Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2024-06-26

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 26
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 65▼ 57 vs year ago 185 · −30.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▼ 52 vs year ago 60 · −86.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 7▼ 25 vs year ago 29 · −86.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks very light offering: Feeder steers sold 12.00-25.00 higher, Feeder heifers sold 1.00-6.00 higher, except 500-600 lb weights sold 20.00 higher. Feeder supply mostly above average in quality; fleshy & calves with too much hair are heavily discounted in this Summer heat. Slaughter cows and bulls not tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $283.62/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −142.84 against this barn's trailing median of $426.46.
Average price
$283.62
21 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$64.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.73
vs AR average
−15.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548290.761,59316thin
Medium and Large 2553269.501,4894thin
Medium and Large 3585226.001,3221thin
One grade step is worth $64.76/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
283.62
—
AR average10 barns · 228 hd
277.89
+5.73
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
−15.64
This barn, trailing median18 sales
426.46
−142.84
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—Average1,665150.002,4981thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,435137.001,9661thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,224115.831,4176thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313316.00/cwt316.00–316.009893
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370313.58/cwt307.50–320.001,1602
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3418220.00/cwt220.00–220.009202
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427321.99/cwt308.00–350.001,3755
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474302.52/cwt292.00–317.001,43410
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508294.05/cwt286.00–298.001,4946
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4151
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560270.33/cwt255.00–278.001,5143
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572288.78/cwt281.00–295.001,65210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3585226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3221
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610285.34/cwt285.00–286.001,7413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,6792
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,8445
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7642
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1753242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8222
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1880230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,0241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1305290.00/cwt290.00–290.008851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345270.00/cwt270.00–270.009321
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0541
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2378253.14/cwt250.00–256.009572
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1410273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,1191
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2413239.67/cwt230.00–249.009902
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,1822
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2461258.40/cwt240.00–275.001,1915
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy475268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2731
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483253.02/cwt250.00–256.001,2222
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519271.31/cwt254.00–280.001,4083
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,2771
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy593235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3942
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609235.66/cwt235.00–236.001,4353
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy610251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,53114
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3671
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy715201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4371
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1890180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2508251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2752
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1531279.19/cwt279.00–280.001,4825
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1560268.93/cwt248.00–276.001,5064
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1613269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6493
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670232.07/cwt230.00–236.001,5553
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7042
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2975161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,5701
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,665150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,4981
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,100105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7291
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,9661
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,160137.31/cwt125.00–146.001,5932
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,220120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4641
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,2641

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.