Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2026-06-17

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 17
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 125 vs last sale 198▼ 26 vs year ago 99 · −26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 12▲ 10 vs year ago 11 · +90.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 6▲ 14 vs year ago 2 · +700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test, Feeder steers 400-600 lbs sold 1.00-19.00 higher, Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs sold 4.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.10/cwt on 10 head, down $1.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 18 comparable sales and sits −0.68 against this barn's trailing median of $377.79.
Average price
$377.10
▼ 1.36 vs prior sale
10 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,021
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$683
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$113.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.48
vs AR average
−34.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536395.632,1228thin
Medium and Large 2560324.001,8141thin
Medium and Large 3510282.001,4381thin
One grade step is worth $113.63/cwt here — about $683 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 sale10 hd
377.10
—
AR average9 barns · 311 hd
384.58
−7.48
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−34.40
This barn, trailing median18 sales
377.79
−0.68
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
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—Average1,582192.773,0493thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,177174.012,0499thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,100171.501,8872thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,454169.422,4647thin

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)1,035$2,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,285$2,4751thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,7641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414484.36/cwt462.00–511.002,0054
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy430453.00/cwt453.00–453.001,9481
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1460470.94/cwt460.00–476.002,1668
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2485440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1341
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510433.52/cwt429.00–444.002,2114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,4142
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,4261
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673367.96/cwt364.00–372.002,4762
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5202
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,6041
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1325482.88/cwt470.00–497.001,5692
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361463.39/cwt437.00–475.001,67311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,4991
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,8272
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428460.56/cwt450.00–471.001,9712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477428.40/cwt419.00–443.002,0433
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3510282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4381
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525407.84/cwt389.00–424.002,1416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1555368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,0421
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,8141
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0481
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,1281
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open855292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,4971
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1475415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9711
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,1301
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565399.46/cwt383.00–410.002,2573
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,3311
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4501
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1760328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,4933
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,095154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,6861
Bulls——1,825212.15/cwt208.00–215.003,8722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,050158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,6591
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110174.56/cwt171.00–178.001,9384
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1281
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,8211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,200173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,0761
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228186.92/cwt184.00–190.002,2952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270168.52/cwt168.00–169.002,1402
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,480165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,4421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500169.59/cwt169.00–170.002,5445
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0352,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,135190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,1571
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,154174.09/cwt163.00–189.002,0096
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,1151
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2852,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,287172.80/cwt165.00–190.002,2245
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2975220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1451

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.