Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 11.00 lower, 400-500 lbs sold 1.00 higher, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 1.00 lower, over 600 lbs not tested. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 higher, slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.89/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$105.89

61 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$51.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.08

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	118.36	610	34
Medium and Large 2	529	93.27	493	22
Medium and Large 1-2	743	83.00	617	3thin
Medium and Large 3	578	67.00	387	2thin

One grade step is worth $51.36/cwt here — about $223 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 sale61 hd

105.89

—

AR average8 barns · 1,461 hd

118.96

−13.08

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	1,573	67.50	1,061	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,358	48.00	652	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,035	37.40	387	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	985	35.00	345	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	720	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,426	58.66/cwt	54.00–64.00	836	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	64.42/cwt	63.00–66.00	711	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	500	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	155	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,150	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	691	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	815	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	112.02/cwt	111.00–115.00	641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	648	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	132.88/cwt	128.00–134.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	122.97/cwt	115.00–124.00	514	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	117.44/cwt	114.00–120.00	572	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	131.65/cwt	125.00–135.00	904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	136.88/cwt	134.00–140.00	500	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	47.16/cwt	36.00–54.00	448	7
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	643	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	493	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	905	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	132.52/cwt	129.00–136.00	667	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,215	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	87.44/cwt	75.00–91.00	672	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	8,108	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	122.98/cwt	115.00–125.00	641	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	373	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	345	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	895	10.00/cwt	10.00–10.00	90	1
Bulls	—	—	1,465	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	952	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	40.51/cwt	40.00–41.00	427	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	75.24/cwt	75.00–76.00	513	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	798	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	627	1
Bulls	—	—	1,680	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,176	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	585	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	116.32/cwt	111.00–124.00	486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	121.01/cwt	120.00–122.00	611	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	109.89/cwt	105.00–115.00	580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	123.99/cwt	122.00–126.00	599	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	105.35/cwt	97.00–114.00	451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	843	127.50/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,075	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	524	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	96.33/cwt	92.00–114.00	362	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	795	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	688	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 Oct 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 156Last week 93Year ago 261

Slaughter CattleReceipts 10Last week 34Year ago 54

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 74Year ago 67

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,470	49.00	49.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,426	54.00–64.00	58.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,085	46.00	46.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,103	63.00–66.00	64.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	951	36.00–54.00	47.16
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	769	75.00–91.00	87.44
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	685	300.00	300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,175	690.00	690.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	31.00	31.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	114.00	114.00
1	—	665	117.00	117.00
1	—	360	119.00	119.00
1	—	315	121.00	121.00
9	—	418	115.00–124.00	122.97
8	—	487	114.00–120.00	117.44
1	—	520	119.00	119.00
1	—	625	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	691	118.00	118.00
3	—	493	123.00	123.00
1	—	905	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	69.00	69.00
1	—	615	65.00	65.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	682	75.00–76.00	75.24
1	—	560	103.00	103.00
1	—	325	116.00	116.00
3	—	528	105.00–115.00	109.89
2	—	428	97.00–114.00	105.35
6	—	616	85.00	85.00
5	—	376	92.00–114.00	96.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	83.00	83.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	572	111.00–115.00	112.02
1	—	765	83.00	83.00
1	—	690	105.00	105.00
5	—	521	115.00–125.00	122.98
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	86.00	86.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
1	—	640	100.00	100.00
1	—	795	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	442	146.50	146.50
5	—	488	128.00–134.00	132.88
3	—	687	125.00–135.00	131.65
2	—	560	120.00–125.00	122.54
2	—	365	134.00–140.00	136.88
1	—	300	131.00	131.00
2	—	503	129.00–136.00	132.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	643	136.00	136.00
4	—	843	127.00–128.00	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	111.00–124.00	116.32
2	—	505	120.00–122.00	121.01
1	—	320	129.00	129.00
1	—	570	107.00	107.00
2	—	483	122.00–126.00	123.99

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,565	51.00	51.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	35.00	35.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	10.00	10.00
2	—	1,053	40.00–41.00	40.51
1	—	1,230	51.00	51.00
1	—	945	45.00	45.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	65.00	65.00
1	—	1,680	70.00	70.00

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

Heifers · 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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle