Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 600 lbs sold 1.00-4.00 lower, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold steady. The more plain offerings and those with too much flesh sold with an up to 10.00 discount. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.04/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$138.04

53 head · 447 lb average

Value per head Derived

$617

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$14.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.35

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	139.43	635	45
Medium and Large 1-2	386	136.00	525	4thin
Medium and Large 2	414	124.52	516	4thin

One grade step is worth $14.91/cwt here — about $119 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 sale53 hd

138.04

—

AR average7 barns · 781 hd

142.40

−4.35

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	—	High	1,607	79.67	1,280	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	57.61	685	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,368	56.00	766	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	956	55.64	532	8thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	432	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	605	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	112.98/cwt	112.00–114.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	126.42/cwt	124.00–129.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	120.43/cwt	119.00–124.00	711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	143.64/cwt	135.00–147.00	458	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	136.76/cwt	136.00–137.00	499	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	144.04/cwt	142.00–147.00	399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	136.49/cwt	136.00–137.00	573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	738	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	775	44.01/cwt	43.00–45.00	341	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	61.16/cwt	59.50–63.50	597	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	649	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	583	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	819	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,160	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	696	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	56.17/cwt	54.50–58.00	654	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	60.01/cwt	58.50–62.00	736	3
Bulls	—	—	1,900	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	1,701	1
Bulls	—	—	1,795	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,125	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	782	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	57.85/cwt	56.50–59.00	536	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	77.91/cwt	73.00–84.00	731	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	64.54/cwt	59.00–72.00	755	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	124.04/cwt	118.00–130.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	136.97/cwt	129.00–140.00	708	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	147.75/cwt	143.00–157.50	498	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	141.67/cwt	141.00–142.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	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 Sep 4, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 129Last week 165Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 50Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 11Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	290	149.00	149.00
20	—	517	129.00–140.00	136.97
13	—	337	143.00–157.50	147.75
3	—	385	141.00–142.00	141.67
2	—	475	135.00	135.00
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
1	—	695	125.00	125.00
1	—	555	130.00	130.00
1	—	405	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	120.00	120.00
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	428	118.00–130.00	124.04
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
1	—	335	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	386	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	90.00	90.00
1	—	505	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	112.00–114.00	112.98
2	—	523	110.00	110.00
2	—	413	124.00–129.00	126.42
1	—	485	120.00	120.00
1	—	370	128.00	128.00
1	—	310	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	590	119.00–124.00	120.43
7	—	319	135.00–147.00	143.64
4	—	507	125.00	125.00
4	—	365	136.00–137.00	136.76
3	—	277	142.00–147.00	144.04
2	—	625	122.00	122.00
2	—	420	136.00–137.00	136.49
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	115.00	115.00
1	—	625	116.00	116.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	105.00	105.00
1	—	550	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	568	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	43.00–45.00	44.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	976	59.50–63.50	61.16
1	—	1,100	59.00	59.00
1	—	1,090	53.50	53.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,575	52.00	52.00
1	—	1,160	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,165	54.50–58.00	56.17
3	—	1,227	58.50–62.00	60.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,900	89.50	89.50
1	—	1,795	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,125	69.50	69.50

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	927	56.50–59.00	57.85
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	938	73.00–84.00	77.91
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,170	59.00–72.00	64.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,208	69.00	69.00

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