Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2020-11-11

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Nov 11
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
266 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 108▲ 130 vs year ago 136 · +95.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 13▼ 29 vs year ago 54 · −53.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 11▼ 13 vs year ago 20 · −65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 lower on a light test with offering mostly plain. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.10/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$137.10
133 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$236
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$29.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.75
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532140.50747112
Medium and Large 2550119.8265919thin
Medium and Large 3463110.535122thin
One grade step is worth $29.97/cwt here — about $236 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 sale133 hd
137.10
—
AR average8 barns · 2,522 hd
143.85
−6.75
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
Bulls—Low1,59459.279455thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43549.007031thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10727.4830412
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99823.002303thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1Value Added—910110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—510148.00/cwt148.00–148.007551
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—344158.31/cwt154.00–159.005457
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—605120.00/cwt120.00–120.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565115.11/cwt110.00–123.006507
SteersMedium and Large 1—374149.85/cwt141.00–154.005607
BullsMedium and Large 1—93084.00/cwt84.00–84.007811
BullsMedium and Large 1—512122.91/cwt119.00–125.0062915
BullsMedium and Large 1—622118.20/cwt110.00–125.007357
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—459151.48/cwt150.00–154.0069516
HeifersMedium and Large 1—539121.71/cwt120.00–122.506565
SteersMedium and Large 1—508140.50/cwt140.00–141.007142
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427126.96/cwt125.00–130.005423
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333138.97/cwt131.00–144.004636
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665115.00/cwt115.00–115.007654
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,05569.00/cwt69.00–69.007281
SteersMedium and Large 1—423140.80/cwt140.00–145.0059611
BullsMedium and Large 1—562113.28/cwt110.00–115.006373
HeifersMedium and Large 1—471124.00/cwt124.00–124.005845
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372133.21/cwt126.00–140.004967
HeifersMedium and Large 1—295144.50/cwt142.00–145.004266
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618112.96/cwt110.00–116.006982
BullsMedium and Large 1—710109.00/cwt109.00–109.007741
HeifersSmall and Medium 3—38090.00/cwt90.00–90.003421
SteersMedium and Large 1—569130.50/cwt130.00–131.0074310
SteersMedium and Large 1—611128.57/cwt126.00–130.007865
SteersMedium and Large 1—328142.44/cwt140.00–145.004672
SteersMedium and Large 1—475141.22/cwt133.50–144.0067113
SteersMedium and Large 1—680120.00/cwt120.00–120.008161
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—865126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0901
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—706133.13/cwt132.00–134.0094022
BullsMedium and Large 1—830100.00/cwt100.00–100.008301
BullsMedium and Large 1—650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—715112.00/cwt112.00–112.008011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—94050.00/cwt50.00–50.004701
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,25554.00/cwt54.00–54.006781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,30044.02/cwt39.00–49.005723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16347.04/cwt45.00–50.005472
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24542.00/cwt39.00–45.005232
HeifersMedium and Large 3—305100.00/cwt100.00–100.003051
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight—78515.00/cwt15.00–15.001181
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,05021.92/cwt15.00–30.002309
CowsLean 85-90%—95515.00/cwt15.00–15.001431
Bulls——1,35255.62/cwt50.00–58.007523
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480109.95/cwt105.00–115.005282
SteersMedium and Large 2—376128.62/cwt120.00–131.004846
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,43549.00/cwt49.00–49.007031
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34048.50/cwt48.50–48.506501
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25539.00/cwt39.00–39.004891
Bulls——1,95864.74/cwt62.00–67.501,2682
SteersMedium and Large 2—955100.00/cwt100.00–100.009551
SteersMedium and Large 2—669105.75/cwt105.00–108.007074
SteersMedium and Large 3—463110.53/cwt105.00–116.005122
HeifersMedium and Large 3—56059.00/cwt59.00–59.003301
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
BullsMedium and Large 3—77067.00/cwt67.00–67.005161
HeifersMedium and Large 2—430116.00/cwt116.00–116.004991
BullsMedium and Large 2—82078.00/cwt78.00–78.006401
SteersMedium and Large 2—483132.27/cwt127.00–138.006393
SteersMedium and Large 2—715108.00/cwt105.00–111.007722
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370111.67/cwt110.00–115.004133
HeifersMedium and Large 2—325120.48/cwt119.00–122.003922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—588118.00/cwt118.00–118.006944
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—355158.00/cwt158.00–158.005613
SteersMedium and Large 2—545128.00/cwt128.00–128.006982
SteersMedium and Large 2—595113.00/cwt113.00–113.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 2—550105.00/cwt105.00–105.005781
BullsMedium and Large 2—618100.00/cwt100.00–100.006182
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—628135.66/cwt134.00–136.008526
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—419135.63/cwt135.50–136.0056811
BullsMedium and Large 2—500111.00/cwt111.00–111.005551
BullsMedium and Large 2—570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—512118.70/cwt115.00–121.006088
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—505105.00/cwt105.00–105.005302
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—657134.01/cwt133.00–135.008804
BullsMedium and Large 1—99074.00/cwt74.00–74.007331

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.