Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers, not enough of any one class to establish a trend; as heavy rain in area is hampering cattle movement. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.73/cwt on 24 head.

Average price

$108.73

24 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$503

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$42.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.70

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	457	112.29	513	22
Medium and Large 3	528	69.50	367	2thin

One grade step is worth $42.79/cwt here — about $146 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 sale24 hd

108.73

—

AR average10 barns · 1,695 hd

120.43

−11.70

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	—	Low	1,330	57.52	765	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,215	41.29	502	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,039	36.52	379	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,075	33.31	358	10

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1Thin Fleshed	—	399	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	126.48/cwt	120.00–130.00	606	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	136.82/cwt	130.00–140.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	713	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	765.00/cwt	765.00–765.00	8,798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	125.22/cwt	120.00–130.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	370	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	602	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	309	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	371	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	104.09/cwt	100.00–110.00	486	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	676	85.18/cwt	72.00–99.00	576	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	113.37/cwt	110.00–115.00	701	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	737	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	—	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	760	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	228	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	39.81/cwt	38.00–43.50	426	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	36.36/cwt	35.00–37.00	387	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	365	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	229	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,327	39.28/cwt	39.00–40.00	521	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,103	43.30/cwt	41.00–44.50	478	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	38.01/cwt	37.00–39.00	446	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	365	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	943	20.51/cwt	20.00–21.00	193	2
Bulls	—	—	1,308	50.42/cwt	39.00–54.00	659	5
Bulls	—	—	1,270	60.73/cwt	58.50–63.00	771	5
Bulls	—	—	1,735	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,336	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	398	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	748	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	895.31/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	9,553	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,037.04/cwt	875.00–1,125.00	11,200	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	819.87/cwt	560.00–920.00	8,248	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	759.26/cwt	750.00–760.00	8,253	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,851	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	415.56/cwt	380.00–450.00	4,521	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	750	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	885.17/cwt	800.00–915.00	9,259	5

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 Oct 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 289Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 43Last week 64Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 79Last week 136Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	399	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	479	120.00–130.00	126.48
3	—	430	130.00–140.00	136.82
2	—	620	115.00	115.00
2	—	523	120.00–130.00	125.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	65.00	65.00
1	—	500	74.00	74.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	602	117.00	117.00
2	—	525	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	309	120.00	120.00
5	—	467	100.00–110.00	104.09
1	—	570	108.00	108.00
1	—	530	105.00	105.00
1	—	440	105.00	105.00
1	—	350	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	676	72.00–99.00	85.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	110.00–115.00	113.37
1	—	1,010	73.00	73.00
1	—	690	110.00	110.00
1	—	585	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	100.00	100.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,150	765.00	765.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,046	800.00–915.00	885.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	750	675.00	675.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	450.00	450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	43.00	43.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	87.00	87.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,067	700.00–1,000.00	895.31
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,080	875.00–1,125.00	1,037.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,006	560.00–920.00	819.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,087	750.00–760.00	759.26
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,065	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,088	380.00–450.00	415.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	30.00	30.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,071	38.00–43.50	39.81
3	—	1,063	35.00–37.00	36.36
1	—	1,140	32.00	32.00
1	—	915	25.00	25.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,327	39.00–40.00	39.28
3	—	1,103	41.00–44.50	43.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,173	37.00–39.00	38.01
4	—	1,043	35.00	35.00
2	—	943	20.00–21.00	20.51
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,308	39.00–54.00	50.42
5	—	1,270	58.50–63.00	60.73
1	—	1,735	77.00	77.00

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

Heifers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle