Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light run and with some classes not represented, Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 4.00-10.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-3.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower, slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.68/cwt on 53 head.

Average price

$125.68

53 head · 502 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$10.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.75

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	127.45	644	44
Medium and Large 2	482	117.02	564	9thin

One grade step is worth $10.43/cwt here — about $81 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 sale53 hd

125.68

—

AR average9 barns · 2,382 hd

129.43

−3.75

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	2,130	75.00	1,598	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,302	49.15	640	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,100	33.92	373	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	972	29.82	290	5thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	37.74/cwt	37.50–38.00	456	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,009	26.55/cwt	15.00–33.00	268	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,320	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	686	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	33.04/cwt	31.00–35.00	303	2
Bulls	—	—	2,130	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,598	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	46.49/cwt	45.00–48.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	155.71/cwt	153.00–159.00	483	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	766	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	581	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	783	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	121.98/cwt	115.00–125.00	867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	116.99/cwt	116.00–119.00	725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	130.97/cwt	130.00–135.00	627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	151.89/cwt	150.00–164.00	650	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	143.97/cwt	140.00–145.00	685	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	143.94/cwt	141.00–147.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	122.17/cwt	121.00–126.00	654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	766	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	51.71/cwt	51.00–53.00	693	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	50.69/cwt	50.00–51.50	677	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	845	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	169	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	11.00/cwt	11.00–11.00	95	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,105	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	475	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	47.10/cwt	45.00–48.50	623	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	122.05/cwt	115.00–124.00	681	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	405	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	869	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	430	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	305	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	50.08/cwt	48.00–52.00	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	135.06/cwt	130.00–140.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	111.03/cwt	105.00–114.00	516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	107.68/cwt	100.00–116.00	409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	120.30/cwt	115.00–125.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	530	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	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 Jan 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 100Last week 401Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 22Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 21Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,208	37.50–38.00	37.74
9	—	1,009	15.00–33.00	26.55
2	—	1,165	45.00–48.00	46.49
2	—	1,335	50.00–51.50	50.69
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,320	52.00	52.00
2	—	918	31.00–35.00	33.04
1	—	860	11.00	11.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,340	51.00–53.00	51.71
1	—	1,105	43.00	43.00
2	—	1,323	45.00–48.50	47.10
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	20.00	20.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,130	75.00	75.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	310	153.00–159.00	155.71
3	—	545	140.00	140.00
1	—	580	135.00	135.00
5	—	711	115.00–125.00	121.98
14	—	428	150.00–164.00	151.89
5	—	476	140.00–145.00	143.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	100.00	100.00
1	—	385	140.00	140.00
2	—	440	130.00–140.00	135.06
1	—	450	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	105.00–114.00	111.03
2	—	380	100.00–116.00	107.68
1	—	435	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
1	—	655	117.00	117.00
1	—	715	115.00	115.00
2	—	590	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	429	135.50	135.50
3	—	620	116.00–119.00	116.99
6	—	479	130.00–135.00	130.97
4	—	365	141.00–147.00	143.94
6	—	535	121.00–126.00	122.17
1	—	690	111.00	111.00
13	—	558	115.00–124.00	122.05
1	—	300	135.00	135.00
1	—	740	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	110.00	110.00
1	—	445	126.00	126.00
1	—	300	131.00	131.00
1	—	565	105.00	105.00
4	—	471	115.00–125.00	120.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	100.00	100.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,035	84.00	84.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	895	48.00	48.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	30.00	30.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,495	48.00–52.00	50.08

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

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