Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-04-29

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Apr 29
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
17 vs last sale 47 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
14 head
11 vs last sale 3 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
3 vs last sale 5 8 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 and heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold sold 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.77/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$143.77
13 head · 382 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$35.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.69
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1365150.7055010thin
Medium and Large 2478123.505902thin
Medium and Large 3355115.004081thin
One grade step is worth $35.70/cwt here — about $142 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 sale13 hd
143.77
AR average8 barns · 1,321 hd
147.45
−3.69
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
BullsLow74035.002591thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40357.008003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15350.175786thin
CowsLean 85-90%High99645.384524thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1575119.00/cwt119.00–119.006841
BullsMedium and Large 1488132.98/cwt130.00–136.006492
BullsMedium and Large 2475129.00/cwt129.00–129.006131
BullsMedium and Large 1530124.00/cwt124.00–124.006571
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,70075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2751
Bulls74035.00/cwt35.00–35.002591
SteersMedium and Large 1510135.00/cwt135.00–135.006891
SteersMedium and Large 1292164.00/cwt164.00–164.004792
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01561.00/cwt61.00–61.006191
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-281366.61/cwt55.00–78.005422
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-279190.82/cwt84.00–97.007184
SteersMedium and Large 1403142.48/cwt140.00–145.005742
SteersMedium and Large 1363149.00/cwt149.00–149.005413
SteersMedium and Large 2455127.00/cwt127.00–127.005781
SteersMedium and Large 2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1332156.00/cwt156.00–156.005182
SteersMedium and Large 3355115.00/cwt115.00–115.004081
CowsLean 85-90%1,30057.50/cwt57.50–57.507481
HeifersMedium and Large 1350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
HeifersMedium and Large 1570114.50/cwt114.00–115.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 1463121.51/cwt115.00–125.005633
HeifersMedium and Large 2490105.00/cwt105.00–105.005151
HeifersMedium and Large 2531107.32/cwt106.00–108.005703
CowsBoner 80-85%94044.00/cwt44.00–44.004141
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20355.48/cwt55.00–56.006672
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19048.69/cwt48.00–49.005793
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40357.00/cwt57.00–57.008003
CowsLean 85-90%96038.00/cwt38.00–38.003651
CowsLean 85-90%1,04049.00/cwt49.00–49.005101
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight68537.00/cwt37.00–37.002531

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.