Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-06-05

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 5
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,455 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 1,398▲ 437 vs year ago 1,018 · +42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 12▼ 76 vs year ago 91 · −83.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 12▲ 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Several loads of heavy yearlings coming off of local pastures. Area received 1-2 inches last night and more in the forecast tonight. Slaughter cows and bulls 5 to 7 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $358.46/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 4 of 32 comparable sales and sits −80.15 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$358.46
60 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.85
vs TX average
−20.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567358.462,03260
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale60 hd
358.46
—
TX average5 barns · 355 hd
351.61
+6.85
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
−20.12
This barn, trailing median32 sales
438.61
−80.15
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
516453391329median 438.6103/0505/0707/1609/1010/29
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.

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
Bulls—Low1,593175.002,7872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,270150.281,9099thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,143146.001,6692thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,475141.502,0872thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$2,1252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$3,1501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$3,0452thin

Every lot

41 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8355
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1400452.50/cwt452.50–452.501,81014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full452427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,93210
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,97610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567358.46/cwt350.00–366.002,03260
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy622335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,08414
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1639354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,26225
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669315.81/cwt314.00–322.502,11355
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1719313.64/cwt309.00–315.002,25531
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768308.42/cwt294.00–313.002,36993
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1840295.86/cwt291.00–300.502,48589
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1867291.34/cwt283.00–294.002,52643
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935284.19/cwt283.50–285.252,657178
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959283.10/cwt283.10–283.102,715252
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2974265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,5817
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5567
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1499358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,78629
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,8888
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,87018
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1600312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,8725
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full643290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8654
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666286.77/cwt281.50–290.001,91052
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724285.91/cwt284.00–288.002,07042
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,2225
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800281.75/cwt281.75–281.752,25412
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908262.75/cwt262.75–262.752,38626
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2969235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2777
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,8115
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8235
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2653286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,86811
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2791236.10/cwt224.00–248.001,86814
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,550170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,6351
Bulls——1,635180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,9431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6692
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269150.06/cwt147.50–151.001,9048
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,9461
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,320140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8481
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,630143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,3311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1002,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1252
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2753,045.10/head2,800.00–3,300.003,0452

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.