Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2021-01-20

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 20
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 301 vs last sale 401▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 22▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 21▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light run and with some classes not represented, Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 4.00-10.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.68/cwt on 53 head.
Average price
$125.68
53 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.75
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506127.4564444
Medium and Large 2482117.025649thin
One grade step is worth $10.43/cwt here — about $81 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 sale53 hd
125.68
—
AR average9 barns · 2,382 hd
129.43
−3.75
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High2,13075.001,5981thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,30249.156407thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10033.9237315
CowsLean 85-90%High97229.822905thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310155.71/cwt153.00–159.004833
Steers—Medium and Large 3380107.68/cwt100.00–116.004092
Steers—Medium and Large 2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
Steers—Medium and Large 1428151.89/cwt150.00–164.0065014
Steers—Medium and Large 343585.00/cwt85.00–85.003701
Steers—Medium and Large 2440135.06/cwt130.00–140.005942
Steers—Medium and Large 2450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
Steers—Medium and Large 3465111.03/cwt105.00–114.005163
Steers—Medium and Large 1476143.97/cwt140.00–145.006855
Steers—Medium and Large 1545140.00/cwt140.00–140.007633
Steers—Medium and Large 1580135.00/cwt135.00–135.007831
Steers—Medium and Large 1711121.98/cwt115.00–125.008675
Steers—Medium and Large 2825100.00/cwt100.00–100.008251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300135.00/cwt135.00–135.004051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300131.00/cwt131.00–131.003931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365143.94/cwt141.00–147.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429135.50/cwt135.50–135.505819
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445126.00/cwt126.00–126.005611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2471120.30/cwt115.00–125.005674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479130.97/cwt130.00–135.006276
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy530100.00/cwt100.00–100.005301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535122.17/cwt121.00–126.006546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1558122.05/cwt115.00–124.0068113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565105.00/cwt105.00–105.005931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610110.00/cwt110.00–110.006711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620116.99/cwt116.00–119.007253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690111.00/cwt111.00–111.007661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008141
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535130.00/cwt130.00–130.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1655117.00/cwt117.00–117.007661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715115.00/cwt115.00–115.008221
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,13075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,5981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight84520.00/cwt20.00–20.001691
Cows—Lean 85-90%86011.00/cwt11.00–11.00951
Cows—Lean 85-90%91833.04/cwt31.00–35.003032
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00926.55/cwt15.00–33.002689
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,10543.00/cwt43.00–43.004751
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16546.49/cwt45.00–48.005422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20837.74/cwt37.50–38.004562
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,32052.00/cwt52.00–52.006861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32347.10/cwt45.00–48.506232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33550.69/cwt50.00–51.506772
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34051.71/cwt51.00–53.006934
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03584.00/cwt84.00–84.008691
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-289548.00/cwt48.00–48.004301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01530.00/cwt30.00–30.003051
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,49550.08/cwt48.00–52.007493

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.