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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 2

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Sep 25Oct 2Oct 9 →

Receipts

929 head

▲ 180 vs last sale 749▼ 94 vs year ago 1,023 · −9.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 1.00 to 4.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good.

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 $397.73/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 11 of 32 comparable sales and sits −40.88 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$397.73

44 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.43

vs TX average

−24.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	400.00	2,340	40
Medium and Large 1-2	578	375.00	2,168	4thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $173 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale44 hd

397.73

—

TX average5 barns · 387 hd

385.30

+12.43

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−24.92

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−40.88

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

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,697	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,904	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	553.97/cwt	535.00–557.00	2,022	29
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,975	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,232	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,168	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,340	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,341	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	362.66/cwt	359.00–372.00	2,415	138
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	737	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,469	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	752	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,512	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	359.50/cwt	359.50–359.50	2,808	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	840	311.33/cwt	307.00–320.00	2,615	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,890	25
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,011	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,013	40
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	262	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,114	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	266	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,224	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,568	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	408.50/cwt	395.00–440.00	1,736	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,890	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,165	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	324.29/cwt	317.00–332.00	2,037	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,261	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,507	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,931	30
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,200	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,007	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	322.55/cwt	300.00–337.00	2,393	32
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,028	4
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,384	3

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 Oct 2, 2025

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

Receipts 929Last week 749Year ago 1,023

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 1.00 to 4.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate to good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	266	460.00	460.00
14	300–350	330	475.00	475.00
15	350–400	370	475.00	475.00
10	400–450	425	395.00–440.00	408.50
9	500–550	537	352.00	352.00
2	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
17	600–650	628	317.00–332.00	324.29
8	650–700	675	310.00	310.00
6	800–850	830	302.00	302.00
30	950–1000	961	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	262	425.00	425.00
5	600–650	615	352.00	352.00
6	650–700	675	335.00	335.00
12	750–800	795	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	490	430.00	430.00
9	500–550	530	415.00	415.00
8	550–600	599	335.00	335.00
32	700–750	742	300.00–337.00	322.55
4	750–800	780	260.00	260.00
3	900–950	935	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	391	505.00	505.00
4	550–600	578	375.00	375.00
40	1000–1050	1,011	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	290	585.00	585.00
6	300–350	340	560.00	560.00
29	350–400	365	535.00–557.00	553.97
5	450–500	480	465.00	465.00
40	550–600	585	400.00	400.00
15	600–650	608	385.00	385.00
138	650–700	666	359.00–372.00	362.66
18	750–800	781	359.50	359.50
25	850–900	850	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	737	335.00	335.00
40	750–800	752	334.00	334.00
9	800–850	840	307.00–320.00	311.33

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.