Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.39/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$133.39

76 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$82

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$9.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.83

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	135.98	695	52
Medium and Large 2	411	129.09	530	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	612	126.97	777	15thin

One grade step is worth $9.02/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale76 hd

133.39

—

AR average8 barns · 1,195 hd

144.21

−10.83

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	1,610	65.91	1,061	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,266	58.11	736	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	922	50.41	465	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,079	49.66	536	18

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1	—	420	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	563	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	134.50/cwt	134.00–135.00	659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	125.57/cwt	121.00–130.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	111.43/cwt	108.00–115.00	797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	128.29/cwt	126.00–130.00	731	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	455	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	132.38/cwt	129.00–136.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	117.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	116.63/cwt	115.00–120.00	773	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	129.74/cwt	120.00–133.00	544	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	123.86/cwt	120.00–127.00	661	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	125.80/cwt	115.00–130.00	604	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	805	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	127.49/cwt	125.00–130.00	858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	132.73/cwt	130.00–136.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	143.26/cwt	138.00–151.00	547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	136.34/cwt	130.00–143.00	648	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	141.71/cwt	137.00–146.00	592	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	130.61/cwt	129.00–135.00	802	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	606	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	846	53.14/cwt	51.50–55.00	450	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	837	37.18/cwt	32.00–40.00	311	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	798	45.35/cwt	45.00–46.00	362	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	56.82/cwt	54.50–59.00	577	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	53.84/cwt	53.00–54.50	510	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	48.00/cwt	47.00–49.00	511	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	58.73/cwt	57.50–60.00	766	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,070	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	589	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	833	32.05/cwt	31.00–33.00	267	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	915	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	494	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	885	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	354	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	57.75/cwt	55.00–60.00	704	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	41.67/cwt	36.00–45.00	445	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	965	53.52/cwt	53.00–54.00	516	2
Bulls	—	—	1,633	78.37/cwt	75.50–81.50	1,280	2
Bulls	—	—	1,565	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	642	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	848.17/cwt	800.00–890.00	11,136	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	131.99/cwt	130.00–135.00	570	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	129.90/cwt	125.00–139.00	433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	127.09/cwt	125.00–129.00	665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	433	1

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 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 194Last week 310Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 77Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 73Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	134.00	134.00
1	—	535	124.00	124.00
2	—	490	134.00–135.00	134.50
2	—	610	121.00–130.00	125.57
2	—	715	108.00–115.00	111.43
4	—	570	126.00–130.00	128.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
1	—	625	116.00	116.00
1	—	785	90.00	90.00
2	—	485	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	115.00	115.00
1	—	535	110.00	110.00
1	—	345	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
1	—	720	115.00	115.00
1	—	750	110.00	110.00
2	—	373	129.00–136.00	132.38
2	—	588	115.00–120.00	117.51
3	—	663	115.00–120.00	116.63
9	—	419	120.00–133.00	129.74
11	—	534	120.00–127.00	123.86
19	—	480	115.00–130.00	125.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	805	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	147.00	147.00
1	—	505	136.00	136.00
1	—	730	126.00	126.00
1	—	825	120.00	120.00
2	—	673	125.00–130.00	127.49
4	—	573	130.00–136.00	132.73
5	—	382	138.00–151.00	143.26
11	—	475	130.00–143.00	136.34
13	—	418	137.00–146.00	141.71
13	—	614	129.00–135.00	130.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	125.00	125.00
5	—	665	124.50	124.50
8	—	605	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	432	130.00–135.00	131.99
3	—	333	125.00–139.00	129.90
2	—	523	125.00–129.00	127.09
1	—	355	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	846	51.50–55.00	53.14
3	—	837	32.00–40.00	37.18
3	—	798	45.00–46.00	45.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,016	54.50–59.00	56.82
3	—	948	53.00–54.50	53.84
2	—	1,065	47.00–49.00	48.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	57.50–60.00	58.73
1	—	1,070	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	833	31.00–33.00	32.05
1	—	915	54.00	54.00
1	—	885	40.00	40.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,219	55.00–60.00	57.75
4	—	1,069	36.00–45.00	41.67
2	—	965	53.00–54.00	53.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,633	75.50–81.50	78.37
1	—	1,565	41.00	41.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,313	800.00–890.00	848.17

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle