Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-07-10

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jul 10
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
831 head
▼ 404 vs last sale 1,235▼ 157 vs year ago 988 · −15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 52▼ 18 vs year ago 30 · −60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 16▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Demand was good after sales were closed for the holidays. Temperatures remain mild with scattered thunderstorms.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $370.52/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −68.09 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$370.52
23 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$338
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$72.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.43
vs TX average
−8.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551392.632,16516thin
Medium and Large 1-2571320.001,8277thin
One grade step is worth $72.63/cwt here — about $338 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 sale23 hd
370.52
—
TX average4 barns · 110 hd
374.95
−4.43
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
−8.61
This barn, trailing median32 sales
438.61
−68.09
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—Low1,795178.673,2073thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,325166.092,2012thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,000165.001,6501thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,555155.992,4256thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$3,5251thin

Every lot

46 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,82714
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0207
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431456.54/cwt455.00–457.501,96813
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,7116
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,1096
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8277
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,19110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623360.86/cwt360.00–362.002,24821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy626332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0814
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2476
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,2657
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy723304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,19815
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,3427
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1744334.50/cwt334.50–334.502,48911
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2777320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,4867
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,5363
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Full788305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,40320
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,53516
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1912298.50/cwt298.50–298.502,722103
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,034285.10/cwt285.10–285.102,948162
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,58214
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2358420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,50413
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1404425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7176
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,47910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484354.17/cwt347.50–371.001,71427
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,8289
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668310.25/cwt305.00–313.002,0729
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1375
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Full722261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,8845
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9949
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Full730270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9719
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2525
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1850270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2955
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1366502.50/cwt502.50–502.501,83913
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,0536
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1567342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,9395
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1622311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,93414
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,021226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,3077
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,525183.00/cwt181.00–185.002,7912
Bulls——2,335170.00/cwt170.00–170.003,9701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,000165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325166.09/cwt165.00–167.002,2012
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502154.74/cwt153.00–156.002,3243
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,2881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,648160.87/cwt160.75–161.002,6512
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1003,525.00/head3,525.00–3,525.003,5251

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.