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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 3

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,687 head

▲ 424 vs last sale 1,263▲ 253 vs year ago 1,434 · +17.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 1▲ 5 vs year ago 5 · +100.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate, following large declines in the CME cattle boards today. Colder temperatures and much needed rain in the forecast for the weekend.

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 $341.79/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −96.82 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$341.79

50 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$45.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.49

vs TX average

−27.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	357.29	1,886	33
Medium and Large 1-2	552	311.71	1,719	17thin

One grade step is worth $45.58/cwt here — about $167 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale50 hd

341.79

—

TX average5 barns · 241 hd

332.31

+9.49

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−27.22

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−96.82

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

42 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	283	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,259	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,577	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,668	16
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,871	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,504	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	357.29/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,886	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,051	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,109	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	700	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,995	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	715	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,195	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	288.28/cwt	288.00–291.00	2,084	75
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,146	8
Steers	800–850	Medium 1-2	821	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,847	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	263.22/cwt	262.00–267.50	2,327	270
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	256.78/cwt	252.50–263.50	2,380	68
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	250.63/cwt	244.00–252.00	2,414	102
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,067	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,443	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	284	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,093	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	363.48/cwt	355.00–377.00	1,349	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,640	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	346.43/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,614	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	327.52/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,674	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	317.50/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,848	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	268.93/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,565	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,847	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	270.17/cwt	268.00–276.50	1,872	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,848	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	725	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,965	56
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,908	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	252.85/cwt	250.00–255.00	2,076	149
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,074	13
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,111	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,108	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	937	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,174	12
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,149	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,619	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,897	10
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	881	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,123	7
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,074	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,976	8

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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,687Last week 1,263Year ago 1,434

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 1Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
8	800–850	821	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	650	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	700	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	524	287.00	287.00
7	550–600	591	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	445.00	445.00
8	350–400	371	425.00	425.00
16	400–450	400	417.00	417.00
8	450–500	486	385.00	385.00
33	500–550	528	350.00–365.00	357.29
14	600–650	622	339.00	339.00
75	700–750	723	288.00–291.00	288.28
8	750–800	769	279.00	279.00
270	850–900	884	262.00–267.50	263.22
68	900–950	927	252.50–263.50	256.78
102	950–1000	963	244.00–252.00	250.63
20	1050–1100	1,067	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	715	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	700–750	725	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	284	385.00	385.00
5	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
12	550–600	582	260.00–282.00	268.93
13	800–850	843	246.00	246.00
14	850–900	871	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	371	355.00–377.00	363.48
14	400–450	413	397.00	397.00
20	450–500	466	340.00–350.00	346.43
13	500–550	511	320.00–331.00	327.52
87	550–600	582	305.00–340.00	317.50
29	600–650	622	297.00	297.00
31	650–700	693	268.00–276.50	270.17
69	700–750	719	257.00	257.00
20	750–800	763	250.00	250.00
149	800–850	821	250.00–255.00	252.85
8	850–900	858	246.00	246.00
12	900–950	937	232.00	232.00
15	950–1000	977	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	392.00	392.00
10	500–550	510	372.00	372.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	881	241.00	241.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,074	184.00	184.00

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.