Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-03-25

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 25
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
7 vs last sale 24 31 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
9 vs last sale 1 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 2 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough of any feeder or slaughter class to establish a trend, however definite higher undertones in all classes observed. Expecting a good run next week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.37/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$141.37
14 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.65
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1487142.2669312thin
Medium and Large 2350136.004762thin
One grade step is worth $6.26/cwt here — about $217 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 sale14 hd
141.37
AR average7 barns · 285 hd
132.72
+8.65
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49066.169863thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low92550.334663thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low94348.754594thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
BullsMedium and Large 1910104.00/cwt104.00–104.009461
BullsMedium and Large 1725134.00/cwt134.00–134.009722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01551.00/cwt51.00–51.005181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02056.00/cwt56.00–56.005711
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49066.16/cwt64.00–69.009863
CowsLean 85-90%94535.00/cwt35.00–35.003311
SteersMedium and Large 2550139.00/cwt139.00–139.007651
SteersMedium and Large 1535152.00/cwt152.00–152.008131
SteersMedium and Large 1575151.00/cwt151.00–151.008681
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15358.63/cwt52.00–67.006763
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-294086.00/cwt86.00–86.008081
HeifersMedium and Large 1475151.00/cwt147.00–155.007172
HeifersMedium and Large 1563137.00/cwt137.00–137.007714
HeifersMedium and Large 2350136.00/cwt136.00–136.004762
SteersMedium and Large 1355168.07/cwt163.00–173.005972
SteersMedium and Large 1433162.25/cwt157.00–169.007034
SteersMedium and Large 1293172.50/cwt172.00–173.005052
CowsLean 85-90%95560.00/cwt60.00–60.005731
CowsLean 85-90%1,08565.00/cwt65.00–65.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 1515144.00/cwt144.00–144.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 1730113.00/cwt113.00–113.008251
HeifersMedium and Large 1325150.55/cwt147.00–154.004892
HeifersMedium and Large 1373149.52/cwt147.00–152.005582
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight74044.00/cwt44.00–44.003261
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight78535.00/cwt35.00–35.002751

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.