Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold steady to 7.00 lower, mostly 3.00 lower, with the exception of 600 lb weights selling 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Fleshy cattle or those with too much hair sold with an up to 10.00 discount. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.86/cwt on 113 head.

Average price

$122.86

113 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$14.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.22

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	125.16	702	77
Medium and Large 2	494	119.09	589	30
Medium and Large 1-2	717	115.00	825	2thin
Medium and Large 3	427	110.77	472	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.40/cwt here — about $229 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale113 hd

122.86

—

AR average5 barns · 735 hd

129.08

−6.22

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,323	83.12	1,100	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,240	56.84	705	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	929	56.50	525	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,010	53.66	542	17

Every lot, as filed

88 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	608	118.33/cwt	114.00–121.00	719	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	859	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	132.54/cwt	130.00–135.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	133.99/cwt	130.00–136.00	583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	130.81/cwt	125.00–135.00	689	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	535	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	782	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	463	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	572	109.99/cwt	105.00–115.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	113.02/cwt	107.00–115.00	746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	719	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	870	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	133.88/cwt	130.00–138.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	134.07/cwt	131.00–137.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	125.98/cwt	124.00–128.00	640	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	882	57.13/cwt	55.50–59.00	504	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	805	47.50/cwt	45.00–50.00	382	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	690	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	359	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	61.79/cwt	61.00–62.50	666	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	538	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,120	58.90/cwt	58.00–59.50	660	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	900	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	638	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	907	58.66/cwt	58.00–59.00	532	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	835	44.82/cwt	40.00–49.00	374	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,031	50.48/cwt	38.00–54.50	520	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	55.85/cwt	55.50–57.00	581	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	60.15/cwt	59.00–61.00	733	2
Bulls	—	—	1,323	83.12/cwt	81.50–84.50	1,100	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	64.92/cwt	58.50–70.00	581	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	86.63/cwt	75.00–96.00	627	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	883	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,395	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	70.12/cwt	54.00–78.00	563	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	69.40/cwt	59.00–79.00	698	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	61.24/cwt	57.00–68.00	559	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	66.34/cwt	61.00–73.00	698	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	573	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	487	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	681	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	991.55/cwt	725.00–1,350.00	11,383	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,041.32/cwt	700.00–1,250.00	10,049	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	9,282	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	693.16/cwt	500.00–800.00	7,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	435	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	130.37/cwt	128.00–136.00	703	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	133.81/cwt	130.00–135.00	563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	123.72/cwt	120.00–127.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	115.33/cwt	107.00–117.00	815	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	134.20/cwt	130.00–136.00	558	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	126.69/cwt	122.00–128.00	731	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	130.18/cwt	128.50–132.00	618	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	717	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	120.64/cwt	115.00–127.00	450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	117.44/cwt	114.00–122.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	117.55/cwt	115.00–122.00	508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	124.29/cwt	121.00–129.00	588	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	115.18/cwt	105.00–120.00	602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	362	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	457	111.69/cwt	107.00–118.00	510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	325	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	702	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	622	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	809	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	142.22/cwt	140.00–147.00	594	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	138.97/cwt	135.00–145.00	648	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	135.57/cwt	130.00–140.00	701	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	133.57/cwt	130.00–135.00	785	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	126.39/cwt	125.00–127.00	913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	870	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	139.64/cwt	139.00–141.00	472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	134.09/cwt	130.00–138.00	499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	128.40/cwt	125.00–133.00	616	3

How this sale compares

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Wed Jul 10, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 310Last week 183Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 41Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 73Last week 6Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	123.00	123.00
3	—	608	114.00–121.00	118.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	121.00	121.00
2	—	585	130.00–135.00	132.54
3	—	667	120.00	120.00
4	—	435	130.00–136.00	133.99
5	—	527	125.00–135.00	130.81
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	120.00	120.00
1	—	465	127.00	127.00
1	—	535	113.00	113.00
2	—	570	115.00	115.00
5	—	660	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	120.00	120.00
3	—	572	105.00–115.00	109.99
4	—	660	107.00–115.00	113.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	719	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	123.00	123.00
2	—	330	130.00–138.00	133.88
3	—	363	131.00–137.00	134.07
3	—	508	124.00–128.00	125.98
4	—	665	120.00–127.00	123.72
6	—	707	107.00–117.00	115.33
10	—	416	130.00–136.00	134.20
12	—	577	122.00–128.00	126.69
14	—	475	128.50–132.00	130.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	717	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	119.00	119.00
1	—	650	116.00	116.00
1	—	715	107.00	107.00
2	—	373	115.00–127.00	120.64
3	—	345	125.00	125.00
4	—	573	114.00–122.00	117.44
5	—	432	115.00–122.00	117.55
6	—	473	121.00–129.00	124.29
6	—	523	105.00–120.00	115.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	108.00	108.00
3	—	457	107.00–118.00	111.69
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	119.00	119.00
1	—	355	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	539	128.00–136.00	130.37
5	—	421	130.00–135.00	133.81
3	—	338	139.00–141.00	139.64
3	—	372	130.00–138.00	134.09
3	—	480	125.00–133.00	128.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	140.00	140.00
2	—	702	120.00	120.00
6	—	622	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	147.00	147.00
1	—	395	154.00	154.00
1	—	690	137.00	137.00
6	—	418	140.00–147.00	142.22
7	—	466	135.00–145.00	138.97
10	—	517	130.00–140.00	135.57
10	—	588	130.00–135.00	133.57
10	—	722	125.00–127.00	126.39
12	—	649	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	882	55.50–59.00	57.13
2	—	805	45.00–50.00	47.50
1	—	690	52.00	52.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,078	61.00–62.50	61.79
1	—	960	56.00	56.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,120	58.00–59.50	58.90
1	—	1,565	57.50	57.50
1	—	1,275	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	907	58.00–59.00	58.66
2	—	835	40.00–49.00	44.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,031	38.00–54.50	50.48
4	—	1,040	55.50–57.00	55.85
2	—	1,218	59.00–61.00	60.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,323	81.50–84.50	83.12

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	895	58.50–70.00	64.92
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	724	75.00–96.00	86.63
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	810	109.00	109.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	870	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	803	54.00–78.00	70.12
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,006	59.00–79.00	69.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	912	57.00–68.00	61.24
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,052	61.00–73.00	66.34
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	63.00	63.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	55.00	55.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	60.00	60.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,148	725.00–1,350.00	991.55
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	965	700.00–1,250.00	1,041.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	780.00	780.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,035	500.00–800.00	693.16

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

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