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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Feb 27

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Feb 13Feb 27Mar 6 →

Receipts

3,297 head

▲ 2,227 vs last sale 1,070▲ 2,341 vs year ago 956 · +244.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good after temperatures warmed up from last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $318.39/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −120.22 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$318.39

62 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,848

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$3.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.99

vs TX average

−29.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	318.89	1,869	54
Medium and Large 1-2	543	315.00	1,710	8thin

One grade step is worth $3.89/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale62 hd

318.39

—

TX average5 barns · 335 hd

326.38

−7.99

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−29.85

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−120.22

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $501.67, low $343.16, median $438.61 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,262	4
Steers	300–350	Medium 2	309	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	865	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,592	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,637	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,710	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	318.89/cwt	318.00–322.00	1,869	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,948	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	647	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,928	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	271.75/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,948	40
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	734	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,864	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,966	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	273.91/cwt	267.00–278.00	2,139	109
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	264.64/cwt	258.00–266.00	2,138	133
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,026	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	258.41/cwt	258.25–260.00	2,277	187
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	908	256.23/cwt	255.25–256.75	2,327	535
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	923	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,077	17
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	246.63/cwt	244.00–247.50	2,405	142
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,077	229.92/cwt	223.00–230.75	2,476	92
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	252	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	995	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,286	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	380	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,243	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	371.34/cwt	370.00–372.00	1,497	37
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,472	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	338.38/cwt	332.00–357.00	1,628	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	289.86/cwt	275.00–307.00	1,470	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	311.46/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,645	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	302.47/cwt	296.00–321.00	1,718	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	297.12/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,812	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Full	654	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,602	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,702	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	254.02/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,839	27
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	251.03/cwt	248.00–252.00	1,948	101
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,910	19
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	805	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,852	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	240.26/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,958	40
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	243.30/cwt	243.00–244.00	2,100	351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,213	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,627	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,496	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,626	6
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,813	24
Bulls	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,877	19

This sale against other markets

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.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX

Thu Feb 27, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Receipts 3,297Last week 1,070Year ago 956

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good after temperatures warmed up from last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	309	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	355.00	355.00
8	500–550	543	315.00	315.00
27	750–800	771	255.00	255.00
15	800–850	827	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	734	254.00	254.00
17	900–950	923	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	435.00	435.00
5	400–450	419	380.00	380.00
54	550–600	586	318.00–322.00	318.89
5	600–650	603	323.00	323.00
40	700–750	717	270.00–274.00	271.75
109	750–800	781	267.00–278.00	273.91
133	800–850	808	258.00–266.00	264.64
187	850–900	881	258.25–260.00	258.41
535	900–950	908	255.25–256.75	256.23
142	950–1000	975	244.00–247.50	246.63
92	1050–1100	1,077	223.00–230.75	229.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	647	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	380	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	805	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	252	395.00	395.00
14	300–350	324	397.00	397.00
37	400–450	403	370.00–372.00	371.34
11	450–500	481	332.00–357.00	338.38
18	500–550	528	310.00–312.00	311.46
76	550–600	568	296.00–321.00	302.47
22	600–650	610	280.00–303.00	297.12
26	650–700	657	259.00	259.00
27	700–750	724	251.00–256.00	254.02
101	750–800	776	248.00–252.00	251.03
40	800–850	815	238.00–245.00	240.26
351	850–900	863	243.00–244.00	243.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	446	330.00	330.00
13	500–550	507	275.00–307.00	289.86
19	750–800	786	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	654	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	452	360.00	360.00
6	500–550	542	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	360	337.00	337.00
8	400–450	437	340.00	340.00
5	500–550	507	295.00	295.00
24	850–900	880	206.00	206.00
19	1150–1200	1,173	160.00	160.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.