Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder supply included several groups of weaned or Value Added cattle who sold with a Premium. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.11/cwt on 234 head.

Average price

$119.11

234 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$33.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.84

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	122.87	658	158
Medium and Large 1-2	567	117.33	665	36
Medium and Large 2	499	108.79	543	34
Medium and Large 3	435	89.11	387	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.76/cwt here — about $271 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 sale234 hd

119.11

—

AR average9 barns · 1,833 hd

126.94

−7.84

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	—	Average	1,678	73.00	1,225	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,333	47.61	635	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	930	43.50	405	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,026	43.35	445	8thin

Every lot, as filed

103 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	—	571	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	748	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	100.76/cwt	98.00–105.00	689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	114.90/cwt	110.00–120.00	488	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	420	149.70/cwt	145.00–152.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	112.51/cwt	110.00–115.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	114.41/cwt	110.00–121.00	543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	715	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	840	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	923	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	117.03/cwt	110.00–121.00	792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	563	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	520	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	582	122.36/cwt	121.50–123.50	712	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	560	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	532	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	130.05/cwt	125.00–135.00	679	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	673	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	472	146.99/cwt	141.00–151.00	694	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	127.28/cwt	120.00–129.00	585	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	132.26/cwt	130.00–136.00	484	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	108.95/cwt	106.00–111.00	673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	378	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	121.49/cwt	120.00–123.00	626	2
Bulls	—	—	1,765	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,324	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,248	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	624	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	49.27/cwt	47.00–50.00	512	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	129.25/cwt	127.00–130.00	567	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	845	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	254	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	42.84/cwt	40.00–45.00	475	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	389	1
Bulls	—	—	1,548	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,084	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,334	44.69/cwt	41.00–46.00	596	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	818	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	985	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	79.78/cwt	71.00–88.00	417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	97.55/cwt	95.00–100.00	403	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	770	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	690	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	128.84/cwt	122.00–132.00	617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	455	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	377	96.08/cwt	75.00–110.00	362	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	117.50/cwt	115.00–120.00	505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	397	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	276	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	637	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	61.19/cwt	56.00–65.00	557	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	664	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	64.63/cwt	59.00–84.00	592	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	98.99/cwt	98.00–105.00	571	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	112.04/cwt	110.00–115.00	521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	136.66/cwt	133.00–139.00	642	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	580	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	708	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	129.52/cwt	129.00–130.00	408	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	669	139.59/cwt	139.00–142.00	934	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	116.32/cwt	115.00–119.00	779	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	117.23/cwt	115.00–121.00	836	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	575	146.70/cwt	145.00–147.00	844	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	778	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,031	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	768	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	382	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	123.68/cwt	120.00–132.00	522	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	712	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	876	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	124.29/cwt	120.00–126.00	477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	587	129.38/cwt	125.00–137.00	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	120.49/cwt	115.00–122.50	755	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	136.97/cwt	125.00–138.00	853	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	468	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	122.62/cwt	118.00–125.00	640	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	869	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	508	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	655	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	134.96/cwt	133.00–136.00	578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	128.47/cwt	126.00–131.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	556	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	148.22/cwt	145.00–150.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	505	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	116.34/cwt	115.00–119.00	649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	662	2

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 486Last week 75Year ago 248

Slaughter CattleReceipts 22Last week 28Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 32Year ago 46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	571	129.00	129.00
4	—	366	130.00–136.00	132.26
2	—	515	120.00–123.00	121.49
1	—	325	127.00	127.00
4	—	439	127.00–130.00	129.25
4	—	479	122.00–132.00	128.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	398	135.00	135.00
5	—	650	115.00	115.00
5	—	771	109.00	109.00
3	—	517	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	420	145.00–152.00	149.70
2	—	520	147.00	147.00
15	—	472	141.00–151.00	146.99
10	—	669	139.00–142.00	139.59
40	—	575	145.00–147.00	146.70
9	—	778	132.50	132.50
3	—	382	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	75.00–110.00	96.08
2	—	430	115.00–120.00	117.50
1	—	345	115.00	115.00
3	—	465	110.00–115.00	112.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	470	133.00–139.00	136.66
2	—	353	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,045	90.00	90.00
1	—	765	125.00	125.00
1	—	560	142.00	142.00
18	—	623	125.00–138.00	136.97
1	—	820	131.00	131.00
3	—	724	120.00	120.00
3	—	428	133.00–136.00	134.96
3	—	324	145.00–150.00	148.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	149.00	149.00
5	—	556	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	120.00	120.00
5	—	923	67.00	67.00
3	—	618	106.00–111.00	108.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	110.00–121.00	117.03
12	—	522	125.00–135.00	130.05
1	—	810	95.00	95.00
5	—	713	115.00–121.00	117.23
2	—	768	112.00	112.00
3	—	587	125.00–137.00	129.38
2	—	613	126.00–131.00	128.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	69.00	69.00
1	—	690	84.00	84.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	96.00	96.00
2	—	735	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	119.00	119.00
4	—	684	98.00–105.00	100.76
9	—	425	110.00–120.00	114.90
2	—	513	110.00–115.00	112.51
4	—	475	110.00–121.00	114.41
1	—	725	100.00	100.00
1	—	360	105.00	105.00
7	—	577	98.00–105.00	98.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	118.00	118.00
5	—	473	119.00	119.00
2	—	375	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	598	119.50	119.50
4	—	704	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	582	121.50–123.50	122.36
4	—	673	117.00	117.00
10	—	712	123.00	123.00
14	—	508	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	460	120.00–129.00	127.28
4	—	315	129.00–130.00	129.52
3	—	670	115.00–119.00	116.32
24	—	422	120.00–132.00	123.68
4	—	384	120.00–126.00	124.29
28	—	627	115.00–122.50	120.49
9	—	522	118.00–125.00	122.62
3	—	558	115.00–119.00	116.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	100.00	100.00
2	—	523	71.00–88.00	79.78
2	—	413	95.00–100.00	97.55
1	—	345	80.00	80.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	87.00	87.00
1	—	625	100.00	100.00
1	—	565	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	115.00	115.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,765	75.00	75.00
2	—	1,548	70.00	70.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	50.00	50.00
4	—	1,334	41.00–46.00	44.69
1	—	1,500	54.50	54.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,040	47.00–50.00	49.27
2	—	1,108	40.00–45.00	42.84
1	—	985	34.00	34.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	45.00	45.00
1	—	925	42.00	42.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	30.00	30.00

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	—	885	53.00	53.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	910	56.00–65.00	61.19
(<2 yrs)	Open	11	—	916	59.00–84.00	64.63
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	52.00	52.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	955	43.00	43.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	50.00	50.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	63.00	63.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	910	73.00	73.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

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