Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2026-03-11

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 11
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
77 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 122▼ 93 vs year ago 170 · −54.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 19▼ 30 vs year ago 40 · −75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 9▼ 7 vs year ago 10 · −70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No Trend established in any Feeder or Slaughter class due to very light offering in each class. Much needed heavy rains impeded cattle movement in trade area.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $379.01/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 11 of 18 comparable sales and sits +1.22 against this barn's trailing median of $377.79.
Average price
$379.01
8 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,104
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−27.53
vs AR average
−34.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555379.012,1048thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale8 hd
379.01
—
AR average8 barns · 218 hd
406.54
−27.53
National average182 barns · 10,991 hd
413.78
−34.77
This barn, trailing median18 sales
377.79
+1.22
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—Low1,363152.112,0734thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,510169.002,5521thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,134150.501,7074thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)730$1,8001thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1295600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,7701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318579.60/cwt577.00–582.001,8432
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328529.35/cwt505.00–552.001,7364
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375553.65/cwt550.00–560.002,0764
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385525.00/cwt515.00–535.002,0212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1438483.21/cwt475.00–490.002,1168
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471459.38/cwt438.00–467.002,1644
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3480327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5701
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,0391
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,0251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323538.64/cwt520.00–557.001,7402
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372469.87/cwt457.00–480.001,7484
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5381
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2411423.51/cwt406.00–432.001,7415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0518
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,9823
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added532414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,2023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569358.01/cwt350.00–360.002,0375
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,3621
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,1551
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630397.86/cwt380.00–407.002,5073
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1680364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,4751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,363152.11/cwt140.00–170.002,0734
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,123135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,8531
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,9491
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,5521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27301,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,7601
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,0501

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.