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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jan 8

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Dec 18Jan 8Jan 15 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,994 head

▲ 1,021 vs last sale 973▲ 385 vs year ago 1,609 · +23.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 22▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

89 head

▲ 87 vs last sale 2▲ 84 vs year ago 5 · +1,680.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to sale before the holidays 12/18/25: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Demand was good. The area remains dry with chance of rain mixed with snow for parts of the panhandle going into the weekend.

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 $445.75/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 19 of 32 comparable sales and sits +7.14 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$445.75

121 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$23.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.32

vs TX average

−20.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	448.69	2,483	106
Medium and Large 1-2	518	425.00	2,202	15thin

One grade step is worth $23.69/cwt here — about $282 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale121 hd

445.75

—

TX average5 barns · 546 hd

430.42

+15.32

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−20.58

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

+7.14

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,010	154.00	1,555	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	153.72	1,891	6thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,293	$2,000	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,500	2thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	304	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,733	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	7
Steers	400–450	Small 4	424	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,102	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,183	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,029	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	479.02/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,342	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,202	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	467.35/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,458	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	432.64/cwt	400.00–457.00	2,496	57
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,305	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	412.91/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,597	109
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,281	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	649	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,142	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	375.51/cwt	360.00–381.00	2,520	80
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	673	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,356	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	681	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,227	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	698	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,227	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	364.30/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,667	49
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	756	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,608	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	783	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,744	161
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	869	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,850	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	329.13/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,870	69
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	324.89/cwt	322.00–335.00	2,992	27
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	923	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,677	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,747	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,313	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,730	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	433.19/cwt	427.00–450.00	1,928	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	469	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,688	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	378.87/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,815	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	390.28/cwt	372.00–400.00	1,885	68
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,842	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	356.34/cwt	330.00–363.00	2,060	109
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	346.98/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,179	92
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	636	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,035	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	644	331.96/cwt	331.00–338.00	2,138	51
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	338.83/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,287	46
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,105	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	333.68/cwt	330.00–338.00	2,376	56
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,518	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,601	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	844	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,448	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	294.20/cwt	292.00–300.00	2,545	25
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,770	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,639	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,213	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,559	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,493	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,035	15
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,555	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,230	153.72/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,891	6
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,305	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	2,016	63
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,500.00/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,500	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	24

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 Jan 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,994Last week 973Year ago 1,609

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 22Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 89Last week 2Year ago 5

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	304	570.00	570.00
24	400–450	428	510.00	510.00
38	450–500	489	460.00–510.00	479.02
49	500–550	526	445.00–475.00	467.35
57	550–600	577	400.00–457.00	432.64
109	600–650	629	395.00–430.00	412.91
80	650–700	671	360.00–381.00	375.51
49	700–750	732	360.00–366.00	364.30
69	850–900	872	325.00–333.00	329.13
27	900–950	921	322.00–335.00	324.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	630	362.00	362.00
7	650–700	673	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	424	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	756	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	400–450	441	460.00	460.00
15	500–550	518	425.00	425.00
10	600–650	623	370.00	370.00
161	750–800	783	350.50	350.50
14	850–900	869	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	649	330.00	330.00
6	650–700	698	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	900–950	923	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
34	650–700	681	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	346	505.00	505.00
55	400–450	445	427.00–450.00	433.19
68	450–500	483	372.00–400.00	390.28
9	500–550	516	357.00	357.00
109	550–600	578	330.00–363.00	356.34
92	600–650	628	340.00–357.00	346.98
46	650–700	675	335.00–340.00	338.83
56	700–750	712	330.00–338.00	333.68
18	750–800	770	327.00	327.00
8	800–850	839	310.00	310.00
25	850–900	865	292.00–300.00	294.20
7	950–1000	952	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	844	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	469	360.00	360.00
51	600–650	644	331.00–338.00	331.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	636	320.00	320.00
12	650–700	679	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	412	420.00	420.00
20	450–500	479	350.00–410.00	378.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	398	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	630	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	338	485.00	485.00
7	450–500	461	480.00	480.00
9	550–600	554	450.00	450.00
15	700–750	709	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	310.00	310.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	63	—	1,305	154.50	154.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,100	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	—	1,293	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,230	152.00–155.00	153.72

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.