Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2026-07-01

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 1
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 102▲ 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 8▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable receipts in any Feeder or Slaughter class 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 $424.60/cwt on 7 head, down $15.08 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 18 comparable sales and sits −1.86 against this barn's trailing median of $426.46.
Average price
$424.60
▼ 15.08 vs prior sale
7 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,317
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−26.24
vs AR average
−44.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546424.602,3177thin
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 sale7 hd
424.60
—
AR average5 barns · 98 hd
450.84
−26.24
National average32 barns · 3,072 hd
468.91
−44.31
This barn, trailing median18 sales
426.46
−1.86
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,215168.002,0411thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,470160.002,3521thin

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)800$1,6501thin

Every lot

27 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
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1310520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6121
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423472.88/cwt450.00–495.002,0006
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0192
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492452.13/cwt435.00–470.002,2248
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,1512
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508445.80/cwt440.00–455.002,2653
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574408.70/cwt397.50–415.002,3464
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613402.57/cwt392.00–406.002,4684
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1688368.72/cwt367.00–377.502,5376
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1705340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,3971
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2300435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3400300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422456.17/cwt440.00–470.001,9253
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8341
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy570360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0521
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3041
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528417.25/cwt400.00–435.002,2032
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1574395.52/cwt392.50–400.002,2706
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1610387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,3641
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy633378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,3933
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3271
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,0411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 38001,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,470160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3521
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2985175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,7241

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.