Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-03-11

County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-11

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

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Mar 4Mar 11Mar 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 137 vs last sale 204▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 7▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 3▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough offering in any class to establish a trend for feeder calves or slaughter cattle; as market jitters continue to leave producers in a wait and see attitude.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.50/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$128.50

32 head · 442 lb average

Value per head Derived

$567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$55.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.01

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	444	131.04	582	29
Medium and Large 2	408	118.00	481	2thin
Medium and Large 3	440	76.00	334	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.04/cwt here — about $247 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 sale32 hd

128.50

—

AR average9 barns · 1,319 hd

139.52

−11.01

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	918	32.50	298	2thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	272	161.49/cwt	156.00–169.00	439	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	347	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	564	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	154.39/cwt	148.00–156.00	591	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	144.96/cwt	144.00–147.00	612	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	136.10/cwt	130.00–140.00	656	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	654	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	752	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	132.45/cwt	130.00–135.00	364	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	138.98/cwt	130.00–142.00	475	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	128.55/cwt	125.00–130.00	481	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	443	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	129.50/cwt	125.00–134.00	524	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	334	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	131.99/cwt	130.00–134.00	636	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	130.34/cwt	129.00–132.00	682	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	530	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	625	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	130.46/cwt	125.00–135.00	746	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	787	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	128.01/cwt	127.00–129.00	842	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	440	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	625	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	490	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	730	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	555	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	688	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	133.39/cwt	130.00–137.00	758	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	885	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	221	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	950	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	380	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	460	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	44.60/cwt	42.00–48.00	522	3

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 Mar 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 204Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 7Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 3Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Not enough offering in any class to establish a trend for feeder calves or slaughter cattle; as market jitters continue to leave producers in a wait and see attitude.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	121.00	121.00
1	—	385	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	130.00–134.00	131.99
3	—	523	129.00–132.00	130.34
3	—	572	125.00–135.00	130.46
5	—	342	130.00–142.00	138.98
7	—	374	125.00–130.00	128.55
1	—	610	129.00	129.00
2	—	275	130.00–135.00	132.45
2	—	405	125.00–134.00	129.50
2	—	658	127.00–129.00	128.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	142.00	142.00
1	—	490	149.00	149.00
1	—	515	135.00	135.00
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
2	—	568	130.00–137.00	133.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	130.00–140.00	136.10
1	—	570	132.00	132.00
3	—	272	156.00–169.00	161.49
3	—	336	168.00	168.00
3	—	422	144.00–147.00	144.96
5	—	383	148.00–156.00	154.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	120.00	120.00
1	—	335	145.00	145.00
1	—	430	135.00	135.00
1	—	515	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	110.00	110.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3	—	1,170	42.00–48.00	44.60
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	920	50.00	50.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	885	25.00	25.00
1	—	950	40.00	40.00

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.