Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-05-27

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, May 27
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 85▲ 92 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 36▲ 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 15▲ 5 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 400 lbs sold 8.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 7.00-10.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.95/cwt on 40 head.
Average price
$125.95
40 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$34.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.23
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455134.8161327
Medium and Large 2462110.715119thin
Medium and Large 3424100.504264thin
One grade step is worth $34.31/cwt here — about $187 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 sale40 hd
125.95
—
AR average9 barns · 1,541 hd
130.18
−4.23
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—Average2,05081.041,6612thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,21760.787404thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19559.0470611
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00848.004842thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004251
Steers—Medium and Large 2370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004961
Steers—Medium and Large 1385155.56/cwt155.00–156.0059911
Steers—Medium and Large 2440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005501
Steers—Medium and Large 1479147.58/cwt143.00–150.007077
Steers—Medium and Large 1519138.47/cwt137.00–139.007194
Steers—Medium and Large 1565136.46/cwt135.00–138.007712
Steers—Medium and Large 1620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
Steers—Medium and Large 1685131.00/cwt131.00–131.008971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3310106.00/cwt106.00–106.003291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323149.00/cwt149.00–149.004812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328119.92/cwt110.00–130.003932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360130.00/cwt130.00–130.004682
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365121.88/cwt119.00–125.004452
Heifers—Medium and Large 3385106.00/cwt106.00–106.004081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408143.00/cwt143.00–143.0058313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420112.38/cwt110.00–115.004722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460134.00/cwt134.00–134.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 349090.00/cwt90.00–90.004411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510126.76/cwt125.00–128.006464
Heifers—Medium and Large 3510100.00/cwt100.00–100.005101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584124.58/cwt123.00–128.007283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640113.00/cwt113.00–113.007231
Heifers—Medium and Large 264396.00/cwt96.00–96.006173
Heifers—Medium and Large 171595.00/cwt95.00–95.006791
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005221
Bulls—Medium and Large 344095.00/cwt95.00–95.004181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478115.36/cwt110.00–121.005512
Bulls—Medium and Large 3500101.00/cwt101.00–101.005051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535135.00/cwt135.00–135.007221
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570110.00/cwt110.00–110.006271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575130.00/cwt130.00–130.007482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615127.48/cwt126.00–129.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 1650129.00/cwt129.00–129.008391
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,05081.04/cwt79.00–84.001,6612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86530.00/cwt30.00–30.002601
Cows—Boner 80-85%94744.65/cwt44.00–45.004233
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,03555.00/cwt55.00–55.005691
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15066.00/cwt66.00–66.007591
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26965.22/cwt63.00–67.008287
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27862.71/cwt60.00–65.508013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42059.00/cwt59.00–59.008381
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 353032.00/cwt32.00–32.001701
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-279075.00/cwt75.00–75.005931
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-290852.85/cwt50.00–55.004802
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small and Medium 3975525.00/cwt525.00–525.005,1191

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.