Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-06-17

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 17
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
223 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 169▼ 570 vs year ago 793 · −71.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
22 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 26▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
58 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 6▲ 58 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 500 lbs sold 8.00-9.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.82/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$125.82
71 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$42.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.62
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505129.8665649
Medium and Large 2510118.2360321
Small and Medium 339587.003441thin
One grade step is worth $42.86/cwt here — about $313 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 sale71 hd
125.82
—
AR average9 barns · 1,769 hd
125.20
+0.62
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,26162.267855thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01760.676173thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35559.368045thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,03952.555468thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325164.00/cwt164.00–164.005331
Steers—Medium and Large 2333144.42/cwt141.00–148.004812
Steers—Medium and Large 2374138.13/cwt132.00–140.005174
Steers—Medium and Large 1418159.01/cwt158.00–160.006652
Steers—Medium and Large 2439133.79/cwt131.00–141.005875
Steers—Medium and Large 3470119.00/cwt119.00–119.005591
Steers—Medium and Large 1473142.42/cwt140.00–153.006749
Steers—Medium and Large 2475129.56/cwt125.00–133.006153
Steers—Medium and Large 1507134.34/cwt130.00–142.006819
Steers—Medium and Large 3515111.00/cwt111.00–111.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 2527120.15/cwt114.00–125.006333
Steers—Medium and Large 1573135.60/cwt130.00–145.0077718
Steers—Medium and Large 2580123.17/cwt115.00–127.007143
Steers—Medium and Large 1613125.49/cwt124.00–133.007696
Steers—Medium and Large 2780115.00/cwt115.00–115.008971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358132.51/cwt131.00–134.004742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2364125.45/cwt120.00–129.004574
Heifers—Small and Medium 339587.00/cwt87.00–87.003441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414122.03/cwt121.00–124.005053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472136.15/cwt131.00–138.0064322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487125.82/cwt115.00–128.006136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525124.00/cwt124.00–124.0065114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2558118.72/cwt116.00–121.006624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567124.31/cwt119.00–129.507059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605124.00/cwt123.00–125.007502
Heifers—Medium and Large 261397.55/cwt95.00–100.005982
Heifers—Medium and Large 281395.00/cwt95.00–95.007722
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 339590.00/cwt90.00–90.003561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528136.55/cwt135.00–138.007212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575122.25/cwt120.00–129.007034
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605101.00/cwt101.00–101.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 1624132.74/cwt130.00–134.008284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
Bulls—Medium and Large 1765117.00/cwt117.00–117.008951
Bulls—Medium and Large 1860103.48/cwt100.00–107.008902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,09655.83/cwt40.00–70.006124
Bulls——1,92088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,6901
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%92040.00/cwt40.00–40.003681
Cows—Boner 80-85%97855.00/cwt55.00–55.005383
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01760.67/cwt60.00–62.006173
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,06055.00/cwt55.00–55.005832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09750.31/cwt49.00–52.005523
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17064.50/cwt64.50–64.507551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55262.26/cwt61.00–64.009663
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11555.00/cwt55.00–55.006131
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-277547.91/cwt46.00–50.003712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295060.56/cwt60.00–61.005752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-296052.00/cwt52.00–52.004991
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299061.00/cwt61.00–61.006041
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07658.00/cwt56.00–60.006244
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29001,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.009,0901
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0011,2751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1151,135.40/cwt1,035.00–1,400.0012,6605
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2701,109.38/cwt1,075.00–1,175.0014,0893
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,580975.00/cwt975.00–975.0015,4051

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.