Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold 1.00-6.00 higher, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-9.00 , mostly 5.00 lower. Not enough Slaughter cows or bulls to establish a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.50/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$117.50

58 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$494

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

$93.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.58

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	125.02	643	40
Medium and Large 1-2	548	115.00	630	2thin
Medium and Large 2	593	108.37	643	8thin
Medium and Large 3	441	97.94	432	7thin
Small and Medium 3	465	32.00	149	1thin

One grade step is worth $93.02/cwt here — about $494 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 sale58 hd

117.50

—

AR average7 barns · 1,218 hd

127.09

−9.58

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	—	Low	1,175	55.00	646	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,708	53.50	914	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,190	50.00	595	1thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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	—	430	116.49/cwt	116.00–117.00	501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	392	144.76/cwt	135.00–148.00	567	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	793	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	565	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	128.96/cwt	125.00–134.00	406	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	368	92.79/cwt	84.00–101.00	341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	141.29/cwt	134.00–148.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	138.00/cwt	134.00–142.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	605	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	126.96/cwt	121.00–129.50	663	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	128.66/cwt	128.00–129.00	669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	155.10/cwt	151.00–159.00	478	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	83.60/cwt	61.00–100.00	405	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	390	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	146.97/cwt	144.00–149.00	607	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	674	120.07/cwt	114.00–128.00	809	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	718	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	920	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	126.69/cwt	120.00–131.00	777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	875	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,880	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	940	1
Bulls	—	—	1,175	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	646	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	595	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	679	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	578	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,985	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	291	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	863.74/cwt	820.00–900.00	10,391	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,750	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	799	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	6,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	6,264	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,442	1,336.13/cwt	1,250.00–1,475.00	19,267	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	7,650	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	456	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	7,098	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	10,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	126.93/cwt	121.00–130.00	487	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	545	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	106.27/cwt	100.00–110.00	613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	465	32.00/cwt	32.00–32.00	149	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	126.19/cwt	120.00–129.00	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	121.42/cwt	119.00–125.00	738	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	128.99/cwt	125.00–132.00	535	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 Oct 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 126Last week 161Year ago 156

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 22Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 15Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	116.00–117.00	116.49
2	—	560	115.00	115.00
2	—	793	90.00	90.00
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
1	—	685	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	325	90.00	90.00
2	—	368	84.00–101.00	92.79
2	—	428	110.00	110.00
1	—	545	100.00	100.00
1	—	625	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	315	125.00–134.00	128.96
3	—	685	115.00	115.00
11	—	522	121.00–129.50	126.96
2	—	495	125.50	125.50
4	—	384	121.00–130.00	126.93
4	—	566	120.00–129.00	126.19
9	—	608	119.00–125.00	121.42
3	—	415	125.00–132.00	128.99
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	32.00	32.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	548	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	392	135.00–148.00	144.76
1	—	770	135.00	135.00
6	—	530	134.00–148.00	141.29
2	—	455	134.00–142.00	138.00
2	—	308	151.00–159.00	155.10
5	—	413	144.00–149.00	146.97
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	119.00	119.00
3	—	520	128.00–129.00	128.66
1	—	750	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	95.00	95.00
3	—	485	61.00–100.00	83.60
1	—	365	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	133.00	133.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	58.00	58.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	674	114.00–128.00	120.07
1	—	835	113.00	113.00
1	—	920	75.00	75.00
3	—	613	120.00–131.00	126.69
1	—	585	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	100.00	100.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	85.00	85.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
3	—	577	100.00–110.00	106.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	57.00	57.00
1	—	1,880	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	50.00	50.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,175	55.00	55.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	55.00	55.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	59.00	59.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	710	41.00	41.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,095	73.00	73.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	43.00	43.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,203	820.00–900.00	863.74
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	1,000.00	1,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	580.00	580.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,442	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,336.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,125	680.00	680.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	1,050.00	1,050.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	780.00	780.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · 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

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Slaughter Cattle

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