Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2019-11-20

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Nov 20
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
238 head
▲ 102 vs last sale 136▲ 238 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 54▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-8.00 lower, mostly 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.90/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$111.90
88 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.83
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518117.0360659
Medium and Large 2498104.3052023
Medium and Large 339190.603546thin
One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about $252 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 sale88 hd
111.90
—
AR average8 barns · 2,152 hd
124.72
−12.83
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,50768.211,0288thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34644.495995thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low96840.923966thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,04036.7038220

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—78759.41/cwt56.00–62.004683
SteersMedium and Large 2—315136.62/cwt129.00–144.004302
SteersMedium and Large 2—525126.03/cwt125.00–127.006622
SteersMedium and Large 2—426128.42/cwt120.00–135.005477
SteersMedium and Large 2—484119.74/cwt115.00–130.005809
SteersMedium and Large 3—425110.00/cwt110.00–110.004681
SteersMedium and Large 3—535111.00/cwt111.00–111.005941
SteersMedium and Large 3—565106.00/cwt106.00–106.005991
SteersMedium and Large 3—468107.78/cwt88.00–119.005046
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,135574.34/cwt500.00–635.006,5192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,17848.46/cwt43.00–53.005712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98069.00/cwt69.00–69.006761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—840650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,4602
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—66080.00/cwt80.00–80.005281
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—76597.00/cwt97.00–97.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—530105.00/cwt105.00–105.005571
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—640109.00/cwt109.00–109.006981
HeifersMedium and Large 1—345124.00/cwt124.00–124.004281
HeifersMedium and Large 1—760106.00/cwt106.00–106.008061
HeifersMedium and Large 1—296129.00/cwt129.00–129.003823
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373124.32/cwt124.00–125.004643
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—51095.00/cwt95.00–95.004851
BullsMedium and Large 3—567100.00/cwt100.00–100.005672
BullsMedium and Large 3—370115.00/cwt115.00–115.004262
BullsMedium and Large 3—445107.00/cwt107.00–107.004761
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007301
BullsMedium and Large 2—563111.51/cwt105.00–119.006286
BullsMedium and Large 2—629112.66/cwt90.00–120.007094
BullsMedium and Large 2—433105.00/cwt105.00–105.004553
BullsMedium and Large 2—720108.00/cwt108.00–108.007781
BullsMedium and Large 2—67596.00/cwt96.00–96.006481
BullsMedium and Large 2—525113.00/cwt113.00–113.005931
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy—66095.00/cwt95.00–95.006271
BullsMedium and Large 1—566122.73/cwt120.00–125.006954
BullsMedium and Large 1—810105.00/cwt105.00–105.008512
BullsMedium and Large 1—663112.45/cwt110.00–115.007462
BullsMedium and Large 1—525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006302
BullsMedium and Large 1—770116.00/cwt116.00–116.008931
BullsMedium and Large 1—615110.00/cwt110.00–110.006771
BullsMedium and Large 1—440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005721
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—71397.49/cwt95.00–100.006952
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy—545115.00/cwt115.00–115.006271
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—77024.00/cwt24.00–24.001851
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11549.75/cwt49.50–50.005552
CowsLean 85-90%—95840.00/cwt40.00–40.003832
CowsLean 85-90%—89042.00/cwt42.00–42.003741
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36041.69/cwt41.00–42.005673
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32548.68/cwt46.50–50.506452
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—83530.00/cwt30.00–30.002511
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09040.00/cwt37.00–43.0043610
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03931.81/cwt31.00–33.003315
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06846.50/cwt45.00–48.004972
CowsBoner 80-85%—86825.99/cwt25.00–27.002262
Bulls——1,63882.68/cwt79.00–86.501,3542
Bulls——1,57374.46/cwt74.00–75.001,1712
Bulls——1,40957.85/cwt30.00–70.508154
SteersMedium and Large 2—605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007261
SteersMedium and Large 2—560129.00/cwt129.00–129.007221
SteersMedium and Large 2—350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1—527137.10/cwt135.00–140.0072312
SteersMedium and Large 1—474137.21/cwt133.00–145.0065011
SteersMedium and Large 1—669134.79/cwt130.00–139.009024
SteersMedium and Large 1—426143.23/cwt139.00–146.006104
SteersMedium and Large 1—637129.69/cwt126.00–135.008263
SteersMedium and Large 1—572133.44/cwt130.00–140.007633
SteersMedium and Large 1—370153.03/cwt152.00–154.005662
SteersMedium and Large 1—705130.00/cwt130.00–130.009171
SteersMedium and Large 1—310163.00/cwt163.00–163.005051
SteersMedium and Large 1—295160.00/cwt160.00–160.004721
HeifersMedium and Large 3—37691.94/cwt90.00–98.003464
HeifersMedium and Large 3—42087.93/cwt82.00–94.003692
HeifersMedium and Large 2—473108.74/cwt105.00–110.005148
HeifersMedium and Large 2—52694.18/cwt82.00–105.004954
HeifersMedium and Large 2—389116.15/cwt110.00–118.004524
HeifersMedium and Large 2—71093.00/cwt91.00–95.006602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—568100.72/cwt92.00–110.005722
HeifersMedium and Large 2—423102.11/cwt100.00–104.004322
HeifersMedium and Large 2—61096.00/cwt96.00–96.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488120.97/cwt115.00–124.0059014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527116.93/cwt110.00–121.0061611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434120.89/cwt115.00–125.005257
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624117.58/cwt114.00–122.007345
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562119.57/cwt117.00–122.006725
HeifersMedium and Large 1—690104.19/cwt102.00–111.007194

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.