Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2021-03-31

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 31
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
365 vs last sale 458 213 vs year ago 306 · 69.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
6 vs last sale 23 5 vs year ago 22 · 22.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
1 vs last sale 12 16 vs year ago 27 · 59.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; on a light test, Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 6.00 lower, 400-500 lb weights sold 5.00 higher, 500-600 lb sold 1.00 lower, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 5.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 2.00 lower, 500-600 lb weights sold 3.00 higher, over 600 lbs not tested. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls not tested against last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.65/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$136.65
35 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.77
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525139.5673328
Medium and Large 1-2679125.008497thin
One grade step is worth $14.56/cwt here — about −$116 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 sale35 hd
136.65
AR average10 barns · 1,617 hd
138.42
−1.77
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
BullsAverage2,16073.001,5772thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45066.009571thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00555.505584thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,02248.5549610

Every lot, as filed

40 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07558.00/cwt58.00–58.006241
CowsLean 85-90%1,26565.00/cwt65.00–65.008221
Bulls2,11579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,6711
Bulls2,20567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,4771
CowsLean 85-90%89850.51/cwt50.00–51.004542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13062.12/cwt61.00–63.007022
HeifersMedium and Large 1465141.04/cwt136.00–144.006565
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open93084.00/cwt84.00–84.007811
HeifersMedium and Large 1415145.00/cwt145.00–145.006021
SteersMedium and Large 1580149.00/cwt149.00–149.008641
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,018848.03/cwt750.00–925.008,6332
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15064.00/cwt64.00–64.007361
SteersMedium and Large 1316172.47/cwt165.00–176.0054510
SteersMedium and Large 1480170.00/cwt170.00–170.008161
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1451,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0013,7401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29101,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0010,4651
SteersMedium and Large 1415169.50/cwt166.00–173.007032
BullsMedium and Large 1685121.00/cwt121.00–121.008291
HeifersMedium and Large 1573135.29/cwt130.00–142.007753
SteersMedium and Large 1275177.00/cwt177.00–177.004872
SteersMedium and Large 1521159.39/cwt154.00–166.008305
HeifersMedium and Large 1379155.47/cwt155.00–156.005894
SteersMedium and Large 2469149.29/cwt148.00–153.007004
HeifersMedium and Large 1513143.24/cwt140.00–145.007358
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3751,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0020,2811
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2081,486.49/cwt1,475.00–1,500.0017,9572
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed455173.00/cwt173.00–173.007874
SteersMedium and Large 1378166.00/cwt166.00–166.006272
SteersMedium and Large 2395160.00/cwt160.00–160.006321
HeifersMedium and Large 1310155.94/cwt154.00–158.004832
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04951.27/cwt50.00–54.005385
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight82023.47/cwt22.00–25.001922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open679125.00/cwt125.00–125.008497
SteersMedium and Large 2345142.00/cwt142.00–142.004901
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45066.00/cwt66.00–66.009571
CowsLean 85-90%96056.00/cwt56.00–56.005381
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-281064.00/cwt64.00–64.005181
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2101,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0018,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open769122.00/cwt122.00–122.009384
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1201,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0015,6801

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.