Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2024-05-29

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, May 29
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 222 vs last sale 287▼ 74 vs year ago 139 · −53.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 31▼ 18 vs year ago 24 · −75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 10▲ 1 vs year ago 4 · +25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend established, not enough receipts in any Feeder or Slaughter class. Higher under tones denoted in cattle suitable for grazing.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $280.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −146.46 against this barn's trailing median of $426.46.
Average price
$280.00
4 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,632
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−19.26
vs AR average
−25.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583280.001,6324thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
280.00
—
AR average10 barns · 655 hd
299.26
−19.26
National average125 barns · 5,668 hd
305.14
−25.14
This barn, trailing median18 sales
426.46
−146.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
489444400355median 426.4603/0404/1506/1008/0510/07
Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $369.12, median $426.46 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High2,075145.003,0091thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,230130.001,5993thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235127.501,5752thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,245$1,6751thin

Every lot

37 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310315.00/cwt315.00–315.009771
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313355.12/cwt350.00–360.001,1122
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added365365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,3321
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385341.00/cwt338.00–344.001,3132
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3393191.26/cwt150.00–232.007522
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423281.50/cwt281.00–282.001,1912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425319.35/cwt315.00–327.001,3576
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469316.76/cwt315.00–321.001,4865
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2661
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6324
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5431
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6452
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added310307.00/cwt307.00–307.009521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed320285.00/cwt285.00–285.009121
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,1381
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added395291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,1491
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0132
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added418292.56/cwt289.00–296.001,2232
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1440284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,2501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514265.19/cwt262.00–270.001,3634
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568250.99/cwt248.00–254.001,4262
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy620226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4011
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2845165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4581
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2711
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1548279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5293
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560258.63/cwt249.00–265.001,4485
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy640231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4781
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,6211
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,075145.00/cwt145.00–145.003,0091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5191
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,230130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5993
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,255130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6321
Replacement Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,115162.04/cwt160.00–164.001,8072
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,2451,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,455140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0371
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,030113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1641

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.