Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers under 400 lbs sold 3.00-9.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold 1.00-5.00 higher. Supply included several groups of Value Added cattle who sold with a premium. On a light test, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.77/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$150.77

128 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$20.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.05

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	152.40	782	117
Medium and Large 1-2	518	140.00	725	2thin
Medium and Large 3	345	132.00	455	1thin
Medium and Large 2	545	131.88	718	8thin

One grade step is worth $20.52/cwt here — about $64 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 sale128 hd

150.77

—

AR average9 barns · 1,393 hd

150.72

+0.05

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,435	80.69	1,158	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	63.50	930	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,084	48.48	525	8thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	137.37/cwt	130.00–139.50	673	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	953	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	151.29/cwt	148.00–153.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	153.29/cwt	141.00–158.00	662	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	148.64/cwt	138.00–151.00	758	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	151.24/cwt	138.00–153.00	839	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	156.67/cwt	149.00–164.00	572	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	458	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	547	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	157.68/cwt	153.00–162.50	522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	132.55/cwt	128.00–140.00	834	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	137.45/cwt	135.00–138.50	715	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	138.17/cwt	135.00–143.00	771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	545	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	164	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	410	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	664	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	640	147.06/cwt	145.00–156.00	941	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	537	159.52/cwt	159.50–160.00	857	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	607	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	832	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,362	59.34/cwt	58.50–60.00	808	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	943	37.39/cwt	35.00–40.00	353	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	113.31/cwt	112.00–120.00	700	6
Bulls	—	—	1,328	78.04/cwt	75.00–80.00	1,036	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	131.47/cwt	128.00–138.00	763	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	138.00/cwt	136.00–140.00	449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	525	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	63.50/cwt	63.50–63.50	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	139.84/cwt	134.00–140.50	601	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	131.12/cwt	123.00–134.00	801	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	116.27/cwt	114.00–121.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	143.38/cwt	138.00–145.00	542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	133.01/cwt	131.00–135.00	749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	854	1

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Wed Aug 19, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 253Last week 265Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 18Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 42Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	133.00	133.00
1	—	480	145.00	145.00
1	—	420	131.00	131.00
1	—	305	148.00	148.00
2	—	563	131.00–135.00	133.01
1	—	775	115.00	115.00
1	—	730	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	653	146.00	146.00
3	—	642	145.00	145.00
3	—	458	148.00–153.00	151.29
25	—	432	141.00–158.00	153.29
18	—	510	138.00–151.00	148.64
9	—	555	138.00–153.00	151.24
8	—	365	149.00–164.00	156.67
4	—	331	153.00–162.50	157.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	410	162.00	162.00
21	—	640	145.00–156.00	147.06
19	—	537	159.50–160.00	159.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	121.00	121.00
3	—	462	114.00–121.00	116.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	490	130.00–139.50	137.37
4	—	580	128.00–138.00	131.47
3	—	538	134.50	134.50
2	—	325	136.00–140.00	138.00
1	—	670	120.00	120.00
11	—	430	134.00–140.50	139.84
7	—	611	123.00–134.00	131.12
5	—	378	138.00–145.00	143.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	607	137.00	137.00
1	—	535	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	100.00	100.00
1	—	455	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	115.00	115.00
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	450	117.00	117.00
6	—	618	112.00–120.00	113.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	629	128.00–140.00	132.55
8	—	520	135.00–138.50	137.45
5	—	558	135.00–143.00	138.17

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	50.00	50.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	57.00	57.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	895	45.00	45.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	30.00	30.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,362	58.50–60.00	59.34
2	—	943	35.00–40.00	37.39
1	—	1,105	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,050	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	63.50	63.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	75.00–80.00	78.04
1	—	1,650	86.00	86.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle