Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 5.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 3.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 5.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Several groups of long weaned or Value Added cattle sold with a premium. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $158.60/cwt on 242 head.

Average price

$158.60

242 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$827

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$495

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3

$64.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.57

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	505	163.57	827	97
Medium and Large 1	545	158.14	861	123
Medium and Large 2	472	150.68	711	16thin
Medium and Large 3	448	110.84	497	5thin
Small and Medium 3	335	99.00	332	1thin

One grade step is worth $64.57/cwt here — about $495 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 sale242 hd

158.60

—

AR average11 barns · 1,683 hd

155.03

+3.57

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,496	61.93	926	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	49.87	505	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,092	48.23	527	13

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1Value Added	—	501	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	706	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	7,744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	350	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	686	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	411	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	752	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	134.81/cwt	130.00–136.00	983	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	126.01/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,021	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	955	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	126.67/cwt	120.00–133.00	978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	170.10/cwt	161.00–180.00	721	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	819	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	182.69/cwt	180.00–184.00	694	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	149.92/cwt	141.00–156.00	549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	148.48/cwt	148.00–148.50	713	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	159.51/cwt	152.00–166.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	159.67/cwt	154.00–167.00	838	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	138.52/cwt	134.00–143.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	152.66/cwt	145.00–164.00	514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	135.51/cwt	133.00–139.00	789	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	152.25/cwt	140.00–157.00	863	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	303	179.91/cwt	169.00–191.00	545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	770	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	146.49/cwt	145.00–147.00	899	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	604	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	788	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	914	6
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	787	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	450	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	340	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	670	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	335	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	332	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	535	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	455	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	345	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	629	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	937	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	818	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	798	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	458	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	62.18/cwt	60.00–64.00	644	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	334	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	63.66/cwt	60.00–65.50	955	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	60.69/cwt	60.00–61.00	756	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	930	37.83/cwt	30.00–48.00	352	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	158.87/cwt	149.00–166.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	459	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	578	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	421	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,408	66.53/cwt	65.00–68.00	937	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	4,536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	136.56/cwt	135.00–138.00	642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	570	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	576	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	470	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	329	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	780	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	673	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	905	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	86.08/cwt	79.00–93.00	753	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	46.95/cwt	44.00–50.00	332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	124.84/cwt	115.00–135.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	812	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	117.10/cwt	110.00–125.00	495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	439	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	145.05/cwt	135.00–150.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	845	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	176.21/cwt	175.00–176.50	759	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	151.64/cwt	145.00–155.00	738	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	156.64/cwt	150.00–165.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	666	133.26/cwt	125.00–137.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	143.33/cwt	143.00–144.00	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	137.27/cwt	134.00–139.00	718	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	148.70/cwt	144.00–151.00	633	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	797	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	143.79/cwt	138.00–160.00	969	7

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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 458Last week 106Year ago 31

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 9Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 7Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	501	141.00	141.00
63	—	480	148.00–148.50	148.48
4	—	604	136.00	136.00
6	—	788	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	130.00	130.00
1	—	650	126.00	126.00
8	—	366	141.00–156.00	149.92
6	—	337	145.00–164.00	152.66
20	—	582	133.00–139.00	135.51
1	—	765	115.00	115.00
3	—	483	143.00–144.00	143.33
11	—	523	134.00–139.00	137.27
21	—	426	144.00–151.00	148.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	85.00	85.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	117.00	117.00
2	—	483	115.00–135.00	124.84
1	—	620	120.00	120.00
1	—	310	140.00	140.00
1	—	515	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	584	136.50	136.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	350	196.00	196.00
9	—	411	183.00	183.00
1	—	770	135.00	135.00
13	—	463	170.00	170.00
1	—	345	193.00	193.00
15	—	629	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	729	130.00–136.00	134.81
2	—	810	125.00–127.00	126.01
3	—	772	120.00–133.00	126.67
7	—	424	161.00–180.00	170.10
7	—	380	180.00–184.00	182.69
4	—	459	152.00–166.00	159.51
12	—	525	154.00–167.00	159.67
26	—	567	140.00–157.00	152.25
2	—	303	169.00–191.00	179.91
4	—	614	145.00–147.00	146.49
1	—	875	113.00	113.00
7	—	674	138.00–160.00	143.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	197.00	197.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	99.00	99.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	149.00–166.00	158.87
2	—	470	135.00–138.00	136.56
1	—	620	146.00	146.00
2	—	560	145.00	145.00
1	—	345	175.00	175.00
4	—	526	135.00–150.00	145.05
3	—	432	150.00–165.00	156.64
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	102.00	102.00
1	—	570	101.00	101.00
2	—	423	110.00–125.00	117.10
1	—	375	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	154.00	154.00
67	—	512	165.00	165.00
10	—	431	175.00–176.50	176.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	487	145.00–155.00	151.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	955	96.00	96.00
2	—	608	134.00–143.00	138.52
1	—	800	110.00	110.00
1	—	525	145.00	145.00
4	—	666	125.00–137.00	133.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	89.00	89.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
1	—	700	100.00	100.00
1	—	660	110.00	110.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	70.00	70.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,090	53.00	53.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,408	65.00–68.00	66.53
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	810	560.00	560.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	635	300.00	300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	725	58.00	58.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	875	79.00–93.00	86.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	708	44.00–50.00	46.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	59.00	59.00
3	—	1,245	60.00–61.00	60.69
6	—	930	30.00–48.00	37.83
2	—	1,088	50.00	50.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,018	45.00	45.00
2	—	1,035	60.00–64.00	62.18
1	—	955	35.00	35.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,500	60.00–65.50	63.66
1	—	1,480	55.00	55.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle