Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-05-13

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, May 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 105▲ 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 18▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 8▲ 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.21/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$142.21
60 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$651
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.11
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492148.9773235
Medium and Large 2372132.9849510thin
Medium and Large 1-2436132.6057815thin
One grade step is worth $16.37/cwt here — about $154 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 sale60 hd
142.21
—
AR average7 barns · 849 hd
148.32
−6.11
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
Bulls—Average1,76374.001,3052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,29060.007741thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10056.7462410
CowsLean 85-90%Low97952.195115thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003582
Steers—Medium and Large 1335157.33/cwt157.00–158.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 2340132.44/cwt130.00–135.004504
Steers—Medium and Large 2390133.00/cwt133.00–133.005191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421131.00/cwt131.00–131.0055212
Steers—Medium and Large 1428149.36/cwt146.00–151.006393
Steers—Medium and Large 2430136.00/cwt136.00–136.005851
Steers—Medium and Large 2475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006511
Steers—Medium and Large 1480153.36/cwt141.00–155.0073617
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2495139.00/cwt139.00–139.006883
Steers—Medium and Large 2515134.00/cwt134.00–134.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1531140.36/cwt139.00–146.007455
Steers—Medium and Large 1568143.00/cwt143.00–143.008125
Steers—Medium and Large 1630135.00/cwt135.00–135.008512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305137.00/cwt137.00–137.004181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410134.73/cwt133.00–136.0055213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410125.00/cwt125.00–125.005131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416132.00/cwt132.00–132.005494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489129.99/cwt129.00–134.0063623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510120.00/cwt120.00–120.006121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565126.70/cwt124.00–128.007163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007536
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523136.54/cwt135.00–138.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 1578133.48/cwt130.00–137.007722
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620126.00/cwt126.00–126.007811
Bulls—Small and Medium 366040.00/cwt40.00–40.002641
Bulls—Medium and Large 371081.00/cwt81.00–81.005751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,76374.00/cwt74.00–74.001,3052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83045.00/cwt45.00–45.003741
Cows—Lean 85-90%86550.00/cwt50.00–50.004331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02053.00/cwt53.00–53.005411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06755.31/cwt55.00–56.005903
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10055.91/cwt55.00–57.006156
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12759.64/cwt59.00–60.006723
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29060.00/cwt60.00–60.007741
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04558.00/cwt58.00–58.006061

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.