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County Line Sale Barn

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

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

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Nov 4Nov 11Nov 18 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

266 head

▲ 158 vs last sale 108▲ 130 vs year ago 136 · +95.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 12 vs last sale 13▼ 29 vs year ago 54 · −53.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 11▼ 13 vs year ago 20 · −65.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower on a light test with offering mostly plain. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.10/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$137.10

133 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$29.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.75

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	140.50	747	112
Medium and Large 2	550	119.82	659	19thin
Medium and Large 3	463	110.53	512	2thin

One grade step is worth $29.97/cwt here — about $236 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 sale133 hd

137.10

—

AR average8 barns · 2,522 hd

143.85

−6.75

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
Bulls	—	Low	1,594	59.27	945	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	49.00	703	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,107	27.48	304	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	998	23.00	230	3thin

Every lot

76 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	142.44/cwt	140.00–145.00	467	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	344	158.31/cwt	154.00–159.00	545	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	355	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	561	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	149.85/cwt	141.00–154.00	560	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	376	128.62/cwt	120.00–131.00	484	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	140.80/cwt	140.00–145.00	596	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	459	151.48/cwt	150.00–154.00	695	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	110.53/cwt	105.00–116.00	512	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	141.22/cwt	133.50–144.00	671	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	132.27/cwt	127.00–138.00	639	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	714	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	755	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	698	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	130.50/cwt	130.00–131.00	743	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	595	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	128.57/cwt	126.00–130.00	786	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	628	135.66/cwt	134.00–136.00	852	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	657	134.01/cwt	133.00–135.00	880	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	669	105.75/cwt	105.00–108.00	707	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	706	133.13/cwt	132.00–134.00	940	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	108.00/cwt	105.00–111.00	772	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	865	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,090	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	910	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,001	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	955	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	955	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	144.50/cwt	142.00–145.00	426	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	120.48/cwt	119.00–122.00	392	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	138.97/cwt	131.00–144.00	463	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	111.67/cwt	110.00–115.00	413	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	133.21/cwt	126.00–140.00	496	7
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	380	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	342	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	419	135.63/cwt	135.50–136.00	568	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	126.96/cwt	125.00–130.00	542	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	499	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	584	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	109.95/cwt	105.00–115.00	528	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	505	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	530	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	512	118.70/cwt	115.00–121.00	608	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	121.71/cwt	120.00–122.50	656	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	578	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	330	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	115.11/cwt	110.00–123.00	650	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	588	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	694	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	112.96/cwt	110.00–116.00	698	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	765	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	715	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	801	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	500	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	555	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	512	122.91/cwt	119.00–125.00	629	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	562	113.28/cwt	110.00–115.00	637	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	618	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	622	118.20/cwt	110.00–125.00	735	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	774	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	770	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	516	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	820	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	640	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	930	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	781	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	990	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	733	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,055	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	728	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,352	55.62/cwt	50.00–58.00	752	3
Bulls	—	—	1,958	64.74/cwt	62.00–67.50	1,268	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	785	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	118	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	955	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	143	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,050	21.92/cwt	15.00–30.00	230	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	42.00/cwt	39.00–45.00	523	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,255	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	489	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	650	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,435	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	703	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	470	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	678	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,163	47.04/cwt	45.00–50.00	547	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	44.02/cwt	39.00–49.00	572	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 Nov 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 108Year ago 136

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 13Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 11Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	910	110.00	110.00
1	—	510	148.00	148.00
7	—	344	154.00–159.00	158.31
16	—	459	150.00–154.00	151.48
1	—	865	126.00	126.00
22	—	706	132.00–134.00	133.13
3	—	355	158.00	158.00
6	—	628	134.00–136.00	135.66
4	—	657	133.00–135.00	134.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	374	141.00–154.00	149.85
2	—	508	140.00–141.00	140.50
11	—	423	140.00–145.00	140.80
10	—	569	130.00–131.00	130.50
5	—	611	126.00–130.00	128.57
2	—	328	140.00–145.00	142.44
13	—	475	133.50–144.00	141.22
1	—	680	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	376	120.00–131.00	128.62
1	—	955	100.00	100.00
4	—	669	105.00–108.00	105.75
3	—	483	127.00–138.00	132.27
2	—	715	105.00–111.00	108.00
2	—	545	128.00	128.00
1	—	595	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	105.00–116.00	110.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	605	120.00	120.00
11	—	419	135.50–136.00	135.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	565	110.00–123.00	115.11
5	—	539	120.00–122.50	121.71
3	—	427	125.00–130.00	126.96
6	—	333	131.00–144.00	138.97
4	—	665	115.00	115.00
5	—	471	124.00	124.00
7	—	372	126.00–140.00	133.21
6	—	295	142.00–145.00	144.50
2	—	618	110.00–116.00	112.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	100.00	100.00
1	—	560	59.00	59.00
1	—	400	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	105.00–115.00	109.95
1	—	430	116.00	116.00
3	—	370	110.00–115.00	111.67
2	—	325	119.00–122.00	120.48
1	—	550	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	588	118.00	118.00
8	—	512	115.00–121.00	118.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	84.00	84.00
15	—	512	119.00–125.00	122.91
7	—	622	110.00–125.00	118.20
1	—	1,055	69.00	69.00
3	—	562	110.00–115.00	113.28
1	—	710	109.00	109.00
1	—	830	100.00	100.00
1	—	650	110.00	110.00
1	—	990	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	78.00	78.00
2	—	618	100.00	100.00
1	—	500	111.00	111.00
1	—	570	115.00	115.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	940	50.00	50.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,255	54.00	54.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,300	39.00–49.00	44.02
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,163	45.00–50.00	47.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,245	39.00–45.00	42.00
9	—	1,050	15.00–30.00	21.92
1	—	1,340	48.50	48.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	15.00	15.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	15.00	15.00
1	—	1,255	39.00	39.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	49.00	49.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	50.00–58.00	55.62
2	—	1,958	62.00–67.50	64.74

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.