Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-03-18

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 18
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 67▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 4▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2▲ 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 offerings to establish a trend in either feeder or slaughter cattle; heavy rain in area and continued concern over Livestock Futures are hampering cattle movement in area.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.62/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$132.62
10 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.79
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1445132.6259010thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale10 hd
132.62
—
AR average8 barns · 1,007 hd
126.83
+5.79
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16050.005801thin

Every lot

11 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed345141.00/cwt141.00–141.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 1430145.00/cwt145.00–145.006244
Steers—Medium and Large 1480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445132.62/cwt129.00–133.0059010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575110.00/cwt110.00–110.006331
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583127.40/cwt123.00–132.007432
Bulls—Medium and Large 1755101.00/cwt101.00–101.007631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16050.00/cwt50.00–50.005801
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-274053.00/cwt53.00–53.003921
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16039.00/cwt39.00–39.004521

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.