Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2025-12-10

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Dec 10
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
153 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 145▲ 87 vs year ago 66 · +131.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 26▲ 9 vs year ago 20 · +45.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 10▲ 6 vs year ago 8 · +75.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 27.00-43.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 38.00-48.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 3.00 lower. No trend established for Slaughter cows or bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $365.78/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −60.68 against this barn's trailing median of $426.46.
Average price
$365.78
15 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,982
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$439
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−44.51
vs AR average
−64.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549377.432,07312thin
Medium and Large 2512319.171,6343thin
One grade step is worth $58.26/cwt here — about $439 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 sale15 hd
365.78
—
AR average8 barns · 572 hd
410.29
−44.51
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−64.85
This barn, trailing median18 sales
426.46
−60.68
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
489444400355median 426.4603/0404/1506/1008/0510/07
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,780167.332,9793thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,380158.002,1802thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,165149.501,7422thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,068123.891,32317

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,638$2,7464thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,593$2,6522thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)895$2,4251thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)805$1,3751thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4401
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363465.64/cwt447.50–477.501,6903
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415447.82/cwt427.00–477.501,85815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2438399.29/cwt390.00–410.001,7493
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1450416.00/cwt400.00–420.001,8725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470384.67/cwt377.00–392.501,8082
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512319.17/cwt271.00–355.001,6343
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,2023
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9691
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562361.40/cwt361.00–364.002,0318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1604365.63/cwt338.00–372.002,2089
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added619376.47/cwt375.00–381.002,3304
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683340.99/cwt339.00–343.002,3292
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,5061
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3750262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,9691
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,6102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321459.64/cwt430.00–495.001,4755
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added370440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389433.94/cwt430.00–437.501,6884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436390.75/cwt370.00–410.001,70410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478373.07/cwt361.00–394.001,7838
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509347.52/cwt345.00–350.001,7694
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568346.23/cwt340.00–350.001,9673
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2590327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,9291
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,1061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622338.34/cwt338.00–339.002,1043
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1658345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2702
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2668296.35/cwt283.00–310.001,9802
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,1671
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470385.79/cwt361.00–399.001,8133
Bulls450–500Small and Medium 348587.00/cwt87.00–87.004221
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522362.93/cwt345.00–375.001,8945
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Full530336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,7811
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Full560320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7921
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1576344.99/cwt334.00–356.001,9877
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620335.49/cwt334.00–337.002,0802
Bulls600–650Small and Medium 362093.00/cwt93.00–93.005771
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1659330.41/cwt321.00–344.002,1779
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2690316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,1801
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1720321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,3111
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2885281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,4871
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,510159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,4011
Bulls——1,860167.00/cwt167.00–167.003,1061
Bulls——1,970176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,4671
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,008111.79/cwt103.00–119.001,1278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,121134.64/cwt127.00–142.001,5099
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6101
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,180159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,8761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,260160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0161
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,3401
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2935130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,215150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,8231
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,240153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,8971
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5932,652.12/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6382,746.26/head2,500.00–3,000.002,7464
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 3760122.50/cwt122.50–122.509311
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,165197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,2951
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28952,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2975162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,5801
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28051,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751

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.