Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2024-09-18

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Sep 18
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
105 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 111▲ 8 vs year ago 97 · +8.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 9▲ 14 vs year ago 11 · +127.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 8▼ 2 vs year ago 11 · −18.2%
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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.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $200.90/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −176.88 against this barn's trailing median of $377.79.
Average price
$200.90
10 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,112
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$612
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$101.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−30.53
vs AR average
−36.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563213.011,2007thin
Medium and Large 2533203.001,0812thin
Medium and Large 3525112.005881thin
One grade step is worth $101.01/cwt here — about $612 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 sale10 hd
200.90
—
AR average10 barns · 591 hd
231.43
−30.53
National average181 barns · 11,482 hd
237.01
−36.11
This barn, trailing median18 sales
377.79
−176.88
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
426390354319median 377.7903/2505/0606/1709/2310/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.51, low $332.98, median $377.79 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—High1,974126.672,5003thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,429122.101,7455thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,015113.001,1471thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,09297.881,06915

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
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$1,4751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$1,0851thin

Every lot

61 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310299.44/cwt287.50–305.009284
Steers300–350Small and Medium 3340149.00/cwt149.00–149.005071
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2360239.00/cwt239.00–239.008601
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,0296
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed390280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0921
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2445234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0411
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2455237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0781
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470253.54/cwt250.00–257.001,1922
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2753
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Full590211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2451
Steers600–650Small and Medium 3600100.00/cwt100.00–100.006001
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1635229.97/cwt229.00–232.001,4603
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310244.00/cwt244.00–244.007561
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1322285.00/cwt285.00–285.009185
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1394255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0055
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 3433123.00/cwt123.00–123.005332
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435221.00/cwt221.00–221.009611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3470103.00/cwt103.00–103.004841
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475224.40/cwt223.00–226.001,0665
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490200.00/cwt200.00–200.009801
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525112.00/cwt112.00–112.005881
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Full540186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0041
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Full560205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1481
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564214.34/cwt214.00–215.001,2096
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3610150.00/cwt150.00–150.009151
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625204.24/cwt200.00–208.001,2773
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3673
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2640203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2991
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2855140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1509253.89/cwt248.00–260.001,2926
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3535202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0811
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,1881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1589222.30/cwt219.00–228.001,3099
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3702
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4271
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1773175.02/cwt169.00–181.001,3532
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2823151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2432
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2831
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 21,025124.95/cwt120.00–130.001,2812
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,905130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,4771
Bulls——2,008125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,5102
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight74360.00/cwt60.00–60.004462
Cows—Boner 80-85%Light Weight84570.00/cwt70.00–70.005921
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1471
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08491.63/cwt70.00–100.009935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,211123.31/cwt120.00–125.001,4934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,262108.94/cwt105.00–112.001,3753
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428125.13/cwt122.00–129.001,7874
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5791
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28551,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0851
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29901,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 358074.00/cwt74.00–74.004291
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,173126.82/cwt123.00–132.001,4883
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9081
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,310129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6901
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,015113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1471

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.