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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jul 23

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

650 head

▼ 597 vs last sale 1,247▲ 227 vs year ago 423 · +53.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 20▼ 10 vs year ago 30 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady on limited comparable sales. Demand was moderate. The area is hitting triple digit temperatures all week and in much need of rain.

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 $438.16/cwt on 49 head, down $0.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 32 comparable sales and sits −0.46 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.

Average price

$438.16

▼ 0.84 vs prior sale

49 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,389

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$10.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.15

vs TX average

+19.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	445.29	2,511	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	434.70	2,331	33

One grade step is worth $10.59/cwt here — about $180 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 sale49 hd

438.16

—

TX average5 barns · 236 hd

418.00

+20.15

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

+19.12

This barn, trailing median32 sales

438.61

−0.46

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	1,565	204.20	3,196	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,592	162.90	2,593	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,174	162.33	1,906	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,088	161.96	1,763	6thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,975	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	537.28/cwt	500.00–542.00	2,224	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,314	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	445.29/cwt	437.00–455.00	2,511	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	594	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,406	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,541	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,488	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,389	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	725	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,436	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,403	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,573	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,769	71
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	2,758	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,777	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	418.74/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,784	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	373.18/cwt	357.00–390.00	1,959	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	341.32/cwt	332.00–347.00	2,004	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	591	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,927	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	601	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,923	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,206	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,307	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,105	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,224	16
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,678	6
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,860	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,565	204.20/cwt	200.00–210.00	3,196	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,086	162.95/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,770	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,727	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	162.33/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,906	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,592	162.90/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,593	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 Jul 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 650Last week 1,247Year ago 423

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	526	440.00	440.00
5	550–600	594	405.00	405.00
4	600–650	619	402.00	402.00
25	700–750	726	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	311	635.00	635.00
46	400–450	414	500.00–542.00	537.28
16	550–600	564	437.00–455.00	445.29
7	600–650	605	420.00	420.00
17	650–700	671	356.00	356.00
5	700–750	733	351.00	351.00
71	800–850	805	344.00	344.00
54	850–900	858	321.50	321.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	725	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	601	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	525	357.00–390.00	373.18
16	550–600	587	332.00–347.00	341.32
4	650–700	681	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	426	410.00–425.00	418.74
5	750–800	769	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	420.00	420.00
24	550–600	591	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	501	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	485.00	485.00
16	650–700	660	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	524	355.00	355.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,565	200.00–210.00	204.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,174	160.00–167.00	162.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	160.00–168.00	162.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,086	160.00–165.00	162.95
1	—	1,100	157.00	157.00

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.