Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2026-07-15

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jul 15
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 168▼ 81 vs year ago 199 · −40.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 10▲ 7 vs year ago 18 · +38.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
26 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 8▲ 19 vs year ago 7 · +271.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 10.00-17.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 20.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 15.00-19.00 higher, over 500 llbs not well tested. Feeder supply included several groups of high quality both weaned and unweaned offerings. Not enough comparable receipts from last week to establish a Trend for Slaughter cows or bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $375.44/cwt on 15 head, down $31.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 18 comparable sales and sits −2.35 against this barn's trailing median of $377.79.
Average price
$375.44
▼ 31.76 vs prior sale
15 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,060
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$52.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−19.58
vs AR average
−20.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513390.672,0044thin
Medium and Large 1-2561377.002,1159thin
Medium and Large 2565337.951,9092thin
One grade step is worth $52.72/cwt here — about $95 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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
375.44
—
AR average9 barns · 256 hd
395.02
−19.58
National average163 barns · 8,583 hd
396.05
−20.61
This barn, trailing median18 sales
377.79
−2.35
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—Low1,637207.503,3977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,208174.532,1089thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,105170.001,8791thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,649168.022,7708thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,145$2,8642thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$2,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$2,4102thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,260$2,2962thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,311$3,3165
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,398$3,0516

Every lot

63 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320555.00/cwt530.00–612.001,7764
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368507.14/cwt500.00–515.001,8664
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8192
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added420516.00/cwt516.00–516.002,1674
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428457.93/cwt454.00–462.001,9602
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431507.96/cwt506.00–511.002,1895
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9271
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473448.50/cwt438.00–465.002,1214
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3631
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2530421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,2311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,3441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,3413
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,3501
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,2233
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added589429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,5278
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1701
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,5561
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,3622
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,4501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334544.79/cwt512.00–585.001,82010
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367496.98/cwt495.00–500.001,8243
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375443.80/cwt410.00–475.001,6642
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418458.76/cwt451.00–467.001,9182
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy425422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,7941
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added427476.31/cwt473.00–481.002,0347
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453434.42/cwt420.00–449.001,9682
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483379.03/cwt357.00–400.001,8314
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy495360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513390.67/cwt386.00–398.002,0044
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,1159
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565337.95/cwt336.00–340.001,9092
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,0071
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy700300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1001
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2371
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,3551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6191
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0833
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503415.98/cwt411.00–421.002,0922
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1637361.60/cwt358.00–369.002,3033
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1670356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,3851
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2795280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2261
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1875288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,5201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,138176.07/cwt169.00–185.002,0042
Bulls——1,725216.14/cwt211.00–220.003,7283
Bulls——2,005225.97/cwt225.00–227.004,5312
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8791
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130178.30/cwt177.00–179.002,0153
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247172.64/cwt170.00–175.002,1536
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540171.71/cwt170.00–174.002,6444
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,743160.45/cwt147.50–169.002,7973
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,800176.00/cwt176.00–176.003,1681
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2873,300.52/head3,000.00–3,775.003,3013
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3483,339.38/head3,000.00–3,675.003,3392
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3983,051.28/head2,475.00–3,475.003,0516
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29202,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1452,863.54/head2,750.00–3,000.002,8642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2602,296.23/head2,150.00–2,425.002,2962
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,410.37/head2,200.00–2,525.002,4102
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,2751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,380185.48/cwt178.00–194.002,5602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,403181.73/cwt169.00–205.002,5503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,670176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,9391
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,0131

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.