Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2019-09-04

County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 4

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Aug 28Sep 4Sep 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

129 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 165▲ 129 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

21 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 50▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 11▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 600 lbs sold 1.00-4.00 lower, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold steady. The more plain offerings and those with too much flesh sold with an up to 10.00 discount. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.04/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$138.04

53 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$14.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.35

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	139.43	635	45
Medium and Large 1-2	386	136.00	525	4thin
Medium and Large 2	414	124.52	516	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.91/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale53 hd

138.04

—

AR average7 barns · 781 hd

142.40

−4.35

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	High	1,607	79.67	1,280	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	57.61	685	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,368	56.00	766	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	956	55.64	532	8thin

Every lot

53 lots · USDA AMS · County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	290	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	432	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	147.75/cwt	143.00–157.50	498	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	141.67/cwt	141.00–142.00	545	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	386	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	525	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	124.04/cwt	118.00–130.00	531	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	136.97/cwt	129.00–140.00	708	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	277	144.04/cwt	142.00–147.00	399	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	357	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	319	143.64/cwt	135.00–147.00	458	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	136.76/cwt	136.00–137.00	499	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	474	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	413	126.42/cwt	124.00–129.00	522	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	136.49/cwt	136.00–137.00	573	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	634	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	575	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	565	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	650	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	590	120.43/cwt	119.00–124.00	711	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	605	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	545	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	763	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	112.98/cwt	112.00–114.00	757	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	644	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	738	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,125	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	782	1
Bulls	—	—	1,795	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,900	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,701	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	775	44.01/cwt	43.00–45.00	341	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	976	61.16/cwt	59.50–63.50	597	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	583	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,100	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	649	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,160	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	696	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	56.17/cwt	54.50–58.00	654	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	60.01/cwt	58.50–62.00	736	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	819	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	927	57.85/cwt	56.50–59.00	536	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	938	77.91/cwt	73.00–84.00	731	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	64.54/cwt	59.00–72.00	755	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,208	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	834	2

This sale against other markets

Arkansas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Wed Sep 4, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 165Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 50Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	149.00	149.00
20	—	517	129.00–140.00	136.97
13	—	337	143.00–157.50	147.75
3	—	385	141.00–142.00	141.67
2	—	475	135.00	135.00
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
1	—	695	125.00	125.00
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
1	—	405	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	118.00–130.00	124.04
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
1	—	335	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	90.00	90.00
1	—	505	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	112.00–114.00	112.98
2	—	523	110.00	110.00
2	—	413	124.00–129.00	126.42
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	370	128.00	128.00
1	—	310	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	590	119.00–124.00	120.43
7	—	319	135.00–147.00	143.64
4	—	507	125.00	125.00
4	—	365	136.00–137.00	136.76
3	—	277	142.00–147.00	144.04
2	—	625	122.00	122.00
2	—	420	136.00–137.00	136.49
1	—	455	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	115.00	115.00
1	—	625	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	105.00	105.00
1	—	550	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	568	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	43.00–45.00	44.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	976	59.50–63.50	61.16
1	—	1,100	59.00	59.00
1	—	1,090	53.50	53.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	52.00	52.00
1	—	1,160	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,165	54.50–58.00	56.17
3	—	1,227	58.50–62.00	60.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	89.50	89.50
1	—	1,795	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,125	69.50	69.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	927	56.50–59.00	57.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	938	73.00–84.00	77.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,170	59.00–72.00	64.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,208	69.00	69.00

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.