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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 11

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Sep 4Sep 11Sep 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

74 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 129▲ 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 21▲ 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

23 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 11▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-9.00 lower, with full decline on 400-500 lb weights. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 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 $131.64/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$131.64

25 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$15.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.62

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	134.75	752	20
Medium and Large 2	435	119.20	519	5thin

One grade step is worth $15.55/cwt here — about $233 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 sale25 hd

131.64

—

AR average8 barns · 758 hd

135.26

−3.62

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	—	Low	1,691	74.77	1,265	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,003	62.50	627	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,383	57.51	795	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,173	55.44	650	4thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	468	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	117.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	544	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	571	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	792	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	133.29/cwt	130.00–135.00	814	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	137.39/cwt	135.00–140.00	453	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	305	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	127.00/cwt	124.00–130.00	514	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	121.54/cwt	120.00–123.00	648	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	119.39/cwt	114.00–121.00	683	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	415	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	510	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	480	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	422	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	505	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	596	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	128.92/cwt	125.00–133.00	664	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	123.83/cwt	120.00–131.00	691	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	580	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	539	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	655	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	570	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	750	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	660	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,575	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	1,095	1
Bulls	—	—	1,730	76.53/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,324	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	780	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	491	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	56.08/cwt	54.00–59.50	653	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	639	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,225	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	760	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,383	57.51/cwt	55.00–60.00	795	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	755.94/cwt	700.00–800.00	6,048	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	905	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,620	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	8,832	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	830	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	398	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	67.51/cwt	55.00–81.00	651	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,400	57.35/cwt	56.50–58.00	803	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750	84.18/cwt	70.00–92.00	631	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	82.42/cwt	81.00–84.00	643	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	810	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	551	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	830	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	415	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	78.40/cwt	72.00–86.00	772	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 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 129Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 21Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	125.00–133.00	128.92
5	—	558	120.00–131.00	123.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	88.00	88.00
1	—	580	93.00	93.00
1	—	655	87.00	87.00
1	—	750	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
1	—	785	105.00	105.00
1	—	830	110.00	110.00
2	—	330	135.00–140.00	137.39
2	—	405	124.00–130.00	127.00
2	—	533	120.00–123.00	121.54
6	—	640	120.00	120.00
8	—	572	114.00–121.00	119.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	140.00	140.00
1	—	415	144.00	144.00
1	—	530	136.00	136.00
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
3	—	337	139.00	139.00
3	—	587	135.00	135.00
3	—	710	130.00	130.00
7	—	611	130.00–135.00	133.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	130.00	130.00
1	—	385	130.00	130.00
1	—	565	101.00	101.00
2	—	463	115.00–120.00	117.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	920.00	920.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	700.00–800.00	755.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	905	400.00	400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,400	56.50–58.00	57.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	965	55.00–81.00	67.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	830	48.00	48.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	780	81.00–84.00	82.42
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	985	72.00–86.00	78.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	830	50.00	50.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	810	68.00	68.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	750	70.00–92.00	84.18

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	69.50	69.50
3	—	1,730	76.00–78.00	76.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	53.50	53.50
3	—	1,165	54.00–59.50	56.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,383	55.00–60.00	57.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	62.00	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	63.00	63.00

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.