Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2019-08-14

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 14
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
77 vs last sale 136 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
9 head
8 vs last sale 17 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
0 vs last sale 2 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-10.00 lower, with instances of 14.00 lower. Excess heat and continuing down trends on CME for live and feeder cattle prices continues to hamper market. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.83/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$121.83
18 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$701
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.71
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572122.6870216thin
Medium and Large 2605115.006962thin
One grade step is worth $7.68/cwt here — about $6 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 sale18 hd
121.83
AR average9 barns · 1,408 hd
132.54
−10.71
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,31538.505061thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,04753.065565thin
CowsLean 85-90%High95353.005053thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006391
BullsMedium and Large 1545131.00/cwt131.00–131.007142
BullsMedium and Large 1690126.00/cwt126.00–126.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1615122.73/cwt120.00–128.007553
BullsMedium and Large 1755125.00/cwt125.00–125.009443
BullsMedium and Large 1571130.12/cwt128.00–133.007437
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy670105.00/cwt105.00–105.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy88085.00/cwt85.00–85.007481
HeifersMedium and Large 1590116.00/cwt116.00–116.006841
HeifersMedium and Large 1630116.00/cwt116.00–116.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1660123.00/cwt123.00–123.008121
HeifersMedium and Large 1480125.00/cwt120.00–130.006002
HeifersMedium and Large 1529129.77/cwt128.00–130.006869
HeifersMedium and Large 2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006962
SteersMedium and Large 1370137.00/cwt137.00–137.005071
SteersMedium and Large 1490137.00/cwt137.00–137.006711
SteersMedium and Large 1590122.00/cwt122.00–122.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1675133.00/cwt133.00–133.008981
SteersMedium and Large 1622133.00/cwt133.00–133.008273
SteersMedium and Large 1526137.50/cwt137.50–137.507236
SteersMedium and Large 2320116.00/cwt116.00–116.003711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-297559.00/cwt59.00–59.005751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-294562.00/cwt62.00–62.005861
Bulls1,31538.50/cwt38.50–38.505061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19049.00/cwt49.00–49.005831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08758.77/cwt57.00–60.006393
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight78540.00/cwt40.00–40.003141
CowsLean 85-90%94059.00/cwt59.00–59.005551
CowsLean 85-90%96050.00/cwt50.00–50.004802

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.