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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Oct 30

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

128 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 196▲ 82 vs year ago 46 · +178.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 42▼ 3 vs year ago 10 · −30.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 8▼ 7 vs year ago 15 · −46.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-7.00 higher, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 15.00 higher, with full advance on 300-400 lb weights; over 600 lbs not well tested. Not enough receipts for Slaughter cows or bulls to establish a Trend.

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 $224.04/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −153.75 against this barn's trailing median of $377.79.

Average price

$224.04

14 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$220

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

$24.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.67

vs AR average

−36.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	227.53	1,272	12thin
Medium and Large 2	518	203.05	1,052	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.48/cwt here — about $220 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 sale14 hd

224.04

—

AR average10 barns · 639 hd

231.71

−7.67

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−36.42

This barn, trailing median18 sales

377.79

−153.75

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	1,815	134.00	2,432	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,421	117.79	1,674	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,205	114.50	1,380	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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,645	$1,950	1thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	316.15/cwt	310.00–322.50	964	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	306	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,010	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	362	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,191	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	305.04/cwt	303.00–307.00	1,153	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	936	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	392	219.68/cwt	211.00–230.00	861	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	289.45/cwt	277.00–307.00	1,207	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	232.46/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,088	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	265.31/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,266	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	259.03/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,344	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	240.50/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,479	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	660	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,544	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	680	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,503	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	222.47/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,568	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,693	1
Steers	1300–1350	Medium and Large 1	1,300	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,002	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	922	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	840	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	620	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	378	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	945	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	217.57/cwt	201.00–230.00	894	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,046	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	979	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	239.16/cwt	233.00–244.00	1,126	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,100	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	203.05/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,052	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	226.08/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,259	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	585	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,357	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	214.03/cwt	213.00–215.00	1,327	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,317	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	703	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,582	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	479	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,274	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	211.78/cwt	207.00–219.00	1,129	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,327	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	225.55/cwt	222.00–229.00	1,281	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	231.60/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,397	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,342	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,477	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,339	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	209.98/cwt	204.00–216.00	1,581	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,815	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,432	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,194	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,577	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,421	117.79/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,674	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,164	125.62/cwt	117.00–137.00	1,462	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,645	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1

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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 128Last week 196Year ago 46

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 42Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 8Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	248.00	248.00
2	550–600	568	222.00–229.00	225.55
3	600–650	603	220.00–238.00	231.60
1	700–750	700	211.00	211.00
2	750–800	753	204.00–216.00	209.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	479	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	207.00–219.00	211.78
1	600–650	630	213.00	213.00
1	700–750	740	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	277.00	277.00
1	400–450	415	252.00	252.00
6	450–500	471	233.00–244.00	239.16
2	500–550	500	220.00	220.00
5	550–600	557	220.00–235.00	226.08
2	600–650	620	213.00–215.00	214.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	250.00	250.00
2	450–500	475	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	585	232.00	232.00
17	700–750	703	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	167.50	167.50
1	400–450	445	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	230.00	230.00
5	400–450	411	201.00–230.00	217.57
2	500–550	518	201.00–205.00	203.05
3	600–650	627	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	310.00–322.50	316.15
2	350–400	378	303.00–307.00	305.04
3	400–450	417	277.00–307.00	289.45
3	450–500	477	258.00–269.00	265.31
9	500–550	519	252.00–267.00	259.03
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	615	237.00–244.00	240.50
2	700–750	705	218.00–227.00	222.47
1	750–800	780	217.00	217.00
1	1300–1350	1,300	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	211.00–230.00	219.68
1	450–500	475	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	306	330.00	330.00
7	350–400	362	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	240.00	240.00
2	450–500	468	230.00–235.00	232.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	680	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	660	234.00	234.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,325	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,421	114.00–119.00	117.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	134.00	134.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	5	—	1,164	117.00–137.00	125.62

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,645	1,950.00	1,950.00

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.