Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers sold 1.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00-9.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower, slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.04/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$116.04

139 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

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

$77.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.08

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	121.26	654	101
Medium and Large 1-2	772	109.00	841	16thin
Medium and Large 2	585	104.18	610	17thin
Medium and Large 3	487	93.60	456	3thin
Small and Medium 3	423	43.50	184	2thin

One grade step is worth $77.76/cwt here — about $471 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 sale139 hd

116.04

—

AR average6 barns · 1,011 hd

126.12

−10.08

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	—	High	1,694	69.79	1,182	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,364	48.04	655	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,158	39.89	462	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,046	32.92	344	4thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	548	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	289	136.74/cwt	130.00–139.00	395	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	147.27/cwt	143.00–150.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	148.53/cwt	139.00–154.00	708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	841	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	147.46/cwt	137.00–152.00	761	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	127.60/cwt	124.00–130.00	849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	134.84/cwt	130.00–140.00	829	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	133.29/cwt	130.00–137.00	772	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	120.72/cwt	119.00–124.00	753	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	791	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	127.35/cwt	124.00–130.00	536	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	133.50/cwt	131.00–136.00	674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	751	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	128.63/cwt	125.00–131.00	498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	122.64/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,009	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	310	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	245	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	325	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	163	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	520	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	121.81/cwt	115.00–128.00	638	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	127.80/cwt	120.00–134.00	721	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	117.34/cwt	110.00–122.00	796	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	897	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	505	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	745	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,170	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	527	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,413	48.80/cwt	47.00–50.00	690	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	299	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	43.58/cwt	41.00–46.00	544	7
Bulls	—	—	1,775	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,314	1
Bulls	—	—	1,653	67.68/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,119	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	107.65/cwt	100.00–115.00	418	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	11,148	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	44.03/cwt	38.00–49.00	459	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	109.47/cwt	108.00–111.00	471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	87.90/cwt	81.00–95.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	446	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	38.38/cwt	36.00–40.00	414	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	28.22/cwt	20.00–34.00	278	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	121.96/cwt	116.00–126.00	772	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	787	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	669	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,234	56.64/cwt	47.50–61.00	699	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,303	53.91/cwt	53.00–55.00	702	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,510	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	10,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	849	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	113.80/cwt	110.00–115.00	539	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	135.81/cwt	134.00–137.00	623	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	645	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	622	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	447	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	127.00/cwt	125.00–127.50	923	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	118.66/cwt	117.00–125.00	698	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	120.38/cwt	120.00–125.00	568	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	107.40/cwt	100.00–115.00	626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 293Last week 158Year ago 439

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 9Year ago 39

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 7Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	115.00	115.00
5	—	787	85.00	85.00
4	—	474	110.00–115.00	113.80
2	—	415	120.00	120.00
2	—	583	100.00–115.00	107.40
1	—	385	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	289	130.00–139.00	136.74
1	—	705	110.00	110.00
11	—	624	119.00–124.00	120.72
6	—	673	115.00–120.00	117.48
6	—	421	124.00–130.00	127.35
3	—	387	125.00–131.00	128.63
25	—	524	115.00–128.00	121.81
32	—	588	117.00–125.00	118.66
13	—	472	120.00–125.00	120.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	772	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	50.00	50.00
1	—	520	37.00	37.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	81.00–95.00	87.90
1	—	425	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	86.00	86.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	370	143.00–150.00	147.27
5	—	477	139.00–154.00	148.53
8	—	516	137.00–152.00	147.46
3	—	665	124.00–130.00	127.60
39	—	615	130.00–140.00	134.84
29	—	579	130.00–137.00	133.29
1	—	425	156.00	156.00
3	—	823	120.00–126.00	122.64
5	—	727	125.00–127.50	127.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	79.00	79.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	119.00	119.00
2	—	388	100.00–115.00	107.65
1	—	585	110.00	110.00
2	—	430	108.00–111.00	109.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	116.00–126.00	121.96
1	—	370	137.00	137.00
1	—	690	123.00	123.00
1	—	540	125.00	125.00
1	—	710	120.00	120.00
11	—	459	134.00–137.00	135.81
3	—	447	125.00	125.00
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
3	—	593	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	136.00	136.00
5	—	461	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	131.00–136.00	133.50
1	—	715	105.00	105.00
4	—	564	120.00–134.00	127.80
3	—	678	110.00–122.00	117.34
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	102.00	102.00

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	815	110.00	110.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,043	38.00–49.00	44.03
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	815	62.00	62.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,330	56.00	56.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	825	63.00	63.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,234	47.50–61.00	56.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,303	53.00–55.00	53.91
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,510	700.00	700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,170	45.00	45.00
4	—	1,413	47.00–50.00	48.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	30.00	30.00
7	—	1,249	41.00–46.00	43.58
4	—	1,079	36.00–40.00	38.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	985	20.00–34.00	28.22
1	—	1,230	47.00	47.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	74.00	74.00
2	—	1,653	65.00–70.00	67.68

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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County Line Sale Barn

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