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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 30

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

825 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 831▼ 391 vs year ago 1,216 · −32.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 20▼ 26 vs year ago 46 · −56.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate. Offering included mostly Fall calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $327.53/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −50.47 against this barn's trailing median of $378.00.

Average price

$327.53

97 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,833

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+3.79

vs TX average

−47.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	327.53	1,833	97

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 sale97 hd

327.53

—

TX average5 barns · 245 hd

323.75

+3.79

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−47.36

This barn, trailing median33 sales

378.00

−50.47

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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $298.16, median $378.00 across 33 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	145.00	1,776	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,363	137.80	1,878	2thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,675	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	416.24/cwt	415.00–417.00	2,015	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	406.81/cwt	402.00–420.00	2,067	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	511	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,748	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,999	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,267	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,363	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,101	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	678	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,305	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	723	321.54/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,325	105
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	817	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,614	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,496	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	373.32/cwt	372.00–375.00	1,280	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,288	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	369.29/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,725	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	342.34/cwt	328.00–360.00	1,801	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,827	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	315.89/cwt	313.00–324.00	1,857	45
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	300.67/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,048	89
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,454	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	783	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,412	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,390	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,101	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,034	12
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,236	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,776	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,363	137.80/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,878	2

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 825Last week 831Year ago 1,216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 46

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand was light to moderate. Offering included mostly Fall calves.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,363	135.00–140.00	137.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	145.00	145.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	342.00	342.00
6	800–850	817	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	435.00	435.00
16	450–500	484	415.00–417.00	416.24
19	500–550	508	402.00–420.00	406.81
16	550–600	553	410.00	410.00
10	600–650	606	390.00	390.00
6	950–1000	960	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	526	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	618	340.00	340.00
3	650–700	678	340.00	340.00
105	700–750	723	320.00–326.00	321.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	580	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	745	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	343	372.00–375.00	373.32
8	350–400	370	348.00	348.00
9	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
19	450–500	467	360.00–385.00	369.29
43	500–550	526	328.00–360.00	342.34
45	550–600	588	313.00–324.00	315.89
13	750–800	774	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
89	650–700	681	300.00–305.00	300.67
12	750–800	783	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	460	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	510	412.00	412.00
11	550–600	560	325.00	325.00
12	650–700	678	300.00	300.00
7	850–900	850	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	327.00	327.00

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.