Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-07-24

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jul 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
423 head
▼ 252 vs last sale 675▼ 347 vs year ago 770 · −45.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 25▼ 9 vs year ago 39 · −23.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady on a light test. Demand was good for the short summer run of cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $382.22/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −56.39 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$382.22
90 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,226
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+16.40
vs TX average
+6.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1582382.222,22690
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 sale90 hd
382.22
—
TX average5 barns · 339 hd
365.82
+16.40
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
+6.48
This barn, trailing median32 sales
438.61
−56.39
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—Average1,576174.972,7578thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,527150.432,29710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,262150.031,89312

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,200$3,3001thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,7763
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9363
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,05610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1591380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,24680
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,5348
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,6103
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6498
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1932308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,8716
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5559
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,72029
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1448410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,83718
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6838
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1640325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,08021
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned654299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,95510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1392480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,88219
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,1807
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2507322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,6335
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1664322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,13824
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Light Weight1,250170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1251
Bulls——1,520170.90/cwt170.00–175.002,5985
Bulls——1,878187.61/cwt185.00–190.003,5232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,233162.07/cwt159.50–165.001,9982
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,266151.83/cwt150.00–156.001,9226
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269141.30/cwt140.00–145.001,7934
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,0881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,537151.03/cwt150.00–155.002,3219
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001

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.