Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2022-01-12

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 12
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
358 head
▲ 223 vs last sale 135▼ 43 vs year ago 401 · −10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 11▲ 6 vs year ago 22 · +27.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 8▼ 12 vs year ago 21 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 13.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-11.00 higher. Supply included groups of high quality long weaned cattle. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher, no trend for slaughter bulls, no comparable receipts from last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.62/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$162.62
186 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$887
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$420
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$51.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.23
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537170.78916104
Medium and Large 1-2625158.3799050
Medium and Large 2456147.1967127
Medium and Large 3417118.824965thin
One grade step is worth $51.97/cwt here — about $420 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 sale186 hd
162.62
—
AR average8 barns · 2,710 hd
169.85
−7.23
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—High1,70679.001,3488thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61360.069693thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,07944.0147512

Every lot, as filed

84 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
SteersMedium and Large 1—750144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—398138.00/cwt138.00–138.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 1—840123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0331
SteersMedium and Large 3—383123.04/cwt121.00–125.004712
SteersMedium and Large 3—485118.00/cwt118.00–118.005721
SteersMedium and Large 2—483150.50/cwt140.00–156.007274
SteersMedium and Large 2—612129.96/cwt120.00–145.007953
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—538157.00/cwt157.00–157.008453
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—509156.00/cwt156.00–156.007945
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—382164.07/cwt161.00–167.006274
SteersMedium and Large 2—522135.36/cwt130.00–139.007073
SteersMedium and Large 2—370151.02/cwt130.00–168.005593
SteersMedium and Large 3—418115.00/cwt115.00–115.004812
SteersMedium and Large 2—325149.85/cwt140.00–160.004872
SteersMedium and Large 1—422175.23/cwt166.00–189.0073914
SteersMedium and Large 1—567159.57/cwt153.00–170.009059
SteersMedium and Large 1—466166.92/cwt159.00–180.007789
SteersMedium and Large 1—384180.66/cwt170.00–194.006947
SteersMedium and Large 2—565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2—423152.14/cwt139.00–164.0064411
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—711159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1305
SteersMedium and Large 1—662152.42/cwt149.00–159.001,0095
SteersMedium and Large 1—518168.28/cwt162.00–175.008722
SteersMedium and Large 1—343167.02/cwt164.00–170.005732
SteersMedium and Large 1—730146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0661
SteersMedium and Large 1—630158.43/cwt151.00–165.009983
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—810146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,1873
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—668166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1092
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—605169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0221
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—529180.35/cwt180.00–181.0095428
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—465186.00/cwt186.00–186.008651
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—573176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,00811
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—70070.00/cwt70.00–70.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—557170.00/cwt170.00–170.0094711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—655158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,03514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—742150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,11316
BullsMedium and Large 1—729128.56/cwt121.00–133.009374
BullsMedium and Large 1—903120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0842
BullsMedium and Large 1—668132.49/cwt130.00–135.008852
BullsMedium and Large 1—765129.00/cwt129.00–129.009871
BullsMedium and Large 1—540150.00/cwt150.00–150.008101
BullsMedium and Large 1—618137.53/cwt135.00–140.008502
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,61360.06/cwt59.00–61.009693
CowsBoner 80-85%—96330.61/cwt22.00–40.002954
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15844.62/cwt44.00–45.005173
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22057.00/cwt57.00–57.006951
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09953.71/cwt50.00–55.005904
Bulls——1,71985.97/cwt85.00–87.501,4784
Bulls——1,72076.03/cwt74.00–79.001,3083
Bulls——1,61560.00/cwt60.00–60.009691
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,25562.00/cwt62.00–62.007781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,08040.28/cwt25.00–55.004352
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3—79540.00/cwt40.00–40.003181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16771.98/cwt68.00–75.008403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07536.00/cwt36.00–36.003871
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—950560.00/cwt560.00–560.005,3201
HeifersMedium and Large 2Full—700100.00/cwt100.00–100.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—510173.00/cwt173.00–173.008821
BullsMedium and Large 2—690125.00/cwt125.00–125.008631
BullsMedium and Large 2—515133.00/cwt133.00–133.006851
BullsMedium and Large 2—80580.00/cwt80.00–80.006441
BullsMedium and Large 1—561145.02/cwt140.00–153.008145
HeifersMedium and Large 3—280115.00/cwt115.00–115.0032231
HeifersMedium and Large 3—505116.02/cwt114.00–118.005862
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572140.25/cwt138.00–145.008025
HeifersMedium and Large 1—372145.14/cwt139.00–148.005404
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685141.00/cwt141.00–141.009663
HeifersMedium and Large 1—323143.26/cwt140.00–147.004632
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427138.34/cwt135.00–140.005916
HeifersMedium and Large 2—571126.23/cwt125.00–129.007214
HeifersMedium and Large 2—620126.00/cwt126.00–126.007812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—385141.00/cwt141.00–141.005431
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533145.21/cwt136.00–148.007749
HeifersMedium and Large 3—350110.00/cwt110.00–110.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 2—520128.00/cwt128.00–128.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 2—340136.00/cwt136.00–136.004621
HeifersMedium and Large 2—480126.91/cwt120.00–143.0060912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520130.00/cwt130.00–130.006762
HeifersMedium and Large 3—605106.00/cwt106.00–106.006411
HeifersMedium and Large 3—48587.00/cwt87.00–87.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—717133.00/cwt133.00–133.009546
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467146.92/cwt146.00–152.0068612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—460144.00/cwt144.00–144.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429147.31/cwt143.00–155.0063210

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.