Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder supply was mostly unweaned, fleshy cattle. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $106.92/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$106.92

37 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$21.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.45

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	109.95	587	22
Medium and Large 2	438	107.64	471	11thin
Medium and Large 3	526	88.25	464	4thin

One grade step is worth $21.70/cwt here — about $122 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 sale37 hd

106.92

—

AR average9 barns · 677 hd

118.37

−11.45

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	1,833	66.45	1,218	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	990	44.00	436	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,162	43.67	507	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,415	43.00	608	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1	—	580	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	575	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	381	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	121.96/cwt	118.00–126.00	616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,595	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	136.79/cwt	136.00–137.00	568	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	111.98/cwt	109.00–115.00	789	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	113.56/cwt	110.00–115.00	660	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	105.49/cwt	105.00–106.00	494	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,615	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	113.43/cwt	110.00–117.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	960	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	114.81/cwt	114.00–115.00	494	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	618	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	598	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	565	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	131.16/cwt	130.00–132.00	695	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	521	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,022	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,176	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	814	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	66.85/cwt	57.00–81.00	615	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	530	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,775	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	465	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	608	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	53.01/cwt	50.00–54.00	672	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	436	1
Bulls	—	—	1,833	66.45/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,218	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	660	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	99	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	423	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	735	73.50/cwt	73.00–74.00	540	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	975	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	695	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	95.59/cwt	90.00–101.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	319	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	47.87/cwt	44.00–49.50	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	765	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	500	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	103.01/cwt	100.00–105.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	111.48/cwt	110.00–116.00	680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	583	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	538	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	102.94/cwt	93.00–113.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	112.02/cwt	108.00–114.00	412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	107.97/cwt	105.00–114.00	615	3

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 Nov 4, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 108Last week 42Year ago 169

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 2Year ago 27

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 2Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	125.00	125.00
1	—	695	119.00	119.00
1	—	270	141.00	141.00
3	—	630	120.00	120.00
1	—	330	137.00	137.00
5	—	415	136.00–137.00	136.79
1	—	380	148.00	148.00
1	—	495	130.00	130.00
6	—	530	130.00–132.00	131.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	116.00	116.00
2	—	525	105.00	105.00
2	—	620	90.00–101.00	95.59
1	—	345	110.00	110.00
1	—	485	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	125.00	125.00
1	—	345	121.00	121.00
1	—	830	91.00	91.00
3	—	557	114.00	114.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	86.00	86.00
2	—	735	73.00–74.00	73.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	118.00–126.00	121.96
2	—	705	109.00–115.00	111.98
9	—	581	110.00–115.00	113.56
2	—	633	110.00–117.00	113.43
1	—	960	75.00	75.00
2	—	785	93.00–113.00	102.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	98.00	98.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	80.00	80.00
1	—	575	108.00	108.00
1	—	500	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	125.00	125.00
5	—	430	114.00–115.00	114.81
4	—	610	110.00–116.00	111.48
3	—	530	110.00	110.00
1	—	845	87.00	87.00
2	—	493	115.00	115.00
3	—	570	105.00–114.00	107.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
2	—	468	105.00–106.00	105.49
2	—	268	119.00	119.00
3	—	530	100.00–105.00	103.01
3	—	368	108.00–114.00	112.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	91.00	91.00
1	—	425	102.00	102.00
1	—	695	74.00	74.00
1	—	510	86.00	86.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,595	47.00	47.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,615	57.00	57.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	50.00	50.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	50.00	50.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	66.00	66.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	920	57.00–81.00	66.85
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	500.00	500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,022	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	74.00	74.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	41.00	41.00
4	—	1,268	50.00–54.00	53.01
1	—	975	25.00	25.00
3	—	1,258	44.00–49.50	47.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,415	43.00	43.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	44.00	44.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	15.00	15.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,833	65.00–68.00	66.45

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle