Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 6.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 5.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady, slaughter bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.69/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$121.69

103 head · 481 lb average

Value per head Derived

$585

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$42.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.88

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	125.85	598	83
Medium and Large 2	524	111.38	584	14thin
Medium and Large 3	493	90.73	447	4thin
Small and Medium 3	388	83.37	323	2thin

One grade step is worth $42.48/cwt here — about $274 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 sale103 hd

121.69

—

AR average9 barns · 3,093 hd

131.58

−9.88

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	1,391	63.64	885	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,301	44.96	585	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	43.50	457	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,097	39.58	434	10

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1	—	628	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	861	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	129.68/cwt	121.00–138.00	685	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	152.36/cwt	144.00–161.00	579	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	136.92/cwt	133.00–139.00	375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	120.82/cwt	118.00–121.00	684	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	128.44/cwt	124.00–137.00	491	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	144.29/cwt	140.00–150.00	613	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	128.48/cwt	120.00–131.00	942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	142.08/cwt	139.00–146.00	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	163.84/cwt	152.00–169.00	539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	139.28/cwt	135.00–144.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	124.91/cwt	120.00–128.00	648	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	692	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	823	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	121.53/cwt	115.00–128.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	891	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	941.29/cwt	900.00–975.00	12,359	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	50.50/cwt	50.00–51.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	936	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	48.64/cwt	42.00–54.00	564	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,253	52.61/cwt	50.00–54.00	659	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	544	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,390	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	775	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	388	83.37/cwt	77.00–90.00	323	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	495	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	391	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	345	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	276	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	513	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	590	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,362	43.93/cwt	42.00–45.00	598	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	970	30.26/cwt	25.00–35.00	294	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	432	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	43.06/cwt	41.00–45.00	498	5
Bulls	—	—	1,530	66.61/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,019	2
Bulls	—	—	1,020	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	459	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	708	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,019.17/cwt	775.00–1,100.00	11,415	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,232	48.32/cwt	48.00–49.00	595	3
Bulls	—	—	1,438	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,007	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	464	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	122.04/cwt	119.00–125.00	445	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	1,073.38/cwt	975.00–1,175.00	14,952	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	15,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	87.35/cwt	81.00–97.00	627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	139.70/cwt	129.00–144.00	527	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	57.23/cwt	50.00–63.00	720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	86.46/cwt	70.00–104.00	411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	134.71/cwt	130.00–139.00	651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	136.76/cwt	130.00–143.00	454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	136.36/cwt	130.00–139.00	431	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	115.37/cwt	111.00–120.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	116.90/cwt	110.00–120.00	554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	120.39/cwt	113.00–127.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	130.47/cwt	120.00–138.00	560	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	626	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	114.62/cwt	110.00–118.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	698	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	143.36/cwt	140.00–150.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	129.03/cwt	125.00–131.00	548	24

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 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 223Last week 293Year ago 210

Slaughter CattleReceipts 42Last week 24Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 15Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	119.00	119.00
1	—	755	114.00	114.00
3	—	274	133.00–139.00	136.92
1	—	800	103.00	103.00
17	—	566	118.00–121.00	120.82
8	—	382	124.00–137.00	128.44
4	—	453	126.00	126.00
10	—	519	120.00–128.00	124.91
3	—	657	118.00	118.00
7	—	316	130.00–139.00	136.36
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
24	—	425	125.00–131.00	129.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	120.00	120.00
1	—	445	110.00	110.00
5	—	474	110.00–120.00	116.90
1	—	620	101.00	101.00
3	—	522	110.00–118.00	114.62
2	—	698	96.00	96.00
1	—	560	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	77.00–90.00	83.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	70.00–104.00	86.46
1	—	630	85.00	85.00
1	—	390	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	121.00–138.00	129.68
1	—	565	130.00	130.00
3	—	692	119.00	119.00
3	—	625	115.00–128.00	121.53
1	—	775	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	380	144.00–161.00	152.36
10	—	425	140.00–150.00	144.29
6	—	733	120.00–131.00	128.48
6	—	524	139.00–146.00	142.08
6	—	329	152.00–169.00	163.84
5	—	577	135.00–144.00	139.28
2	—	678	138.00	138.00
3	—	477	140.00–150.00	143.36
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	79.00	79.00
1	—	345	80.00	80.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	119.00–125.00	122.04
2	—	333	120.00	120.00
1	—	510	84.00	84.00
1	—	645	89.00	89.00
1	—	495	90.00	90.00
3	—	418	111.00–120.00	115.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	377	129.00–144.00	139.70
3	—	483	130.00–139.00	134.71
3	—	332	130.00–143.00	136.76
1	—	510	138.00	138.00
4	—	573	113.00–127.00	120.39
7	—	429	120.00–138.00	130.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	135.00	135.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,313	900.00–975.00	941.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,393	975.00–1,175.00	1,073.38
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,075.00	1,075.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,195	50.00–51.00	50.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,160	42.00–54.00	48.64
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,253	50.00–54.00	52.61
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,110	49.00	49.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,160	61.00	61.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,120	775.00–1,100.00	1,019.17
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,258	50.00–63.00	57.23
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,390	57.00	57.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	718	81.00–97.00	87.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,362	42.00–45.00	43.93
3	—	1,232	48.00–49.00	48.32
1	—	1,200	40.00	40.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	970	25.00–35.00	30.26
3	—	1,080	40.00	40.00
5	—	1,157	41.00–45.00	43.06
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	45.00	45.00
1	—	1,070	42.00	42.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	65.00–68.00	66.61
1	—	1,020	45.00	45.00
2	—	1,438	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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle