Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher, over 600 lbs not tested. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 3.00 lower, over 400 lbs sold steady to 11.00, mostly 6.00 higher. Plain cattle sold with a discounts. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.90/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$131.90

91 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$36.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.88

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	134.50	726	83
Medium and Large 2	527	117.33	618	3thin
Medium and Large 3	477	97.58	465	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.92/cwt here — about $260 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 sale91 hd

131.90

—

AR average9 barns · 2,318 hd

134.78

−2.88

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	1,650	70.00	1,155	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,469	49.73	731	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,090	40.18	438	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	880	30.00	264	2thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1	—	690	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	135.30/cwt	131.00–138.00	639	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	139.86/cwt	130.00–145.00	811	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	132.91/cwt	130.00–135.50	557	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	427	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	133.19/cwt	126.00–140.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	153.37/cwt	151.00–155.00	486	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	342	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	136.45/cwt	135.00–138.00	450	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	130.11/cwt	125.00–135.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	105.92/cwt	102.00–110.00	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.19/cwt	120.00–139.00	570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	142.88/cwt	140.00–151.00	740	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	147.31/cwt	144.00–149.00	859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	999	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	144.51/cwt	144.00–145.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	152.16/cwt	143.00–154.00	628	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	795	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	845	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,149	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	130.04/cwt	120.00–136.00	683	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	131.50/cwt	125.00–138.00	848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	582	130.15/cwt	120.00–138.00	757	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	264	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,280	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	576	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	52.70/cwt	52.00–53.00	838	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	739	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,147	46.51/cwt	45.00–49.00	533	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,077	40.64/cwt	40.00–42.00	438	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	308	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,155	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	869	3
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	590	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	313	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,968	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	740	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,886	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	13,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,100	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	6,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	12,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	123.50/cwt	117.00–130.00	957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	124.31/cwt	120.00–130.00	839	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	114.50/cwt	114.00–115.00	658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	953	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	112.45/cwt	110.00–115.00	540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	139.53/cwt	130.00–145.00	728	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	137.62/cwt	131.00–140.00	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	483	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	410	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,068	4

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 Nov 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 289Year ago 158

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 41Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 18Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	134.00	134.00
18	—	472	131.00–138.00	135.30
19	—	580	130.00–145.00	139.86
11	—	419	130.00–135.50	132.91
4	—	616	136.00	136.00
2	—	775	117.00–130.00	123.50
1	—	385	131.00	131.00
13	—	522	130.00–145.00	139.53
6	—	317	131.00–140.00	137.62
4	—	834	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	121.00	121.00
1	—	495	125.00	125.00
1	—	675	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	102.00	102.00
2	—	480	110.00–115.00	112.45
1	—	680	71.00	71.00
1	—	410	90.00	90.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	953	89.00	89.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	90.00	90.00
3	—	317	151.00–155.00	153.37
1	—	850	138.00	138.00
14	—	518	140.00–151.00	142.88
3	—	583	144.00–149.00	147.31
1	—	675	148.00	148.00
2	—	463	144.00–145.00	144.51
17	—	413	143.00–154.00	152.16
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	111.00	111.00
2	—	485	102.00–110.00	105.92
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	126.00–140.00	133.19
2	—	330	135.00–138.00	136.45
3	—	473	125.00–135.00	130.11
1	—	535	130.00	130.00
4	—	425	120.00–139.00	134.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	127.00	127.00
1	—	845	136.00	136.00
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
4	—	525	120.00–136.00	130.04
2	—	645	125.00–138.00	131.50
6	—	582	120.00–138.00	130.15
7	—	675	120.00–130.00	124.31
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	120.00	120.00
2	—	575	114.00–115.00	114.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	880	30.00	30.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	45.00	45.00
3	—	1,590	52.00–53.00	52.70
2	—	1,478	50.00	50.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,147	45.00–49.00	46.51
3	—	1,077	40.00–42.00	40.64
2	—	1,025	30.00	30.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,650	70.00	70.00

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	905	96.00	96.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	590	53.00	53.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	850.00	850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	740	390.00	390.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	610.00	610.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,090	1,150.00	1,150.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

County Line Sale Barn

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle