Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Yearlings were not well tested in previous sale. Demand was light to moderate on stocker calves; good on reputation yearlings available in the offering. Triple digit temperatures and drought conditions continue to plague the area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.84/cwt on 27 head, up $0.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −75.54 against this barn's trailing median of $460.38.

Average price

$384.84

▲ 0.33 vs prior sale

27 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,993

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$243

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

$33.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.97

vs TX average

−3.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	403.40	2,130	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	510	370.00	1,887	15thin

One grade step is worth $33.40/cwt here — about $243 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $372.21, median $460.38 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 sale27 hd

384.84

—

TX average4 barns · 331 hd

369.87

+14.97

National average109 barns · 4,104 hd

388.41

−3.57

This barn, trailing median30 sales

460.38

−75.54

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	1,827	176.23	3,219	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,138	154.30	1,756	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	150.71	1,854	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,560	149.94	2,339	4thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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	350–400	379	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,516	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,385	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,953	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,541	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	151.15/cwt	150.00–154.50	1,800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	774	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,252	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	780	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,695	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,381	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,337	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	628	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,123	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,887	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	262.12/cwt	224.00–280.00	2,674	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	817	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,606	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	350.60/cwt	350.00–353.00	2,184	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	727	324.35/cwt	324.35–324.35	2,358	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	630	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,085	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,771	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,802	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,425	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	437.17/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,129	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	332.95/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,745	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	403.40/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,130	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,169	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	613	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,962	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,442	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,718	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,428	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,904	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	328.52/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,896	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,466	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,072	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	366.68/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,720	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,555	11
Bulls	—	—	1,725	182.45/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,147	2
Bulls	—	—	1,928	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,278	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	2,116	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,124	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,138	154.30/cwt	151.00–157.50	1,756	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	151.58/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,413	3

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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