Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-10-28

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Oct 28
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
139 vs last sale 181 32 vs year ago 74 · 43.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
12 vs last sale 14 41 vs year ago 43 · 95.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
19 vs last sale 21 77 vs year ago 79 · 97.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts in either Feeder or Slaughter classes to establish a trend due to heavy rain continuing in trade area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $133.54/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$133.54
23 head · 452 lb average
Value per head Derived
$603
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$44
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.26
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1424138.4058716thin
Medium and Large 2515122.436317thin
One grade step is worth $15.97/cwt here — about −$44 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 sale23 hd
133.54
AR average9 barns · 713 hd
129.28
+4.26
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
BullsAverage2,13567.001,4301thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08536.003911thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
SteersMedium and Large 1473130.50/cwt130.00–131.006178
SteersMedium and Large 1338157.00/cwt157.00–157.005312
SteersMedium and Large 1370146.60/cwt140.00–150.005424
BullsMedium and Large 1500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
HeifersMedium and Large 1505114.00/cwt114.00–114.005761
HeifersMedium and Large 1460121.00/cwt121.00–121.005572
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy545116.00/cwt116.00–116.006321
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2775750.00/cwt750.00–750.005,8131
BullsMedium and Large 284078.00/cwt78.00–78.006551
SteersMedium and Large 2465125.67/cwt125.00–127.005843
Bulls2,13567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,4301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08536.00/cwt36.00–36.003911
SteersMedium and Large 2553120.00/cwt120.00–120.006644
HeifersMedium and Large 299559.00/cwt59.00–59.005871
HeifersMedium and Large 2358115.00/cwt115.00–115.004123
HeifersMedium and Large 1384120.00/cwt120.00–120.004615
SteersMedium and Large 1423135.00/cwt135.00–135.005712
HeifersMedium and Large 1340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004252

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.