Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2021-01-27

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 27
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
18 vs last sale 100 25 vs year ago 107 · 23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
20 vs last sale 27 3 vs year ago 4 · +75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
0 vs last sale 6 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The better feeder steers and heifers sold 6.00-10.00 higher on a light run, with some classes not represented. Not enough comparable receipts for slaughter cows and bulls to develop a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.47/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$137.47
39 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.76
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1460141.6865131
Medium and Large 2499121.136048thin
One grade step is worth $20.55/cwt here — about $47 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 sale39 hd
137.47
AR average6 barns · 865 hd
128.71
+8.76
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
BullsHigh1,78571.491,2764thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,23555.006791thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average96525.002412thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls1,87077.25/cwt77.00–77.501,4452
Bulls1,70065.72/cwt65.00–66.501,1172
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02045.00/cwt45.00–45.004591
CowsLean 85-90%1,23555.00/cwt55.00–55.006791
CowsBoner 80-85%9105.00/cwt5.00–5.00461
BullsMedium and Large 1640133.00/cwt133.00–133.008511
HeifersMedium and Large 1419142.72/cwt135.00–144.0059810
BullsMedium and Large 2660109.00/cwt109.00–109.007191
SteersMedium and Large 1414158.99/cwt155.00–160.0065811
HeifersMedium and Large 2465129.00/cwt129.00–129.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added360158.00/cwt158.00–158.005695
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07352.87/cwt48.00–58.005675
SteersMedium and Large 11,26080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 2522121.69/cwt120.00–125.006353
SteersMedium and Large 1526152.68/cwt149.00–156.008034
SteersMedium and Large 2515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007161
SteersMedium and Large 1362163.74/cwt159.00–167.005933
BullsMedium and Large 1575130.17/cwt125.00–135.007482
SteersMedium and Large 2Full515118.00/cwt118.00–118.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 1577131.44/cwt129.00–134.007586
HeifersMedium and Large 2390125.00/cwt125.00–125.004881
SteersMedium and Large 1475157.90/cwt148.00–164.0075013
HeifersMedium and Large 2610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1532134.00/cwt134.00–134.007133
SteersMedium and Large 2495125.00/cwt125.00–125.006191
HeifersMedium and Large 2400124.00/cwt124.00–124.004961
HeifersMedium and Large 2560111.00/cwt111.00–111.006221
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,18564.00/cwt64.00–64.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 1385138.51/cwt138.00–139.005332
HeifersMedium and Large 1748125.00/cwt125.00–125.009352
HeifersMedium and Large 1312152.41/cwt151.00–155.004763

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.