Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-02-12

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Feb 12
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
132 vs last sale 154 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
13 head
10 vs last sale 3 13 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
3 vs last sale 4 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend due to very light receipts; very rainy, muddy weather continues to hamper cattle movement in area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.70/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$160.70
8 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.68
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1448165.947436thin
Medium and Large 2388145.005622thin
One grade step is worth $20.94/cwt here — about $181 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 sale8 hd
160.70
AR average6 barns · 1,750 hd
157.02
+3.68
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
BullsAverage1,61577.001,2442thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,03643.144478thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average84040.003361thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2335136.00/cwt136.00–136.004561
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight81030.00/cwt30.00–30.002431
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight84040.00/cwt40.00–40.003361
SteersMedium and Large 1300193.00/cwt193.00–193.005791
SteersMedium and Large 1600141.00/cwt141.00–141.008461
SteersMedium and Large 1375181.84/cwt179.00–185.006822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11646.77/cwt45.00–49.005224
HeifersMedium and Large 1265140.00/cwt140.00–140.003711
HeifersMedium and Large 1405125.00/cwt125.00–125.005061
HeifersMedium and Large 1378136.97/cwt136.00–138.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 1468127.59/cwt125.00–130.005972
BullsMedium and Large 1590135.00/cwt135.00–135.007971
BullsMedium and Large 1650136.00/cwt136.00–136.008841
Bulls1,61577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,2442
CowsBoner 80-85%89530.00/cwt30.00–30.002691
CowsBoner 80-85%97541.00/cwt41.00–41.004001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14057.00/cwt57.00–57.006501
SteersMedium and Large 1518148.97/cwt148.00–150.007722
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17557.00/cwt57.00–57.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 2495122.00/cwt122.00–122.006041
SteersMedium and Large 2285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004281
SteersMedium and Large 2490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006861

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.