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
BullsLow1,26569.438782thin
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
Bulls1,26569.43/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 1520148.48/cwt148.00–149.007722
SteersMedium and Large 1569144.82/cwt144.00–146.0082412
SteersMedium and Large 1322166.99/cwt164.00–169.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 2605102.00/cwt102.00–102.006171
HeifersMedium and Large 1482134.72/cwt126.00–139.006497
SteersMedium and Large 1445156.00/cwt156.00–156.006941
SteersMedium and Large 1470149.50/cwt149.00–150.007032
HeifersMedium and Large 280096.00/cwt96.00–96.007681
HeifersMedium and Large 1440142.00/cwt142.00–142.006251
SteersMedium and Large 2555135.00/cwt135.00–135.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1655129.00/cwt129.00–129.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 1640117.50/cwt115.00–120.007522
SteersMedium and Large 1363164.66/cwt160.00–169.005982
SteersMedium and Large 2435132.50/cwt130.00–135.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 2360134.00/cwt134.00–134.004821
HeifersMedium and Large 345565.00/cwt65.00–65.002961
SteersMedium and Large 2385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
HeifersMedium and Large 2415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005191
HeifersMedium and Large 2580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
BullsMedium and Large 1560139.00/cwt139.00–139.007781
HeifersMedium and Large 277585.00/cwt85.00–85.006592
BullsMedium and Large 1532138.53/cwt134.00–147.007373
HeifersMedium and Large 1515142.00/cwt142.00–142.007311
HeifersMedium and Large 1598130.00/cwt130.00–130.007773
HeifersMedium and Large 2535120.00/cwt120.00–120.006421
BullsMedium and Large 1620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
SteersMedium and Large 2470135.99/cwt135.00–138.006393
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03860.69/cwt60.00–61.006303
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight69019.00/cwt19.00–19.001313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,27064.00/cwt64.00–64.008131
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-273763.86/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.