Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2022-01-19

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 19
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 296 vs last sale 358▼ 38 vs year ago 100 · −38.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 28▼ 11 vs year ago 27 · −40.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 9▲ 4 vs year ago 6 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a very light run and with all classes not tested; Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 5.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold steady to 6.00 higher. Quality of offering was mostly average to plain. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, 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 $150.18/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$150.18
32 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$751
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$536
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$121.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.53
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1506163.4382822
Medium and Large 2437152.156656thin
Medium and Large 3428106.754562thin
Small and Medium 369342.002912thin
One grade step is worth $121.43/cwt here — about $536 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 sale32 hd
150.18
—
AR average7 barns · 1,465 hd
163.71
−13.53
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—Low1,39566.009211thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39062.028625thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06550.005331thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,00946.814729thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1326175.39/cwt169.00–179.005725
Steers—Medium and Large 337092.50/cwt92.50–92.503421
Steers—Medium and Large 2385166.00/cwt166.00–166.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1391173.91/cwt170.00–180.006805
Steers—Medium and Large 1423178.64/cwt175.00–184.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 2429153.97/cwt145.00–161.006614
Steers—Medium and Large 3485121.00/cwt121.00–121.005871
Steers—Medium and Large 1500153.00/cwt153.00–153.007651
Steers—Medium and Large 2520131.00/cwt131.00–131.006811
Steers—Medium and Large 1628155.00/cwt155.00–155.009732
Steers—Medium and Large 1680150.49/cwt150.00–152.001,0234
Steers—Small and Medium 369342.00/cwt42.00–42.002912
Steers—Medium and Large 1785146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1461
Steers—Medium and Large 11,025102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0461
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320140.32/cwt140.00–141.004493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365138.03/cwt136.00–140.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375144.00/cwt144.00–144.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 2400132.00/cwt132.00–132.005281
Heifers—Medium and Large 3437117.36/cwt106.00–123.005133
Heifers—Medium and Large 3450119.00/cwt119.00–119.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475153.92/cwt152.00–156.007312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006931
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520125.00/cwt125.00–125.006501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545149.00/cwt149.00–149.008124
Heifers—Medium and Large 354582.00/cwt82.00–82.004471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555148.00/cwt148.00–148.008211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625148.00/cwt148.00–148.009251
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640130.00/cwt130.00–130.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665134.00/cwt134.00–134.008911
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2505124.00/cwt124.00–124.006261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1545149.00/cwt149.00–149.008121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1820130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0661
Bulls—Medium and Large 396525.00/cwt25.00–25.002411
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,39566.00/cwt66.00–66.009211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight73015.00/cwt15.00–15.001101
Cows—Boner 80-85%85560.00/cwt60.00–60.005131
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04050.44/cwt49.00–52.005253
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06550.00/cwt50.00–50.005331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07855.99/cwt55.00–57.006042
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10841.49/cwt38.00–45.004602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39062.02/cwt60.00–64.008625
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,16079.00/cwt79.00–79.009161
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 3670360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4121
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 3710560.00/cwt560.00–560.003,9761
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 372550.00/cwt50.00–50.003631
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 374552.00/cwt52.00–52.003871
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-285560.00/cwt60.00–60.005131
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,45062.00/cwt62.00–62.008991
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24758.97/cwt52.00–63.007353

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.