Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2022-10-19

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Oct 19
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 162▲ 16 vs year ago 67 · +23.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 37▲ 8 vs year ago 6 · +133.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 17▼ 18 vs year ago 22 · −81.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test and with not all classes represented, Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 5.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 1.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.14/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$132.14
27 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$41.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.68
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500136.5868322
Medium and Large 2387124.314813thin
Medium and Large 348395.004582thin
One grade step is worth $41.58/cwt here — about $224 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 sale27 hd
132.14
—
AR average8 barns · 1,502 hd
140.82
−8.68
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—Average1,29069.508972thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51563.039555thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16060.006961thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13347.885436thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325132.00/cwt132.00–132.004291
Steers—Medium and Large 3330128.00/cwt128.00–128.004221
Steers—Medium and Large 1335166.03/cwt165.00–167.005562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2353150.00/cwt150.00–150.005302
Steers—Small and Medium 340555.00/cwt55.00–55.002231
Steers—Medium and Large 1435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 346069.00/cwt69.00–69.003171
Steers—Medium and Large 1474164.67/cwt164.00–165.007813
Steers—Medium and Large 2480125.00/cwt125.00–125.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1544155.00/cwt155.00–155.008434
Steers—Medium and Large 2570133.00/cwt133.00–133.007581
Steers—Medium and Large 3605107.00/cwt107.00–107.006471
Steers—Medium and Large 1670146.00/cwt146.00–146.009781
Steers—Medium and Large 1705148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0431
Steers—Medium and Large 21,01590.00/cwt90.00–90.009141
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300120.00/cwt120.00–120.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 332572.00/cwt72.00–72.002341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340144.00/cwt144.00–144.004901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385135.00/cwt135.00–135.005202
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430126.46/cwt123.00–130.005442
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438139.51/cwt139.00–140.006114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465138.00/cwt136.00–140.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525135.80/cwt131.00–138.007136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559133.99/cwt131.00–140.007495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1605134.00/cwt134.00–134.008111
Heifers—Medium and Large 3640118.00/cwt118.00–118.007551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655138.00/cwt138.00–138.009041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1550141.00/cwt141.00–141.007761
Bulls—Medium and Large 1629138.87/cwt136.00–140.008737
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715134.00/cwt134.00–134.009581
Bulls—Medium and Large 1810101.41/cwt100.00–107.008215
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,15060.00/cwt60.00–60.006901
Bulls——1,43079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1301
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%92536.97/cwt35.00–39.003422
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00047.67/cwt46.00–49.004772
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16060.00/cwt60.00–60.006961
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47559.00/cwt59.00–59.008702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48762.39/cwt62.00–63.009283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55864.00/cwt64.00–64.009972
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13561.00/cwt61.00–61.006921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,38263.06/cwt59.00–70.008713
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-299570.00/cwt70.00–70.006971

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.