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,592162.902,5933thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,174162.331,9064thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,088161.961,7636thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,4884
HeifersMedium 1-2600–650601320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,9234
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550501335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6786
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900858321.50/cwt321.50–321.502,75854
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700681324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,2064
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350311635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,9759
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426418.74/cwt410.00–425.001,78417
Bulls1,565204.20/cwt200.00–210.003,1962
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174162.33/cwt160.00–167.001,9064
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,592162.90/cwt160.00–168.002,5933
CowsLean 85-90%1,086162.95/cwt160.00–165.001,7705
CowsLean 85-90%1,100157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,7271
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750733351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,5735
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700671356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,38917
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850805344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,76971
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750725336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,4363
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,5417
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450414537.28/cwt500.00–542.002,22446
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,22416
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600587341.32/cwt332.00–347.002,00416
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525373.18/cwt357.00–390.001,95942
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450423420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7773
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600591326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,92724
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600564445.29/cwt437.00–455.002,51116
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450434485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,1057
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600594405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,4065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,31428
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800769300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3075
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750726331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,40325
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8609

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.