Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00-12.00, mostly 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 8.00 lower. Offering not as attractive as last week , with fewer weaned cattle consigned. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.13/cwt on 104 head.

Average price

$128.13

104 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$622

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$7.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.79

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	128.65	630	97
Medium and Large 2	429	120.86	518	7thin

One grade step is worth $7.80/cwt here — about $112 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 sale104 hd

128.13

—

AR average9 barns · 2,552 hd

127.34

+0.79

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	1,485	65.14	968	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,359	42.72	581	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,063	36.81	391	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,003	35.50	356	3thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	480	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	483	129.97/cwt	125.00–135.00	628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	134.01/cwt	132.00–136.00	694	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	551	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,034	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	43.72/cwt	42.00–45.00	607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	144.08/cwt	140.00–151.00	620	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	150.70/cwt	149.00–155.00	576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	136.46/cwt	130.00–141.00	786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	133.26/cwt	131.00–140.00	838	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	158.31/cwt	150.00–161.00	538	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	138.20/cwt	135.00–145.00	727	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	142.28/cwt	140.00–150.00	673	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	128.32/cwt	125.00–130.00	625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	133.62/cwt	125.00–141.00	516	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	122.02/cwt	118.00–126.00	814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	129.80/cwt	125.00–133.00	549	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	136.21/cwt	136.00–139.00	459	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	125.95/cwt	120.00–130.00	651	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	128.45/cwt	125.00–133.00	601	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	129.45/cwt	120.00–130.00	743	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,359	42.72/cwt	41.00–43.50	581	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	270	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	333	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	119.99/cwt	117.00–123.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	132.10/cwt	130.00–136.00	498	6
Bulls	—	—	1,650	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,221	1
Bulls	—	—	1,403	60.71/cwt	59.50–62.00	852	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	915	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	320	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	930	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	140	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	37.73/cwt	37.00–39.00	406	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	42.03/cwt	41.00–42.50	472	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	383	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	504	4

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 Dec 11, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 210Last week 439Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 39Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 18Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	667	118.00–126.00	122.02
12	—	423	125.00–133.00	129.80
13	—	337	136.00–139.00	136.21
18	—	517	120.00–130.00	125.95
18	—	468	125.00–133.00	128.45
18	—	574	120.00–130.00	129.45
4	—	620	117.00–123.00	119.99
6	—	377	130.00–136.00	132.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	131.50	131.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	120.00	120.00
1	—	670	127.00	127.00
2	—	483	125.00–135.00	129.97
2	—	518	132.00–136.00	134.01
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	551	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	130.00	130.00
10	—	430	140.00–151.00	144.08
6	—	382	149.00–155.00	150.70
8	—	576	130.00–141.00	136.46
8	—	629	131.00–140.00	133.26
10	—	340	150.00–161.00	158.31
11	—	526	135.00–145.00	138.20
13	—	473	140.00–150.00	142.28
1	—	705	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	130.00	130.00
3	—	487	125.00–130.00	128.32
5	—	386	125.00–141.00	133.62

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,388	42.00–45.00	43.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,359	41.00–43.50	42.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	31.00	31.00
1	—	1,010	33.00	33.00
1	—	1,130	42.50	42.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	35.00	35.00
1	—	930	15.00	15.00
3	—	1,075	37.00–39.00	37.73
4	—	1,124	41.00–42.50	42.03
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	74.00	74.00
2	—	1,403	59.50–62.00	60.71

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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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