Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2023-08-23

County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2023-08-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-23

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 23

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Aug 16Aug 23Aug 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

58 head

▼ 73 vs last sale 131▼ 69 vs year ago 127 · −54.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 7▼ 5 vs year ago 6 · −83.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend established in any class. Very light offering with excessive heat & humidity impacting trade area.

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 $249.04/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$249.04

26 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,233

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$975

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

$157.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.00

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	257.79	1,305	23
Medium and Large 2	450	223.00	1,004	2thin
Medium and Large 3	330	100.00	330	1thin

One grade step is worth $157.79/cwt here — about $975 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 sale26 hd

249.04

—

AR average8 barns · 1,186 hd

265.04

−16.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

21 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	837	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	330	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	998	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	418	259.42/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,084	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	983	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	255.86/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,208	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	621	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,577	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	258.02/cwt	257.00–259.00	826	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	904	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	778	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	240.54/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,061	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	950	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,230	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,322	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	485	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,033	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	243.31/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,229	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,108	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	627	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,348	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,005	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,156	1

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 Aug 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 58Last week 131Year ago 127

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 7Year ago 6

Compared to last week: No trend established in any class. Very light offering with excessive heat & humidity impacting trade area.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	215.00	215.00
6	—	505	230.00–246.00	243.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	191.00	191.00
1	—	600	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	241.00	241.00
5	—	528	233.00	233.00
8	—	441	238.00–243.00	240.54
2	—	320	257.00–259.00	258.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	190.00	190.00
1	—	430	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	621	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	285.00	285.00
1	—	310	270.00	270.00
5	—	418	250.00–270.00	259.42
7	—	472	249.00–266.00	255.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	226.00	226.00
1	—	465	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	115.00	115.00

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.