Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2026-06-25

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jun 25
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
917 head
▲ 283 vs last sale 634▼ 318 vs year ago 1,235 · −25.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 156 vs last sale 176▼ 32 vs year ago 52 · −61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00 to 8.00 higher on limited comparable sales. Yearlings not well tested. Demand was good. Thunderstorms in the area brought hail and much needed rain to the panhandle. Slaughter cows were 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $445.13/cwt on 110 head, up $1.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 33 comparable sales and sits +67.13 against this barn's trailing median of $378.00.
Average price
$445.13
▲ 1.23 vs prior sale
110 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,446
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$21.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.31
vs TX average
+29.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542457.952,48443
Medium and Large 1554436.912,42067
One grade step is worth $21.04/cwt here — about $64 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 sale110 hd
445.13
—
TX average4 barns · 193 hd
425.82
+19.31
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
+29.30
This barn, trailing median33 sales
378.00
+67.13
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
475411348284median 378.0003/0504/3006/2509/0310/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,647195.003,2113thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,220176.502,1531thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,587171.652,7243thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,045170.561,7825thin

Every lot

42 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1291690.00/cwt690.00–690.002,0089
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,9156
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368625.48/cwt615.00–645.002,30217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428580.00/cwt580.00–580.002,4823
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477542.26/cwt540.00–545.002,58732
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528528.84/cwt525.00–533.002,79215
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533522.00/cwt522.00–522.002,78211
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561467.00/cwt467.00–467.002,62025
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593461.00/cwt461.00–461.002,73426
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full605455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,75340
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606472.99/cwt471.00–478.002,86635
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2652427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,78411
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned682360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4555
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,8275
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940321.00/cwt321.00–321.003,01719
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1223650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,4506
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327579.22/cwt540.00–595.001,8947
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364536.18/cwt500.00–550.001,95227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412506.54/cwt475.00–520.002,08714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428504.09/cwt495.00–515.002,15811
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462492.69/cwt482.00–505.002,27655
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519451.31/cwt433.00–469.002,34228
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533449.04/cwt432.00–457.002,39319
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,55824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579426.57/cwt415.00–435.002,47039
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,5786
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2622402.78/cwt387.00–410.002,50519
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1698347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,4229
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1701348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,43922
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376559.41/cwt550.00–570.002,10326
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,3264
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1450540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,4306
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1501456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,28512
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1579447.00/cwt447.00–447.002,5887
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2620432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,67810
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,540185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,8491
Bulls——1,700200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,4002
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031171.95/cwt170.00–174.001,7734
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220176.50/cwt176.50–176.502,1531
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493174.98/cwt174.50–175.502,6122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,775165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,9291

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.