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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Feb 19

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Feb 12Feb 19Feb 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

950 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 1,012▲ 950 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 5▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good. High winds and dry conditions throughout the week for the area. Fires have started in the northern panhandle and Oklahoma.

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 $486.23/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 28 of 32 comparable sales and sits +47.62 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$486.23

64 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,737

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$5.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.63

vs TX average

−1.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	487.63	2,745	49
Medium and Large 1-2	562	481.67	2,709	15thin

One grade step is worth $5.96/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale64 hd

486.23

—

TX average5 barns · 361 hd

457.61

+28.63

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−1.12

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

+47.62

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	—	Low	1,505	175.00	2,634	1thin

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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	574.81/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,437	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	525.89/cwt	525.00–527.00	2,545	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,693	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	487.63/cwt	484.00–495.00	2,745	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,700	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	442.78/cwt	437.00–458.00	2,666	97
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,523	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	392.08/cwt	387.00–397.00	2,682	37
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,759	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	382.80/cwt	369.00–388.00	2,909	154
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	360.97/cwt	359.00–365.00	2,985	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,022	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,066	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	488.29/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,134	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,156	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,078	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,342	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	423.19/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,289	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	417.10/cwt	412.00–430.00	2,377	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,324	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	372.07/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,381	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	350.01/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,373	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,436	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,380	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,380	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Full	738	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,362	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,573	14
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	892	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,453	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,392	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,506	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,505	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,634	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 Feb 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 950Last week 1,012Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2Last week 5Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	460	520.00	520.00
6	500–550	522	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	700	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	892	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	738	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	440	490.00	490.00
7	450–500	467	445.00	445.00
8	550–600	596	390.00	390.00
13	700–750	700	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	545.00	545.00
18	400–450	437	485.00–490.00	488.29
9	450–500	493	475.00	475.00
31	500–550	541	415.00–430.00	423.19
56	550–600	570	412.00–430.00	417.10
36	600–650	640	370.00–375.00	372.07
23	650–700	678	345.00–360.00	350.01
15	700–750	700	348.00	348.00
14	750–800	759	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	570.00–580.00	574.81
22	450–500	484	525.00–527.00	525.89
49	550–600	563	484.00–495.00	487.63
97	600–650	602	437.00–458.00	442.78
37	650–700	684	387.00–397.00	392.08
154	750–800	760	369.00–388.00	382.80
33	800–850	827	359.00–365.00	360.97
8	850–900	866	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	513	525.00	525.00
10	550–600	587	460.00	460.00
13	600–650	605	417.00	417.00
15	700–750	713	387.00	387.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,505	175.00	175.00

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.