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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 9

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

← Jun 25Jul 9Jul 16 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

150 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 75▼ 51 vs year ago 201 · −25.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

11 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 9▼ 24 vs year ago 35 · −68.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 2▼ 10 vs year ago 18 · −55.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend due to Sale being closed last week and not enough receipts from two weeks ago; however definite higher undertones denoted in all Feeder classes. on a light test cows and bulls sold steady.

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 $360.39/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −66.07 against this barn's trailing median of $426.46.

Average price

$360.39

13 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$914

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$154.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.21

vs AR average

−18.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	376.23	2,079	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	359.00	1,992	3thin
Medium and Large 3	525	222.00	1,166	1thin

One grade step is worth $154.23/cwt here — about $914 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale13 hd

360.39

—

AR average6 barns · 176 hd

366.60

−6.21

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−18.74

This barn, trailing median18 sales

426.46

−66.07

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	—	Low	1,788	165.00	2,949	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,260	143.00	1,802	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,107	134.79	1,492	8thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,203	$2,015	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,265	$2,550	1thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,411	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	486.92/cwt	477.00–508.00	1,544	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,458	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	469.20/cwt	446.00–485.00	1,792	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	425	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,874	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	411.05/cwt	390.00–418.00	1,784	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,788	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,637	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,166	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	546	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,118	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,992	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	366.81/cwt	365.00–368.00	2,047	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	606	331.48/cwt	324.00–334.00	2,009	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	326.82/cwt	317.00–346.00	2,059	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,086	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,935	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	298	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,272	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	303	412.97/cwt	410.00–417.00	1,251	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,473	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,447	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	351.44/cwt	342.00–357.00	1,529	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,383	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	440	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,602	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,567	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,532	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	495	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,411	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	331.58/cwt	319.00–338.00	1,704	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	308.44/cwt	303.00–315.00	1,777	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,626	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	608	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,830	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,860	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	284.33/cwt	284.00–285.00	1,882	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,853	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,943	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,510	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	761	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,062	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	780	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,802	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,130	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,829	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,826	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	359.32/cwt	346.00–377.00	1,883	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	525	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,785	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,981	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	312.73/cwt	304.00–317.00	1,967	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,961	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,610	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,576	1
Bulls	—	—	1,965	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	3,341	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	885	105.17/cwt	100.00–110.00	931	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,607	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,740	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,260	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,802	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,109	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,448	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,203	2,014.50/head	1,675.00–2,250.00	2,015	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,773	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,280	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,035	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,265	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,637	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 Jul 9, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 150Last week 75Year ago 201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 9Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 2Year ago 18

No trend due to Sale being closed last week and not enough receipts from two weeks ago; however definite higher undertones denoted in all Feeder classes. on a light test cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	427.00	427.00
3	300–350	303	410.00–417.00	412.97
3	350–400	373	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	435	342.00–357.00	351.44
1	450–500	470	326.00	326.00
13	500–550	514	319.00–338.00	331.58
6	550–600	576	303.00–315.00	308.44
2	600–650	620	300.00	300.00
3	650–700	662	284.00–285.00	284.33
1	700–750	725	268.00	268.00
1	850–900	895	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	261.00	261.00
1	750–800	780	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	364.00	364.00
2	600–650	608	301.00	301.00
4	750–800	761	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	371.00	371.00
1	400–450	435	318.00	318.00
1	450–500	465	337.00	337.00
1	600–650	600	271.00	271.00
1	700–750	740	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	735	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	490.00	490.00
6	300–350	317	477.00–508.00	486.92
3	350–400	382	446.00–485.00	469.20
11	400–450	434	390.00–418.00	411.05
1	450–500	455	393.00	393.00
5	550–600	558	365.00–368.00	366.81
4	600–650	630	317.00–346.00	326.82
4	650–700	675	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	400.00	400.00
1	900–950	900	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	441.00	441.00
4	500–550	546	388.00	388.00
12	600–650	606	324.00–334.00	331.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	555	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	415.00	415.00
1	350–400	360	405.00	405.00
1	450–500	480	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	411.00	411.00
1	450–500	460	397.00	397.00
7	500–550	524	346.00–377.00	359.32
1	550–600	555	357.00	357.00
3	600–650	629	304.00–317.00	312.73
2	650–700	658	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	340.00	340.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	147.00	147.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,203	1,675.00–2,250.00	2,014.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	159.00	159.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,240	143.00	143.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	1,950.00	1,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	2,550.00	2,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	590	277.50	277.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,148	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,335	158.00	158.00
1	—	1,160	150.00	150.00
2	—	885	100.00–110.00	105.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,610	160.00	160.00
1	—	1,965	170.00	170.00

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.