Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2021-04-28

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Apr 28
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 125▲ 55 vs year ago 30 · +183.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 22▲ 3 vs year ago 14 · +21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 36▲ 0 vs year ago 8 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: on a very light run and with not all classes tested; Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.17/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$147.17
29 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.67
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498150.9175122
Medium and Large 2460135.426237thin
One grade step is worth $15.49/cwt here — about $128 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 sale29 hd
147.17
—
AR average10 barns · 1,119 hd
150.85
−3.67
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
Bulls—Low1,26569.438782thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35065.758883thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High99047.5047011
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06545.004791thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Bulls——1,26569.43/cwt64.00–75.008782
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,34867.00/cwt67.00–67.009032
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,39066.63/cwt65.50–68.009262
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06545.00/cwt45.00–45.004791
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09555.00/cwt55.00–55.006021
CowsBoner 80-85%—95847.20/cwt44.00–50.004522
SteersMedium and Large 1—520148.48/cwt148.00–149.007722
SteersMedium and Large 1—569144.82/cwt144.00–146.0082412
SteersMedium and Large 1—322166.99/cwt164.00–169.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605102.00/cwt102.00–102.006171
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482134.72/cwt126.00–139.006497
SteersMedium and Large 1—445156.00/cwt156.00–156.006941
SteersMedium and Large 1—470149.50/cwt149.00–150.007032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—80096.00/cwt96.00–96.007681
HeifersMedium and Large 1—440142.00/cwt142.00–142.006251
SteersMedium and Large 2—555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655129.00/cwt129.00–129.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1—640117.50/cwt115.00–120.007522
SteersMedium and Large 1—363164.66/cwt160.00–169.005982
SteersMedium and Large 2—435132.50/cwt130.00–135.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360134.00/cwt134.00–134.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 3—45565.00/cwt65.00–65.002961
SteersMedium and Large 2—385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
HeifersMedium and Large 2—415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005191
HeifersMedium and Large 2—580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
BullsMedium and Large 1—560139.00/cwt139.00–139.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 2—77585.00/cwt85.00–85.006592
BullsMedium and Large 1—532138.53/cwt134.00–147.007373
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515142.00/cwt142.00–142.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—598130.00/cwt130.00–130.007773
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
BullsMedium and Large 1—620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
SteersMedium and Large 2—470135.99/cwt135.00–138.006393
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,03860.69/cwt60.00–61.006303
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight—69019.00/cwt19.00–19.001313
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,27064.00/cwt64.00–64.008131
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—73763.86/cwt55.00–84.004718

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.