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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, May 21

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← May 14May 21May 28 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

702 head

▼ 869 vs last sale 1,571▼ 470 vs year ago 1,172 · −40.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 65 vs last sale 75▼ 27 vs year ago 37 · −73.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 25▼ 15 vs year ago 20 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales for a market trend; however a lower undertone was noted. Demand was light to moderate. The CME feeder and live cattle board was in the red today. Much needed relief of rain in the area after battling wild fires last weekend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.48/cwt on 21 head, down $22.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 33 comparable sales and sits +12.48 against this barn's trailing median of $378.00.

Average price

$390.48

▼ 22.11 vs prior sale

21 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

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

$3.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.00

vs TX average

−27.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	392.50	2,176	10thin
Medium and Large 1	545	388.64	2,120	11thin

One grade step is worth $3.86/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale21 hd

390.48

—

TX average5 barns · 281 hd

409.48

−19.00

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

−27.78

This barn, trailing median33 sales

378.00

+12.48

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

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $298.16, median $378.00 across 33 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	1,223	171.31	2,095	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	167.31	2,540	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	152.50	1,529	2thin

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	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,225	$3,725	4thin

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,275	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	493.08/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,584	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,453	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,363	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	682	345.27/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,355	28
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	715	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,431	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	806	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,660	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	840	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,688	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	258	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,406	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	278	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,571	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,706	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,910	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	441.98/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,144	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,215	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,292	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	556	362.15/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,014	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	594	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,109	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	612	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,148	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,217	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	646	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,242	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,366	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	315.84/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,454	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,498	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,680	128
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,603	19
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,001	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,155	6
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	717	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,008	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	880	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,364	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,125	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,688	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,223	171.31/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,095	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,518	167.31/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,540	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,150	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	3

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 May 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 702Last week 1,571Year ago 1,172

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 75Year ago 37

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 25Year ago 20

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,223	165.00–175.00	171.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	165.00–170.00	167.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	150.00	150.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	715	340.00	340.00
6	800–850	840	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	630	375.00	375.00
28	650–700	682	340.00–350.00	345.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	621	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	500.00	500.00
15	500–550	524	475.00–505.00	493.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	806	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	278	565.00	565.00
5	300–350	338	565.00	565.00
5	500–550	515	430.00	430.00
14	600–650	614	361.00	361.00
12	750–800	788	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	355.00	355.00
11	600–650	612	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	258	545.00	545.00
4	300–350	325	525.00	525.00
19	450–500	485	440.00–450.00	441.98
4	500–550	527	435.00	435.00
6	700–750	717	330.00	330.00
26	750–800	777	310.00–321.00	315.84
19	800–850	848	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
128	800–850	800	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	556	360.00–365.00	362.15
6	600–650	646	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	663	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	580.00	580.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	717	280.00	280.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,250	4,000.00	4,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	2,900.00	2,900.00

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.