Sale reports / Texas / Tulia Livestock Auction / 2026-11-05

Tulia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Nov 5
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954
← Oct 29Nov 5latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,289 head
▲ 415 vs last sale 874▲ 320 vs year ago 969 · +33.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 20▼ 10 vs year ago 25 · −40.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 85 vs last sale 105▲ 14 vs year ago 6 · +233.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers sold 1.00 to 7.00 lower; stocker heifers were steady to 5.00 higher. Yearlings not well tested last week. Demand was good. Recent rain has wheat pastures in good condition. Wide price spreads continues depending on weaned status.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.02/cwt on 254 head, down $7.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 34 comparable sales and sits −44.64 against this barn's trailing median of $375.66.
Average price
$331.02
▼ 7.56 vs prior sale
254 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,825
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.44
vs TX average
−25.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551331.021,825254
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 sale254 hd
331.02
—
TX average5 barns · 571 hd
325.57
+5.44
National average141 barns · 11,931 hd
356.28
−25.26
This barn, trailing median34 sales
375.66
−44.64
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

34 sales
475411348284median 375.6603/0504/3007/1609/1011/05
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.86, low $298.16, median $375.66 across 34 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—Average1,705155.002,6431thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,103121.931,3452thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,074117.881,26610

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,4001thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,9363
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1439457.00/cwt457.00–457.002,00617
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1457447.87/cwt437.00–455.002,04730
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned462413.12/cwt400.00–417.001,90913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,05123
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,21822
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606354.83/cwt354.00–358.002,150151
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned624348.77/cwt342.00–350.002,17659
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned650290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8857
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned666322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,14520
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,36668
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1263485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,2769
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1349495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,7285
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,41818
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418397.00/cwt397.00–397.001,65912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5309
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,49918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6146
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,91125
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,90619
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned509336.94/cwt317.00–339.001,71566
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572307.06/cwt305.00–310.001,75691
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,96978
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned637298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,89821
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1647317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,05119
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned657280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8406
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683311.59/cwt310.00–318.002,128101
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned715270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9314
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1313450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,40910
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1407413.75/cwt395.00–420.001,68424
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1462400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,84810
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1548330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8087
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1561290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6276
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,72815
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1664265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7605
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1727256.44/cwt245.00–262.001,86424
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,705155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,6431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight865110.00/cwt110.00–110.009521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095113.11/cwt110.00–115.001,2393
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098121.58/cwt119.00–125.501,3356
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,103121.93/cwt119.00–125.001,3452
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1926230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,1305
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29002,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,290180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3221

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.