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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 9

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,208 head

▲ 279 vs last sale 929▲ 119 vs year ago 1,089 · +10.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

14 head

▲ 14 vs last sale 0▼ 16 vs year ago 30 · −53.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were 1.00 to 5.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Demand was good. A few welcomed showers in the area this week with temperatures still 70s to 80s.

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 $386.20/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 9 of 32 comparable sales and sits −52.41 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$386.20

70 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,169

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$570

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

$78.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.01

vs TX average

−59.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	405.19	2,312	53
Medium and Large 2	533	327.00	1,743	17thin

One grade step is worth $78.19/cwt here — about $570 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 sale70 hd

386.20

—

TX average5 barns · 496 hd

386.21

−0.01

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−59.65

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−52.41

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	—	Average	1,618	163.33	2,643	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,350	147.20	1,987	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,104	141.94	1,567	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,655	140.00	2,317	1thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,827	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,260	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,418	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,743	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	398.96/cwt	392.00–400.00	2,298	48
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	390.23/cwt	382.00–393.00	2,443	86
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	636	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,366	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	369.97/cwt	362.00–376.00	2,497	60
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	343.27/cwt	335.00–358.00	2,327	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,559	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	341.98/cwt	341.00–344.00	2,431	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,610	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	763	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,594	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	769	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,984	141
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	791	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,784	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,945	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	428.90/cwt	407.00–437.00	1,810	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,925	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,841	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,589	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,171	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,910	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,038	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	373.29/cwt	364.00–385.00	2,176	149
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,158	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,405	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,247	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,251	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,753	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,068	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,968	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	553	339.20/cwt	332.00–344.00	1,876	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,034	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,076	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,134	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Light Weight	1,270	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,905	1
Bulls	—	—	1,705	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,984	1
Bulls	—	—	1,880	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	3,102	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,098	146.56/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,609	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,503	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,950	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,994	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,317	1

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 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,208Last week 929Year ago 1,089

Slaughter CattleReceipts 14Last week 0Year ago 30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,375	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,250	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,655	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	135.00	135.00
3	—	1,098	145.00–150.00	146.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	175.00	175.00
1	—	1,880	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	150.00	150.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	631	342.00	342.00
3	650–700	678	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	535	357.00	357.00
5	550–600	571	357.00	357.00
8	600–650	638	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	400–450	422	407.00–437.00	428.90
5	450–500	453	425.00	425.00
5	500–550	527	412.00	412.00
149	550–600	583	364.00–385.00	373.29
67	650–700	659	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	483	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	460.00	460.00
14	450–500	496	417.00	417.00
17	500–550	532	370.00	370.00
12	550–600	593	343.00	343.00
8	650–700	667	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	553	332.00–344.00	339.20
10	600–650	600	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	406	450.00	450.00
9	450–500	486	465.00	465.00
5	500–550	520	465.00	465.00
48	550–600	576	392.00–400.00	398.96
86	600–650	626	382.00–393.00	390.23
60	650–700	675	362.00–376.00	369.97
72	700–750	713	366.00	366.00
10	750–800	791	352.00	352.00
8	900–950	906	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	533	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	636	372.00	372.00
8	650–700	678	335.00–358.00	343.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	688	372.00	372.00
22	700–750	711	341.00–344.00	341.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
141	750–800	769	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	763	340.00	340.00

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.