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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 16

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

1,957 head

▲ 749 vs last sale 1,208▲ 400 vs year ago 1,557 · +25.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate to good. Offering consisted of a lot of unweaned fleshier calves that took large discounts compared to their counterparts, which is normal for this time of year.

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 $395.09/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 11 of 32 comparable sales and sits −43.52 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$395.09

60 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,264

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$311

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

$45.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.86

vs TX average

−73.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	576	405.77	2,338	46
Medium and Large 1-2	563	360.00	2,027	14thin

One grade step is worth $45.77/cwt here — about $311 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 sale60 hd

395.09

—

TX average5 barns · 523 hd

396.95

−1.86

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−73.95

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−43.52

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

51 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	487.59/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,223	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	454.69/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,196	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	559	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,163	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,027	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	406.76/cwt	402.00–410.00	2,396	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	384.69/cwt	381.00–389.00	2,374	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,355	214
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	651	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,246	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,401	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	680	353.24/cwt	347.00–356.00	2,402	76
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	739	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,564	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	781	366.50/cwt	360.00–367.00	2,862	69
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	783	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,647	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,736	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	868	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,864	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	3,224	97
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,014	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	273	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	901	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,986	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,089	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,730	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,870	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	518	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,839	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	351.23/cwt	339.00–364.00	1,830	33
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	386.14/cwt	367.00–405.00	2,020	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Full	565	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,752	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	390.09/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,266	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	592	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,036	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,073	203
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,123	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	333.07/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,078	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	329.91/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,075	47
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,165	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	663	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,108	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,147	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,412	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,441	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,624	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	242	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	799	7
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	959	17
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	23
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,163	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,059	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,844	32
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	324.86/cwt	317.00–339.00	2,027	57
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,096	15
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	702	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,176	5
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,073	8

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

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

Receipts 1,957Last week 1,208Year ago 1,557

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	538	402.00	402.00
9	550–600	561	367.00	367.00
57	600–650	624	317.00–339.00	324.86
15	650–700	676	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	430	350.00	350.00
32	550–600	580	318.00	318.00
5	700–750	702	310.00	310.00
8	900–950	913	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	242	330.00	330.00
17	250–300	295	325.00	325.00
11	350–400	370	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	483	450.00–475.00	454.69
14	550–600	563	360.00	360.00
214	600–650	628	375.00	375.00
9	650–700	667	360.00	360.00
13	750–800	793	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	456	485.00–490.00	487.59
7	500–550	535	420.00	420.00
32	550–600	589	402.00–410.00	406.76
33	600–650	617	381.00–389.00	384.69
97	850–900	869	371.00	371.00
11	900–950	942	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
76	650–700	680	347.00–356.00	353.24
10	700–750	739	347.00	347.00
18	750–800	783	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	559	387.00	387.00
69	750–800	781	360.00–367.00	366.50
6	850–900	868	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	651	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	418	475.00	475.00
21	450–500	471	397.00	397.00
33	500–550	521	339.00–364.00	351.23
203	550–600	594	349.00	349.00
47	600–650	629	325.00–337.00	329.91
7	650–700	656	330.00	330.00
10	700–750	733	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	495.00	495.00
13	450–500	465	372.00	372.00
23	500–550	523	367.00–405.00	386.14
51	550–600	581	370.00–400.00	390.09
6	600–650	603	352.00	352.00
37	650–700	695	347.00	347.00
31	950–1000	972	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	565	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	518	355.00	355.00
21	550–600	592	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	273	330.00	330.00
13	400–450	400	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
35	600–650	624	330.00–335.00	333.07
9	650–700	671	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	663	318.00	318.00

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.