Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-03-11

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
137 vs last sale 204 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
3 vs last sale 7 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 3 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough offering in any class to establish a trend for feeder calves or slaughter cattle; as market jitters continue to leave producers in a wait and see attitude.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.50/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$128.50
32 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$55.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.01
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1444131.0458229
Medium and Large 2408118.004812thin
Medium and Large 344076.003341thin
One grade step is worth $55.04/cwt here — about $247 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 sale32 hd
128.50
AR average9 barns · 1,319 hd
139.52
−11.01
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low91832.502982thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1Fleshy530118.00/cwt118.00–118.006251
BullsMedium and Large 1440142.00/cwt142.00–142.006251
BullsMedium and Large 1490149.00/cwt149.00–149.007301
BullsMedium and Large 1515135.00/cwt135.00–135.006951
BullsMedium and Large 1645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1568133.39/cwt130.00–137.007582
BullsMedium and Large 2555124.00/cwt124.00–124.006881
SteersMedium and Large 1482136.10/cwt130.00–140.006563
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17044.60/cwt42.00–48.005223
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-292050.00/cwt50.00–50.004601
SteersMedium and Large 2563120.00/cwt120.00–120.006762
SteersMedium and Large 3315110.00/cwt110.00–110.003471
SteersMedium and Large 1570132.00/cwt132.00–132.007521
SteersMedium and Large 1272161.49/cwt156.00–169.004393
SteersMedium and Large 1336168.00/cwt168.00–168.005643
SteersMedium and Large 1422144.96/cwt144.00–147.006123
HeifersMedium and Large 2430121.00/cwt121.00–121.005201
HeifersMedium and Large 344076.00/cwt76.00–76.003341
SteersMedium and Large 1383154.39/cwt148.00–156.005915
SteersMedium and Large 2335145.00/cwt145.00–145.004861
SteersMedium and Large 2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005811
SteersMedium and Large 2515127.00/cwt127.00–127.006541
HeifersMedium and Large 1482131.99/cwt130.00–134.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 1523130.34/cwt129.00–132.006823
HeifersMedium and Large 1572130.46/cwt125.00–135.007463
HeifersMedium and Large 1342138.98/cwt130.00–142.004755
HeifersMedium and Large 1374128.55/cwt125.00–130.004817
HeifersMedium and Large 2385115.00/cwt115.00–115.004431
CowsBoner 80-85%88525.00/cwt25.00–25.002211
CowsBoner 80-85%95040.00/cwt40.00–40.003801
HeifersMedium and Large 1610129.00/cwt129.00–129.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 1275132.45/cwt130.00–135.003642
HeifersMedium and Large 1405129.50/cwt125.00–134.005242
HeifersMedium and Large 1658128.01/cwt127.00–129.008422

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.