Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2025-12-11

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Dec 11
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Receipts
1,301 head
▲ 613 vs last sale 688▲ 7 vs year ago 1,294 · +0.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher. Demand was good. Warmer temperatures for this time of year around the Texas Panhandle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $417.48/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 13 of 32 comparable sales and sits −21.13 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$417.48
145 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,387
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.79
vs TX average
−13.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572417.482,387145
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 sale145 hd
417.48
—
TX average5 barns · 706 hd
409.69
+7.79
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−13.15
This barn, trailing median32 sales
438.61
−21.13
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
516453391329median 438.6103/0505/0707/1609/1010/29
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

33 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387547.14/cwt540.00–565.002,11727
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1434480.81/cwt470.00–500.002,08711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468495.85/cwt475.00–515.002,32164
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538440.95/cwt432.00–450.002,37226
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579412.35/cwt390.00–420.002,388119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2618337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,0839
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629390.29/cwt390.00–392.002,45546
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned690329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,27026
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy723337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,4378
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned734307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,2538
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1792337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,66943
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1831336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,792110
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1396490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,94017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461394.40/cwt385.00–420.001,81845
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524403.37/cwt390.00–410.002,11440
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9675
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569374.42/cwt362.00–385.002,13036
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9506
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617339.22/cwt337.00–340.002,09327
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned640314.61/cwt295.00–327.002,01453
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,20160
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned666302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0118
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,26411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned712292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0797
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1404475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9196
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1485425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0612
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1551397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,1879
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1603325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,96011
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2678230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5595
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1691253.33/cwt253.00–255.001,75118
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1719270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,94126
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2739250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8484
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2769245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8847

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.