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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 12

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,179 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 1,194▼ 469 vs year ago 1,648 · −28.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 16▲ 5 vs year ago 15 · +33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 0▲ 5 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 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. CME cattle futures closed in the red most of the week following a volatile market.

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 $438.23/cwt on 39 head, down $63.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 32 comparable sales and sits −0.38 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$438.23

▼ 63.44 vs prior sale

39 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$57.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.89

vs TX average

−33.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	485.00	2,493	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	576	428.00	2,466	32

One grade step is worth $57.00/cwt here — about $27 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 sale39 hd

438.23

—

TX average5 barns · 320 hd

461.13

−22.89

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−33.97

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−0.38

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	—	Average	1,564	187.80	2,937	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,535	164.16	2,520	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	162.33	2,062	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,178	158.77	1,870	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	967	$3,250	3thin

Every lot

45 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,516	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,093	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	514	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,493	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	534	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,360	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	424.08/cwt	422.00–426.00	2,494	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	662	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,483	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,728	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	725	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,610	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,538	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	368.99/cwt	365.00–373.00	2,701	48
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	751	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,786	40
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	360.84/cwt	359.00–364.00	2,760	41
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,850	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,882	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	325.02/cwt	323.00–335.00	2,883	148
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,962	68
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,024	108
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,059	288.50/cwt	288.50–288.50	3,055	116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	263	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,617	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,012	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,805	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,118	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,061	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	368.48/cwt	367.00–370.00	2,248	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	386.15/cwt	385.00–387.00	2,383	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	734	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,275	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,443	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,483	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	802	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,406	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,787	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,765	89
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,975	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,996	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,377	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,490	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,950	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,564	187.80/cwt	180.00–191.00	2,937	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,163	165.04/cwt	163.50–166.50	1,919	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	152.49/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,819	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,112	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,125	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,943	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	164.16/cwt	163.00–165.50	2,520	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	3,375.00/head	3,250.00–3,500.00	3,375	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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,179Last week 1,194Year ago 1,648

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 16Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. CME cattle futures closed in the red most of the week following a volatile market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	316	625.00	625.00
3	350–400	373	535.00	535.00
10	450–500	490	485.00	485.00
7	500–550	521	478.00	478.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	591	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	263	615.00	615.00
7	400–450	428	470.00	470.00
19	600–650	617	385.00–387.00	386.15
15	750–800	754	324.00	324.00
11	800–850	801	310.00	310.00
5	850–900	855	326.00	326.00
89	950–1000	984	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	435	415.00	415.00
6	500–550	543	390.00	390.00
9	550–600	557	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	734	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	610	367.00–370.00	368.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	802	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	680.00	680.00
13	650–700	696	392.00	392.00
48	700–750	732	365.00–373.00	368.99
41	750–800	765	359.00–364.00	360.84
14	800–850	812	351.00	351.00
148	850–900	887	323.00–335.00	325.02
68	900–950	917	323.00	323.00
108	950–1000	966	313.00	313.00
116	1050–1100	1,059	288.50	288.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	725	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	485.00	485.00
3	700–750	725	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	436	480.00	480.00
25	550–600	588	422.00–426.00	424.08
28	850–900	876	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	750–800	751	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	662	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	534	442.00	442.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	150.00	150.00
1	—	1,235	171.00	171.00
1	—	1,280	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	150.00–155.00	152.49
2	—	1,163	163.50–166.50	165.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,535	163.00–165.50	164.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,564	180.00–191.00	187.80

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,000	3,250.00–3,500.00	3,375.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	3,000.00	3,000.00

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.