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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 15

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Sep 8Sep 15Sep 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

176 head

▲ 59 vs last sale 117▲ 68 vs year ago 108 · +63.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

19 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 9▲ 4 vs year ago 15 · +26.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 4▲ 2 vs year ago 7 · +28.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 2.00 higher, 400-600 lb weights sold steady to 7.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher, 500-600 lb weights sold 4.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls not well tested.

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 $146.13/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$146.13

85 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$685

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

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

$37.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.19

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	476	150.95	719	50
Medium and Large 2	466	141.66	660	32
Medium and Large 3	369	113.60	419	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.35/cwt here — about $300 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 sale85 hd

146.13

—

AR average4 barns · 733 hd

152.33

−6.19

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	1,815	81.50	1,479	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,572	65.85	1,035	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,072	46.46	498	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	945	46.00	435	5thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	164.11/cwt	153.00–175.00	528	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	140.15/cwt	135.00–145.00	462	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	300	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	161.59/cwt	155.00–170.00	595	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	124.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	485	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	143.06/cwt	130.00–146.00	612	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	148.43/cwt	147.00–152.00	644	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	141.31/cwt	134.00–146.00	654	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	148.66/cwt	146.00–151.00	696	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	139.27/cwt	130.00–143.00	710	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	148.24/cwt	147.00–150.00	774	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	147.38/cwt	144.00–159.00	830	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	577	142.68/cwt	141.00–144.00	823	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	152.52/cwt	145.00–155.00	985	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	313	113.64/cwt	110.00–117.00	356	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	428	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	126.31/cwt	120.00–130.00	414	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	515	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3	400	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	290	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	115.52/cwt	115.00–116.00	485	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	433	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	507	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	142.44/cwt	139.00–146.00	624	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	515	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	470	130.21/cwt	125.00–135.00	612	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	142.29/cwt	130.00–144.50	676	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	136.50/cwt	130.00–138.50	722	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	610	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	787	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	137.73/cwt	130.00–139.00	843	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	914	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	942	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	795	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	835	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	996	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	137.93/cwt	135.00–141.00	735	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	130.57/cwt	121.00–136.00	757	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	618	129.05/cwt	125.00–136.00	798	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	623	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	744	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	125.08/cwt	121.00–129.00	901	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	775	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	899	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	790	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	482	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	838	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,081	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,815	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	1,479	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	790	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	277	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	419	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,002	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	501	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,032	41.12/cwt	40.00–45.00	424	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,138	55.36/cwt	54.00–57.00	630	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,572	65.85/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,035	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	625	83.52/cwt	82.00–85.00	522	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	736	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,160	72.07/cwt	67.00–79.00	836	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	687	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,183	65.94/cwt	60.00–74.00	780	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 Sep 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 176Last week 117Year ago 108

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 9Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 4Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	129.00	129.00
1	—	500	121.00	121.00
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
3	—	328	120.00–130.00	126.31
1	—	795	105.00	105.00
1	—	365	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	136.00	136.00
8	—	612	130.00–139.00	137.73
1	—	560	130.00	130.00
1	—	350	147.00	147.00
3	—	672	136.00	136.00
9	—	529	130.00–138.50	136.50
2	—	703	134.00	134.00
2	—	438	139.00–146.00	142.44
1	—	905	110.00	110.00
17	—	475	130.00–144.50	142.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	115.00–116.00	115.52
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
2	—	313	110.00–117.00	113.64
3	—	468	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	125.00–135.00	130.21
1	—	635	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	117.00	117.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	72.50	72.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	140.00	140.00
6	—	468	146.00–151.00	148.66
16	—	434	147.00–152.00	148.43
6	—	368	155.00–170.00	161.59
8	—	563	144.00–159.00	147.38
6	—	522	147.00–150.00	148.24
4	—	646	145.00–155.00	152.52
3	—	322	153.00–175.00	164.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	91.00	91.00
2	—	388	120.00–130.00	124.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	135.00	135.00
3	—	577	141.00–144.00	142.68
1	—	370	148.00	148.00
11	—	428	130.00–146.00	143.06
2	—	330	135.00–145.00	140.15
9	—	463	134.00–146.00	141.31
5	—	510	130.00–143.00	139.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	116.00	116.00
5	—	580	121.00–136.00	130.57
2	—	838	129.00	129.00
2	—	720	121.00–129.00	125.08
2	—	533	135.00–141.00	137.93
3	—	618	125.00–136.00	129.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
2	—	623	119.00–120.00	119.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	61.00	61.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	35.00	35.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,032	40.00–45.00	41.12
3	—	1,138	54.00–57.00	55.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	45.00	45.00
3	—	1,002	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,572	65.00–68.00	65.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	81.50	81.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	625	82.00–85.00	83.52

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	59.00	59.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,183	60.00–74.00	65.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,160	67.00–79.00	72.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	66.00	66.00

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.