Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2021-05-26

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, May 26
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
123 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 102▲ 31 vs year ago 92 · +33.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 7▼ 6 vs year ago 19 · −31.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 6▼ 4 vs year ago 5 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 10.00 higher, mostly 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs , not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.57/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$143.57
87 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$779
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.45
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551146.4780775
Medium and Large 2492130.496428thin
Medium and Large 3497115.255724thin
One grade step is worth $31.22/cwt here — about $234 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 sale87 hd
143.57
—
AR average10 barns · 1,434 hd
151.01
−7.45
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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12551.365789thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low85032.502762thin

Every lot

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004951
Steers—Medium and Large 2300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
Steers—Medium and Large 2372136.96/cwt135.00–140.005093
Steers—Medium and Large 3375115.00/cwt115.00–115.004311
Steers—Medium and Large 1429152.03/cwt146.00–161.006526
Steers—Medium and Large 3465106.00/cwt106.00–106.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 1467148.78/cwt145.00–154.006957
Steers—Medium and Large 2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy483135.00/cwt135.00–135.006523
Steers—Medium and Large 2515133.00/cwt133.00–133.006851
Steers—Medium and Large 1519146.52/cwt144.00–151.0076015
Steers—Medium and Large 1569149.53/cwt138.00–153.0085120
Steers—Medium and Large 3573120.00/cwt120.00–120.006882
Steers—Medium and Large 1616142.71/cwt142.00–146.0087916
Steers—Medium and Large 1657145.00/cwt145.00–145.009536
Steers—Medium and Large 2745110.00/cwt110.00–110.008201
Steers—Medium and Large 1750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009001
Steers—Medium and Large 2780110.00/cwt110.00–110.008581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395139.00/cwt139.00–139.005491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430136.00/cwt136.00–136.005851
Heifers—Medium and Large 2445124.00/cwt124.00–124.005521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471136.36/cwt130.00–138.506426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490128.00/cwt128.00–128.006271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1509134.44/cwt129.00–136.0068410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572131.48/cwt125.00–135.007526
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy600108.00/cwt108.00–108.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2695115.00/cwt115.00–115.007991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1725119.00/cwt119.00–119.008631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635137.00/cwt137.00–137.008701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight76520.00/cwt20.00–20.001531
Cows—Lean 85-90%93545.00/cwt45.00–45.004211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06050.00/cwt50.00–50.005303
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07560.00/cwt60.00–60.006451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14045.00/cwt45.00–45.005132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19854.08/cwt52.00–55.006483
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,42099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,4061

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.