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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Mar 19

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

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Feeder Cattle receipts

918 head

▼ 261 vs last sale 1,179▲ 16 vs year ago 902 · +1.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 20▲ 6 vs year ago 5 · +120.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 5▲ 11 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 were unevenly steady. Demand was good especially on conditioned yearlings available in the offering.

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 $478.21/cwt on 28 head, up $39.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 32 comparable sales and sits +39.60 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$478.21

▲ 39.98 vs prior sale

28 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$355

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

$78.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.07

vs TX average

+6.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	520.00	2,896	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	442.00	2,542	15thin

One grade step is worth $78.00/cwt here — about $355 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 sale28 hd

478.21

—

TX average5 barns · 272 hd

459.14

+19.07

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+6.09

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

+39.60

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	1,400	170.00	2,380	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	160.00	2,608	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,565	160.00	2,504	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,143	150.71	1,723	7thin

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 Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,015	$3,048	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,380	$6,366	9

Every lot

34 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,656	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,896	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,542	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	438.27/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,713	37
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,664	29
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,602	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	363.59/cwt	358.00–368.00	2,814	46
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	801	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,699	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	348.62/cwt	347.50–353.00	2,918	79
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	853	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,909	92
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,934	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,059	147
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,987	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,071	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,290	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	549	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,042	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,408	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	373.46/cwt	371.00–377.00	2,338	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,277	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,442	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	320.95/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,507	32
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,684	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	991	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,874	8
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,954	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,249	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,559	15
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,400	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,380	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,134	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,701	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,200	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,860	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,565	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,504	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,630	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,608	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,362	6,474.58/head	6,200.00–6,800.00	6,475	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	1,525	5,500.00/head	5,500.00–5,500.00	5,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	3,047.78/head	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,048	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 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 918Last week 1,179Year ago 902

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 20Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 5Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady. Demand was good especially on conditioned yearlings available in the offering.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	155.00	155.00
6	—	1,134	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	170.00	170.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	357	630.00	630.00
15	550–600	554	462.00	462.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	334	595.00	595.00
9	400–450	436	475.00	475.00
12	450–500	480	477.00	477.00
35	550–600	551	437.00	437.00
20	600–650	626	371.00–377.00	373.46
7	700–750	729	335.00	335.00
32	750–800	781	320.00–322.00	320.95
13	850–900	852	315.00	315.00
8	950–1000	991	290.00	290.00
12	1050–1100	1,055	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	549	372.00	372.00
34	650–700	690	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	575	442.00	442.00
29	700–750	744	358.00	358.00
16	750–800	752	346.00	346.00
92	850–900	853	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	466	570.00	570.00
13	550–600	557	520.00	520.00
37	600–650	619	410.00–445.00	438.27
46	750–800	774	358.00–368.00	363.59
79	800–850	837	347.50–353.00	348.62
9	850–900	863	340.00	340.00
147	900–950	920	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	801	337.00	337.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,525	5,500.00	5,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	—	1,362	6,200.00–6,800.00	6,474.58

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,015	2,900.00–3,200.00	3,047.78

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.