Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 10.00 higher, over 400 lbs sold 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 10.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Supply was mostly average with a lot of new crop fleshy calves. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.30/cwt on 40 head.

Average price

$153.30

40 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$40.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.27

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	328	160.35	526	3thin
Medium and Large 1	521	156.76	817	33
Medium and Large 3	381	119.50	456	4thin

One grade step is worth $40.85/cwt here — about $70 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 sale40 hd

153.30

—

AR average10 barns · 1,310 hd

165.57

−12.27

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	1,823	89.50	1,631	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,272	63.30	805	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	979	55.72	545	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	920	52.26	481	6thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	162.08/cwt	160.00–170.00	663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	430	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	160.35/cwt	160.00–161.00	526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	146.97/cwt	135.00–151.00	689	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	135.79/cwt	135.00–139.00	828	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	770	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	847	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	179.69/cwt	176.00–183.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	152.31/cwt	145.00–160.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	144.97/cwt	144.00–151.00	754	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	153.66/cwt	143.00–155.00	870	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	176.41/cwt	171.00–180.00	681	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	135.50/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,027	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	118.00/cwt	113.00–121.00	788	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	660	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	771	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	906	57.28/cwt	55.00–60.00	519	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	715	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	322	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	62.78/cwt	60.00–65.00	647	2
Bulls	—	—	1,930	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,737	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	729	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	9,216	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	6,630	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	820	20.00/cwt	20.00–20.00	164	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	973	37.33/cwt	36.00–40.00	363	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,109	63.13/cwt	61.00–65.50	700	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	502	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	513	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	785	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	447	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	788	46.05/cwt	45.00–50.00	363	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	542	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	824	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	62.56/cwt	60.00–65.00	801	5
Bulls	—	—	1,715	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,526	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	757	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	156.63/cwt	156.00–159.00	797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	6,474	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	142.40/cwt	140.00–146.00	446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,040	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 Apr 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 87Last week 116Year ago 27

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 8Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 15Year ago 1

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	409	160.00–170.00	162.08
2	—	323	176.00–183.00	179.69
9	—	566	143.00–155.00	153.66
5	—	386	171.00–180.00	176.41
2	—	758	134.00–137.00	135.50
2	—	660	136.00	136.00
1	—	715	142.00	142.00
5	—	509	156.00–159.00	156.63
1	—	800	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	160.00–161.00	160.35
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	120.00	120.00
1	—	415	121.00	121.00
1	—	360	123.00	123.00
1	—	450	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	469	135.00–151.00	146.97
6	—	380	145.00–160.00	152.31
7	—	520	144.00–151.00	144.97
1	—	705	123.00	123.00
4	—	668	113.00–121.00	118.00
1	—	400	158.00	158.00
3	—	313	140.00–146.00	142.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	70.00	70.00
1	—	560	105.00	105.00
1	—	380	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	130.00	130.00
1	—	390	139.00	139.00
1	—	765	99.00	99.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	610	135.00–139.00	135.79
1	—	770	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	68.00	68.00
2	—	1,030	60.00–65.00	62.78
1	—	955	55.00	55.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	67.00	67.00
6	—	906	55.00–60.00	57.28
3	—	973	36.00–40.00	37.33
11	—	1,109	61.00–65.50	63.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	45.00	45.00
1	—	820	20.00	20.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	785	57.00	57.00
5	—	788	45.00–50.00	46.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	67.00	67.00
5	—	1,280	60.00–65.00	62.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,715	89.00	89.00

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	—	900	81.00	81.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	960	960.00	960.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	780.00	780.00
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	830	780.00	780.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,125	975.00	975.00

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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County Line Sale Barn

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle