Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales for a market trend. Demand was moderate to good. Offering included a set of reputation yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.50/cwt on 30 head, down $10.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −91.67 against this barn's trailing median of $449.17.

Average price

$357.50

▼ 10.28 vs prior sale

30 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.68

vs TX average

−45.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	357.50	2,051	30

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $343.16, median $449.17 across 32 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 sale30 hd

357.50

—

TX average5 barns · 396 hd

377.18

−19.68

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−45.86

This barn, trailing median32 sales

449.17

−91.67

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	128.29	1,633	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,523	125.00	1,904	2thin

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	128.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,633	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	762	343.50/cwt	343.50–343.50	2,617	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	786	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,358	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,892	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	306.62/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,048	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	406.14/cwt	405.00–407.00	2,104	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,718	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,349	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,137	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,683	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	782	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,033	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	756	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,268	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	323.21/cwt	319.00–337.00	1,684	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	386.58/cwt	377.00–395.00	1,581	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	357.56/cwt	332.00–410.00	1,137	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	373.23/cwt	365.00–382.00	1,758	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,937	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,901	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	419.37/cwt	390.00–445.00	1,355	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	352.13/cwt	350.00–358.00	2,071	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	724	302.66/cwt	300.00–310.00	2,191	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,489	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	341.04/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,572	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	311.87/cwt	311.00–315.00	1,996	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,223	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	420.34/cwt	415.00–427.00	2,060	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	334.49/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,114	8

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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