Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2026-06-10

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
198 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 120▲ 18 vs year ago 180 · +10.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 13▲ 3 vs year ago 9 · +33.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 4▼ 1 vs year ago 7 · −14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 400 lbs sold 10.00-25.00 higher, Feeder heifers over 400 lbs sold 4.00-25.00 higher. Feeder supply included several groups of above average in quality and long weaned cattle. Not enough Slaughter cows or bulls to establish a Trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $439.68/cwt on 59 head, up $23.46 from the prior sale (only 11 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 18 comparable sales and sits +13.22 against this barn's trailing median of $426.46.
Average price
$439.68
▲ 23.46 vs prior sale
59 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,360
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.62
vs AR average
−14.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552441.102,43332
Medium and Large 1-2519438.002,27327
One grade step is worth $3.10/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale59 hd
439.68
—
AR average7 barns · 307 hd
436.06
+3.62
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
−14.04
This barn, trailing median18 sales
426.46
+13.22
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
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—Average1,985208.004,1291thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,443169.092,4402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,173155.881,8286thin

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)1,155$2,0501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)890$1,5001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,120$3,0001thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2282557.00/cwt557.00–557.001,5713
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2320475.16/cwt430.00–515.001,5212
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7661
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6561
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added423514.00/cwt514.00–514.002,1744
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432457.44/cwt451.00–460.001,9766
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465460.82/cwt429.00–474.002,1436
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added502460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,3099
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,27327
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,2091
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570448.00/cwt448.00–448.002,5549
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574425.71/cwt406.00–432.002,44413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added613422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,58711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1637402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,5616
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,4441
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2680323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,1961
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added803311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,4972
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added805327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,6321
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1312498.52/cwt492.00–507.001,5553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7193
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421447.98/cwt427.00–460.001,8867
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3450250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2458355.41/cwt350.00–361.001,6282
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473413.22/cwt385.00–441.001,9554
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515406.75/cwt376.00–415.002,09517
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9041
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open564366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,06414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8931
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586346.42/cwt340.00–348.002,0307
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added610390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3791
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630340.66/cwt340.00–341.002,1463
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1395460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8171
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1418434.40/cwt431.00–438.001,8162
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,7111
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483412.99/cwt412.00–414.001,9952
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1513415.07/cwt411.00–417.002,1297
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,0131
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563398.07/cwt395.00–401.002,2412
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1621364.78/cwt358.00–368.002,2654
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2625336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,1001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,985208.00/cwt208.00–208.004,1291
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135157.89/cwt155.00–160.001,7922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178167.29/cwt165.00–170.001,9712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205142.45/cwt140.00–145.001,7172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443169.09/cwt167.00–171.002,4402
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,1203,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,210200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,4201
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 3730214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5621
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1552,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,210185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2391

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.