Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2026-10-15

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Oct 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
Feeder Cattle receipts
649 head
▼ 307 vs last sale 956▼ 1,308 vs year ago 1,957 · −66.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 77▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 58▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves remained mostly steady. Unweaned counterparts bringing considerably less with temperatures turning fall like and buyers trying to avoid sickness. Yearlings not tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $410.77/cwt on 71 head, down $7.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −27.84 against this barn's trailing median of $438.61.
Average price
$410.77
▼ 7.70 vs prior sale
71 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+29.73
vs TX average
−21.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528410.772,17071
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale71 hd
410.77
—
TX average5 barns · 361 hd
381.04
+29.73
National average190 barns · 30,929 hd
432.29
−21.52
This barn, trailing median32 sales
438.61
−27.84
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
516453391329median 438.6103/0505/0707/1609/1010/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,679154.922,6013thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,291131.311,69511
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,077127.841,3775thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,025$2,2502thin

Every lot

32 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386512.97/cwt512.00–520.001,98016
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423467.90/cwt450.00–475.001,97911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,64317
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1487465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2657
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1500443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,21516
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned527408.30/cwt397.00–420.002,15243
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,15510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned590360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1242
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned647332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,14813
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned658314.97/cwt305.00–325.002,07393
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4488
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,5923
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421374.59/cwt370.00–377.001,57722
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,43916
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489363.94/cwt360.00–369.001,78036
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521359.95/cwt352.00–372.001,87510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned596309.37/cwt305.00–332.001,84431
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned600282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6925
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned617319.81/cwt300.00–321.001,97335
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,40244
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1358350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2534
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2493325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6023
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1615305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8763
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2705308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1718
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,400150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,1001
Bulls——1,818157.38/cwt155.00–160.002,8612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018119.00/cwt118.00–120.001,2112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,117133.74/cwt132.00–135.501,4943
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5881
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293131.94/cwt130.00–135.001,70610
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,038129.35/cwt128.00–133.001,34348
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0252,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2502

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.