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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Oct 16

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

93 head

▼ 77 vs last sale 170▲ 7 vs year ago 86 · +8.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 12▲ 5 vs year ago 15 · +33.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 7 vs last sale 13▼ 3 vs year ago 9 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 400-500 lbs sold 4.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 300-400 lbs sold 10.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 2.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 6.00 higher. Feeder supply was mostly unweaned calves with many being Fleshy bulls .No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not enough comparable receipts from last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.81/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −150.97 against this barn's trailing median of $377.79.

Average price

$226.81

16 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,238

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

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

$22.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.98

vs AR average

−31.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	235.40	1,298	10thin
Medium and Large 2	536	212.50	1,139	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.90/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale16 hd

226.81

—

AR average8 barns · 564 hd

234.79

−7.98

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−31.00

This barn, trailing median18 sales

377.79

−150.97

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,713	141.99	2,432	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,405	131.37	1,846	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,134	105.04	1,191	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	970	100.00	970	1thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Small and Medium 3	315	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	422	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	415	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,237	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	278.90/cwt	263.00–291.00	1,180	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	194.31/cwt	156.00–230.00	826	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,126	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	275.12/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,318	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	262.10/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,381	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	260.38/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,469	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,528	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	862	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	246.94/cwt	246.00–248.00	921	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	269.99/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,031	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	264.64/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,090	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,098	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,070	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	214.03/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,081	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	236.80/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,272	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	555	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,193	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	566	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,324	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	208.96/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,197	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,353	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,356	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,519	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,224	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	820	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,115	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,229	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	517	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,386	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	250.27/cwt	238.00–259.00	1,339	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,249	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	244.30/cwt	229.00–260.00	1,424	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	241.01/cwt	233.00–244.00	1,497	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,321	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	229.92/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,536	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,244	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	720	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,152	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,399	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,421	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,713	141.99/cwt	141.00–143.00	2,432	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	970	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,063	87.56/cwt	85.00–90.00	931	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,138	118.65/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,350	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	106.15/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,224	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,268	126.96/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,610	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,497	134.31/cwt	133.00–135.00	2,011	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	880	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,118	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,110	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,598	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,127	106.88/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,205	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 Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 170Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 12Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 13Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	256.00	256.00
3	500–550	535	238.00–259.00	250.27
2	550–600	583	229.00–260.00	244.30
4	600–650	621	233.00–244.00	241.01
5	650–700	668	220.00–239.00	229.92
1	700–750	740	189.00	189.00
1	750–800	760	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	565	221.00	221.00
2	600–650	635	208.00	208.00
1	650–700	680	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	373	246.00–248.00	246.94
1	450–500	480	223.00	223.00
3	500–550	505	210.00–218.00	214.03
2	550–600	573	200.00–218.00	208.96
1	650–700	655	207.00	207.00
1	750–800	765	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	302.50	302.50
3	350–400	382	268.00–272.00	269.99
5	400–450	412	257.00–269.00	264.64
1	450–500	450	244.00	244.00
5	500–550	537	236.00–238.00	236.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	566	234.00	234.00
2	700–750	700	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	263.00–291.00	278.90
5	450–500	479	262.00–280.00	275.12
4	500–550	527	252.00–270.00	262.10
7	550–600	564	255.00–263.00	260.38
4	600–650	621	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	156.00–230.00	194.31
1	550–600	565	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	298.00	298.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,497	133.00–135.00	134.31
2	—	1,268	125.00–129.00	126.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	117.00–120.00	118.65
2	—	1,063	85.00–90.00	87.56
7	—	1,153	101.00–114.00	106.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	141.00–143.00	141.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	127.00	127.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,127	104.00–112.00	106.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	144.00	144.00

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.