Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers sold 3.00-9.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Several groups of long weaned or Value Added cattle sold with a Premium. Not enough comparable receipts to establish a trend for slaughter cows or bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.20/cwt on 60 head.

Average price

$149.20

60 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$858

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.10

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	149.71	865	58
Medium and Large 2	498	134.50	669	2thin

One grade step is worth $15.21/cwt here — about $196 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 sale60 hd

149.20

—

AR average5 barns · 766 hd

146.11

+3.10

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	—	Low	1,668	62.00	1,034	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,300	51.00	663	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,143	42.00	480	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	970	35.67	346	3thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls	—	—	1,585	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	935	1
Bulls	—	—	1,750	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,138	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	598	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	373	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	955	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	325	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	890	29.00/cwt	29.00–29.00	258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	698	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	574	151.02/cwt	148.00–152.00	867	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	711	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	618	152.19/cwt	150.00–154.00	941	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	154.45/cwt	152.00–156.00	738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	132.67/cwt	130.00–139.00	574	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	367	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	481	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	794	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	383	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	123.20/cwt	120.00–130.00	598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	151.17/cwt	140.00–155.00	777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	117.01/cwt	115.00–119.00	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,020	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	838	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	794	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	540	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	663	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	469	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	480	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	878	2

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 Jan 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 75Year ago 250

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 24Year ago 26

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 6Year ago 13

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	59.00	59.00
1	—	1,750	65.00	65.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	49.00	49.00
1	—	1,065	35.00	35.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	34.00	34.00
1	—	890	29.00	29.00
1	—	1,065	44.00	44.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	51.00	51.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	535	130.50	130.50
5	—	473	133.50	133.50
3	—	367	146.50	146.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	433	130.00–139.00	132.67
1	—	355	140.00	140.00
3	—	485	120.00–130.00	123.20
2	—	608	115.00–119.00	117.01
2	—	550	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	673	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	574	148.00–152.00	151.02
12	—	711	134.00	134.00
9	—	618	150.00–154.00	152.19
7	—	481	165.00	165.00
2	—	383	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	478	152.00–156.00	154.45
4	—	514	140.00–155.00	151.17
1	—	420	162.00	162.00
1	—	670	134.00	134.00
1	—	850	120.00	120.00
1	—	590	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	139.00	139.00
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	931	87.00	87.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	138.00	138.00
5	—	540	138.00	138.00
2	—	670	131.00	131.00

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	—	1,000	51.00	51.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	48.00	48.00

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

Steers · 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

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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle