Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 2.00 higher, 400-600 lb weights sold steady to 7.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher, 500-600 lb weights sold 4.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.13/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$146.13

85 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$685

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$300

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$37.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.19

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	476	150.95	719	50
Medium and Large 2	466	141.66	660	32
Medium and Large 3	369	113.60	419	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.35/cwt here — about $300 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 sale85 hd

146.13

—

AR average4 barns · 733 hd

152.33

−6.19

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	1,815	81.50	1,479	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,572	65.85	1,035	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,072	46.46	498	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	945	46.00	435	5thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2	—	610	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	148.66/cwt	146.00–151.00	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	115.52/cwt	115.00–116.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	137.73/cwt	130.00–139.00	843	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	728	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	142.68/cwt	141.00–144.00	823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	124.90/cwt	120.00–130.00	485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	148.43/cwt	147.00–152.00	644	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	161.59/cwt	155.00–170.00	595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	147.38/cwt	144.00–159.00	830	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	143.06/cwt	130.00–146.00	612	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	140.15/cwt	135.00–145.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	141.31/cwt	134.00–146.00	654	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	139.27/cwt	130.00–143.00	710	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	148.24/cwt	147.00–150.00	774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	152.52/cwt	145.00–155.00	985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	164.11/cwt	153.00–175.00	528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	775	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	899	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	130.57/cwt	121.00–136.00	757	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	838	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,081	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	125.08/cwt	121.00–129.00	901	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	137.93/cwt	135.00–141.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	129.05/cwt	125.00–136.00	798	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	790	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	277	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,032	41.12/cwt	40.00–45.00	424	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	55.36/cwt	54.00–57.00	630	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	419	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	501	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,572	65.85/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,035	3
Bulls	—	—	1,815	81.50/cwt	81.50–81.50	1,479	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	625	83.52/cwt	82.00–85.00	522	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	687	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	65.94/cwt	60.00–74.00	780	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	72.07/cwt	67.00–79.00	836	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	470	130.21/cwt	125.00–135.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	790	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	119.49/cwt	119.00–120.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	136.50/cwt	130.00–138.50	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	142.44/cwt	139.00–146.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	433	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	996	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	400	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	313	113.64/cwt	110.00–117.00	356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	126.31/cwt	120.00–130.00	414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	142.29/cwt	130.00–144.50	676	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	515	3

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 Sep 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 176Last week 117Year ago 108

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 9Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 4Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	129.00	129.00
1	—	500	121.00	121.00
1	—	735	115.00	115.00
3	—	328	120.00–130.00	126.31
1	—	795	105.00	105.00
1	—	365	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	136.00	136.00
8	—	612	130.00–139.00	137.73
1	—	560	130.00	130.00
1	—	350	147.00	147.00
3	—	672	136.00	136.00
9	—	529	130.00–138.50	136.50
2	—	703	134.00	134.00
2	—	438	139.00–146.00	142.44
1	—	905	110.00	110.00
17	—	475	130.00–144.50	142.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	115.00–116.00	115.52
1	—	555	105.00	105.00
2	—	313	110.00–117.00	113.64
3	—	468	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	125.00–135.00	130.21
1	—	635	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	433	117.00	117.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	72.50	72.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	140.00	140.00
6	—	468	146.00–151.00	148.66
16	—	434	147.00–152.00	148.43
6	—	368	155.00–170.00	161.59
8	—	563	144.00–159.00	147.38
6	—	522	147.00–150.00	148.24
4	—	646	145.00–155.00	152.52
3	—	322	153.00–175.00	164.11
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	91.00	91.00
2	—	388	120.00–130.00	124.90
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	135.00	135.00
3	—	577	141.00–144.00	142.68
1	—	370	148.00	148.00
11	—	428	130.00–146.00	143.06
2	—	330	135.00–145.00	140.15
9	—	463	134.00–146.00	141.31
5	—	510	130.00–143.00	139.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	116.00	116.00
5	—	580	121.00–136.00	130.57
2	—	838	129.00	129.00
2	—	720	121.00–129.00	125.08
2	—	533	135.00–141.00	137.93
3	—	618	125.00–136.00	129.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	125.00	125.00
1	—	565	120.00	120.00
1	—	650	120.00	120.00
2	—	623	119.00–120.00	119.49
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	61.00	61.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	35.00	35.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,032	40.00–45.00	41.12
3	—	1,138	54.00–57.00	55.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	930	45.00	45.00
3	—	1,002	50.00	50.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,572	65.00–68.00	65.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,815	81.50	81.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	625	82.00–85.00	83.52
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	59.00	59.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,183	60.00–74.00	65.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,160	67.00–79.00	72.07
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	66.00	66.00

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