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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 21

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

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Feeder Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 277 vs last sale 352▲ 17 vs year ago 58 · +29.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

12 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 13▲ 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 5▲ 3 vs year ago 1 · +300.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough offerings in any Feeder or Slaughter class to establish a trend; however, definite lower undertones denoted in all classes offered.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $253.65/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −172.81 against this barn's trailing median of $426.46.

Average price

$253.65

8 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$18.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.62

vs AR average

−16.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	258.36	1,343	6thin
Medium and Large 2	528	239.52	1,265	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.84/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale8 hd

253.65

—

AR average9 barns · 312 hd

272.27

−18.62

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

−16.85

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.46

−172.81

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,683	138.19	2,326	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,392	131.67	1,833	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,035	105.00	1,087	2thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	925	$1,140	1thin

Every lot

40 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	989	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	833	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	263.16/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,092	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	239.59/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,023	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	213.00/cwt	206.00–220.00	937	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	264.31/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,248	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	480	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,109	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	258.36/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,343	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	239.52/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,265	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,434	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,500	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,501	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	904	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	993	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	228.68/cwt	225.00–231.00	933	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,125	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,138	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	231.97/cwt	231.00–233.00	1,206	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	228.79/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,304	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	218.64/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,391	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,374	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	380	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	882	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,108	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,203	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	246.15/cwt	235.00–257.00	1,312	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	230.18/cwt	224.00–243.00	1,296	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,392	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	605	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,373	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	660	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,327	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,434	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,846	1
Bulls	—	—	1,749	140.24/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,453	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	935	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	842	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,135	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,362	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,350	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,688	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,413	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,908	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	1,140.00/head	1,140.00–1,140.00	1,140	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	892	132.29/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,180	3

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 21, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 352Year ago 58

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 5Year ago 1

Compared to last week: Not enough offerings in any Feeder or Slaughter class to establish a trend; however, definite lower undertones denoted in all classes offered.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	232.00	232.00
1	650–700	660	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	277.00	277.00
1	450–500	470	256.00	256.00
2	500–550	533	235.00–257.00	246.15
3	550–600	563	224.00–243.00	230.18
1	600–650	600	232.00	232.00
1	650–700	670	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	235.00–242.00	239.59
2	500–550	528	236.00–243.00	239.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	271.00	271.00
3	400–450	415	256.00–270.00	263.16
3	450–500	472	258.00–270.00	264.31
6	500–550	520	252.00–270.00	258.36
1	600–650	605	237.00	237.00
1	650–700	695	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	225.00	225.00
2	400–450	440	206.00–220.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	633	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	256.00	256.00
3	400–450	408	225.00–231.00	228.68
1	450–500	480	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	266.00	266.00
1	450–500	465	242.00	242.00
2	500–550	520	231.00–233.00	231.97
5	550–600	570	224.00–230.00	228.79
11	600–650	636	217.00–220.00	218.64
1	750–800	755	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	245.00	245.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	925	1,140.00	1,140.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	892	130.00–135.00	132.29

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,749	140.00–141.00	140.24
1	—	1,420	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	120.00	120.00
1	—	935	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,413	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,350	125.00	125.00

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.