Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-04-15

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Apr 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
38 vs last sale 65 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
9 vs last sale 19 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Not enough offerings in any feeder or slaughter class to establish a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.23/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$143.23
17 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$648
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$18
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.64
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447145.3264915thin
Medium and Large 2495127.506312thin
One grade step is worth $17.82/cwt here — about $18 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 sale17 hd
143.23
AR average6 barns · 496 hd
150.87
−7.64
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
BullsAverage1,42068.009661thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45052.037543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,00242.504266thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
SteersMedium and Large 1469146.26/cwt143.00–148.006864
SteersMedium and Large 2460136.00/cwt136.00–136.006261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32047.00/cwt47.00–47.006201
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51554.54/cwt54.00–55.008262
HeifersMedium and Large 1580109.00/cwt109.00–109.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1495116.00/cwt116.00–116.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1280151.00/cwt151.00–151.004231
SteersMedium and Large 2530119.00/cwt119.00–119.006311
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed335121.00/cwt121.00–121.004051
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight64535.00/cwt35.00–35.002261
CowsBoner 80-85%97534.00/cwt34.00–34.003321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35552.00/cwt52.00–52.007051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01344.66/cwt42.00–47.004523
SteersMedium and Large 1537144.00/cwt144.00–144.007732
SteersMedium and Large 1565133.97/cwt133.00–136.007573
SteersMedium and Large 1365150.97/cwt144.00–160.005514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-281050.00/cwt50.00–50.004051
SteersMedium and Large 1315150.00/cwt150.00–150.004731
Bulls1,42068.00/cwt68.00–68.009661
BullsMedium and Large 1625119.32/cwt114.00–125.007462
BullsMedium and Large 2485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581

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.