Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-04-22

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Apr 22
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
20 vs last sale 27 47 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
7 vs last sale 10 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
4 vs last sale 1 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a very light test, feeder steers sold 6.00 lower, not enough offerings for trend on feeder heifers. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.66/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$119.66
21 head · 476 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.38
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478120.9357818thin
Medium and Large 2465112.015213thin
One grade step is worth $8.93/cwt here — about $57 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 sale21 hd
119.66
AR average9 barns · 1,252 hd
131.03
−11.38
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%High1,01055.005561thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average90845.004092thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 2Fleshy450106.00/cwt106.00–106.004771
BullsMedium and Large 1500137.00/cwt137.00–137.006851
BullsMedium and Large 273579.00/cwt79.00–79.005811
CowsBoner 80-85%90845.00/cwt45.00–45.004092
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,01055.00/cwt55.00–55.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 1340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1450120.00/cwt120.00–120.005401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29001,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.009,4502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24060.00/cwt60.00–60.007441
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-286871.48/cwt63.00–79.006202
SteersMedium and Large 1475138.45/cwt135.00–145.006584
SteersMedium and Large 1414144.02/cwt139.00–146.005968
SteersMedium and Large 2380130.00/cwt130.00–130.004941
SteersMedium and Large 1385145.00/cwt145.00–145.005581
SteersMedium and Large 2410129.00/cwt129.00–129.005291
SteersMedium and Large 2480130.00/cwt130.00–130.006241
HeifersMedium and Large 2390119.51/cwt119.00–120.004662
HeifersMedium and Large 1645102.00/cwt102.00–102.006582
HeifersMedium and Large 171898.50/cwt98.00–99.007072
HeifersMedium and Large 1424127.15/cwt120.00–130.0053912
HeifersMedium and Large 261597.00/cwt97.00–97.005971
SteersMedium and Large 1343144.47/cwt140.00–149.004962
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed540123.00/cwt123.00–123.006642

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.