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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 9

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

172 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 117▲ 3 vs year ago 169 · +1.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

13 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 16▼ 13 vs year ago 26 · −50.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 7▲ 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 3.00-9.00 lower, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Supply included mostly Fleshy calves or those with too much hair. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold steady.

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 $144.62/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$144.62

90 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$777

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$49.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.44

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	502	148.06	743	35
Medium and Large 1	548	146.60	803	46
Medium and Large 2	614	123.91	760	8thin
Medium and Large 3	685	99.00	678	1thin

One grade step is worth $49.06/cwt here — about $65 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 sale90 hd

144.62

—

AR average8 barns · 2,650 hd

146.07

−1.44

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	—	High	1,558	85.00	1,324	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	70.00	1,057	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,099	56.85	625	10

Every lot

54 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	545	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	582	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	604	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	160.73/cwt	151.00–170.00	675	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	145.67/cwt	140.00–149.00	616	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	434	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	673	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	141.63/cwt	138.00–145.00	663	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	153.83/cwt	150.00–157.00	721	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	148.33/cwt	144.00–155.00	777	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	812	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	145.00/cwt	140.00–146.00	841	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	134.00/cwt	133.00–135.00	862	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	685	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	678	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	783	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	955	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	764	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	990	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	990	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,045	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	836	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	355	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	154.39/cwt	140.00–158.00	562	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	135.76/cwt	130.00–139.00	519	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	577	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	457	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	617	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	126.81/cwt	121.00–132.00	590	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	136.97/cwt	135.00–138.00	651	3
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	495	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	371	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	509	135.94/cwt	135.00–136.00	692	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	592	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	594	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	655	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	133.61/cwt	130.00–135.00	795	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	615	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	554	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	131.74/cwt	131.00–132.00	830	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	826	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	756	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	899	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	764	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	762	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	799	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	905	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	708	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	857	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,455	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,164	1
Bulls	—	—	1,660	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,494	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,000	43.61/cwt	24.00–52.00	436	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,055	55.51/cwt	55.00–56.00	586	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	65.02/cwt	64.00–66.00	743	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,298	76.51/cwt	76.00–77.00	993	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,057	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	5,550	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	6,507	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	940	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,426	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,710	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,265	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	90.29/cwt	81.00–100.00	716	2

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 Jun 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 172Last week 117Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 16Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 7Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	133.00–135.00	134.00
10	—	469	150.00–157.00	153.83
2	—	420	151.00–170.00	160.73
1	—	345	158.00	158.00
6	—	524	144.00–155.00	148.33
1	—	990	100.00	100.00
1	—	755	121.00	121.00
22	—	580	140.00–146.00	145.00
1	—	385	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	111.00	111.00
2	—	468	138.00–145.00	141.63
1	—	1,045	80.00	80.00
1	—	955	80.00	80.00
3	—	423	140.00–149.00	145.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	379	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	562	144.50	144.50
5	—	434	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	509	135.00–136.00	135.94
1	—	415	139.00	139.00
5	—	364	140.00–158.00	154.39
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
6	—	650	127.00	127.00
4	—	630	131.00–132.00	131.74
3	—	475	135.00–138.00	136.97
5	—	595	130.00–135.00	133.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	130.00–139.00	135.76
1	—	565	116.00	116.00
1	—	720	105.00	105.00
1	—	515	115.00	115.00
3	—	465	121.00–132.00	126.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	899	85.00	85.00
3	—	457	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	108.00	108.00
1	—	355	100.00	100.00
1	—	615	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	139.00	139.00
3	—	708	121.00	121.00
1	—	670	135.00	135.00
1	—	515	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,055	55.00–56.00	55.51
2	—	1,298	76.00–77.00	76.51
2	—	1,143	64.00–66.00	65.02
4	—	1,000	24.00–52.00	43.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,510	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,455	80.00	80.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	770.00	770.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	740.00	740.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,710	74.00	74.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	940	790.00	790.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	793	81.00–100.00	90.29

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.