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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Aug 28

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Aug 21Aug 28Sep 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,132 head

▲ 93 vs last sale 1,039▲ 267 vs year ago 865 · +30.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

77 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 39▼ 29 vs year ago 106 · −27.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 22▲ 0 vs year ago 40 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher with limited test last week on steers. Demand remains good. Temperatures cooled off a little with thunderstorms in the area.

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 $395.13/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 11 of 32 comparable sales and sits −43.48 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$395.13

15 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,232

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

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

$19.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.60

vs TX average

−14.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	404.00	2,388	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	535	385.00	2,060	7thin

One grade step is worth $19.00/cwt here — about $328 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale15 hd

395.13

—

TX average5 barns · 344 hd

391.54

+3.60

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

−14.17

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−43.48

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.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,948	192.50	3,749	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,382	169.02	2,335	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,236	164.45	2,033	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,154	155.81	1,798	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,367	$2,700	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,421	$2,450	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,750	1thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,733	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,996	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,341	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,337	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,388	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,239	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,461	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	358.82/cwt	358.00–359.00	2,820	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	345.95/cwt	342.00–350.00	3,017	101
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	956	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,136	143
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,368	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,629	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	479.53/cwt	465.00–487.00	1,841	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,972	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	397.81/cwt	380.00–417.00	1,866	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,158	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	408.42/cwt	392.00–425.00	2,112	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,888	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	388.64/cwt	380.00–402.00	2,231	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	607	351.29/cwt	345.00–353.00	2,132	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,294	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	350.94/cwt	347.00–355.00	2,207	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	355.02/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,439	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,496	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	331.26/cwt	328.00–335.00	2,587	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,953	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,251	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	397.35/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,019	19
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,884	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	383.81/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,142	18
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	331.82/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,359	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,445	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,191	1
Bulls	—	—	2,170	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	4,340	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,605	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	156.78/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,831	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,868	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	165.23/cwt	163.00–169.00	2,011	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,321	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,380	170.28/cwt	169.50–172.00	2,350	43
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,386	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,301	18
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,367	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,421	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	23

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 Aug 28, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,132Last week 1,039Year ago 865

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 39Year ago 106

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 22Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	607	345.00–353.00	351.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	263	520.00	520.00
3	300–350	343	475.00	475.00
21	350–400	384	465.00–487.00	479.53
10	400–450	424	465.00	465.00
4	450–500	496	435.00	435.00
16	500–550	517	392.00–425.00	408.42
22	550–600	574	380.00–402.00	388.64
11	600–650	615	373.00	373.00
13	650–700	687	352.00–360.00	355.02
31	700–750	725	350.00	350.00
31	750–800	781	328.00–335.00	331.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	469	380.00–417.00	397.81
6	500–550	523	361.00	361.00
10	600–650	629	347.00–355.00	350.94
7	700–750	703	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	605	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	315	550.00	550.00
7	350–400	373	535.00	535.00
7	450–500	471	497.00	497.00
8	550–600	591	404.00	404.00
11	600–650	620	397.00	397.00
60	750–800	786	358.00–359.00	358.82
101	850–900	872	342.00–350.00	345.95
143	950–1000	956	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	477	490.00	490.00
7	500–550	535	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	510.00	510.00
3	400–450	415	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	498	452.00	452.00
19	500–550	508	395.00–400.00	397.35
18	550–600	558	365.00–399.00	383.81
10	700–750	732	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	554	340.00	340.00
11	700–750	711	330.00–335.00	331.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,217	163.00–169.00	165.23
1	—	1,205	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,365	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	150.00	150.00
6	—	1,168	154.00–160.00	156.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,386	166.00	166.00
43	—	1,380	169.50–172.00	170.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,170	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,725	185.00	185.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	2,750.00	2,750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	3,000.00	3,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,367	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,421	2,450.00	2,450.00

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.