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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Apr 16

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Apr 9Apr 16Apr 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,162 head

▲ 418 vs last sale 1,744▲ 214 vs year ago 1,948 · +11.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

85 head

▲ 85 vs last sale 0▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 20▲ 6 vs year ago 10 · +60.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good. CME board closed in the red today, but negotiated cash fat cattle in Texas holding steady at 248.00. The thunderstorms predicted last weekend were spotty at best and did not bring the rain the drought stricken area had hoped for.

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 $489.79/cwt on 119 head, down $7.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 32 comparable sales and sits +51.18 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$489.79

▼ 7.38 vs prior sale

119 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$10.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+30.55

vs TX average

+1.44 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	498.69	2,763	19thin
Medium and Large 1	549	488.10	2,680	100

One grade step is worth $10.59/cwt here — about $83 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 sale119 hd

489.79

—

TX average5 barns · 291 hd

459.23

+30.55

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+1.44

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

+51.18

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,387	173.50	2,406	69

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	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,235	$2,916	7

Every lot

47 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,675	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,525	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,430	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,417	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,871	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,610	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	498.69/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,763	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	567	471.83/cwt	470.00–472.00	2,675	60
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,438	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	699	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,726	10
Steers	700–750	Medium 2	744	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,589	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	371.23/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,818	118
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	783	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,819	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	351.76/cwt	344.00–356.00	2,899	123
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	361.10/cwt	359.00–368.00	2,994	130
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	892	340.65/cwt	340.00–344.00	3,039	154
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	901	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,883	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,129	7
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,106	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	3,268	314
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,831	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,744	54
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,942	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	406	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,929	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	493.66/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,152	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,144	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	501	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,628	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,265	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,323	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,291	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,202	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	398.56/cwt	385.00–402.00	2,324	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	376.76/cwt	376.50–380.00	2,362	84
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	360.52/cwt	357.00–362.00	2,318	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,346	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,268	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,524	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	782	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,369	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,624	39
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,709	11
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,044	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,975	236
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,352	27
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,410	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,387	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	2,406	69
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,233	2,985.14/head	2,700.00–3,500.00	2,985	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	929	267.38/cwt	260.00–275.00	2,484	9

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 Apr 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,162Last week 1,744Year ago 1,948

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 20Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	565.00	565.00
23	400–450	436	485.00–510.00	493.66
20	450–500	462	464.00	464.00
7	500–550	509	445.00	445.00
28	550–600	583	385.00–402.00	398.56
84	600–650	627	376.50–380.00	376.76
51	700–750	705	358.00	358.00
39	800–850	820	320.00	320.00
11	900–950	900	301.00	301.00
236	1000–1050	1,044	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	300–350	326	535.00	535.00
9	350–400	372	522.00	522.00
20	400–450	406	475.00	475.00
7	500–550	534	435.00	435.00
8	550–600	570	402.00	402.00
17	650–700	667	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
23	750–800	782	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	643	357.00–362.00	360.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	501	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	572	385.00	385.00
5	600–650	648	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	474	510.00	510.00
30	500–550	522	500.00	500.00
60	550–600	567	470.00–472.00	471.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	625.00	625.00
11	450–500	450	540.00	540.00
10	500–550	522	550.00	550.00
10	650–700	699	390.00	390.00
118	750–800	759	370.00–374.00	371.23
130	800–850	829	359.00–368.00	361.10
154	850–900	892	340.00–344.00	340.65
7	950–1000	984	318.00	318.00
314	1100–1150	1,106	295.50	295.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	744	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	570.00	570.00
19	550–600	554	490.00–505.00	498.69
123	800–850	824	344.00–356.00	351.76
10	900–950	901	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	625	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	783	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	517	455.00	455.00
6	550–600	582	400.00	400.00
5	600–650	618	390.00	390.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,233	2,700.00–3,500.00	2,985.14

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	929	260.00–275.00	267.38

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,387	173.50	173.50

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.