Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2022-03-30

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 30
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
25 vs last sale 78 10 vs year ago 93 · +10.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
3 head
6 vs last sale 9 14 vs year ago 17 · 82.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
2 vs last sale 7 6 vs year ago 11 · 54.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: On a light test, Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold steady, 400-500 lb weights sold 12.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-15.00, mostly 7.00 higher. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not enough comparable receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.67/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$149.67
51 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$853
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$453
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.80
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577150.4886949
Medium and Large 2425136.005781thin
Medium and Large 3335124.004151thin
One grade step is worth $26.48/cwt here — about $453 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 sale51 hd
149.67
AR average9 barns · 1,310 hd
154.47
−4.80
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37581.001,1141thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07555.505972thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
BullsMedium and Large 1615139.00/cwt139.00–139.008551
BullsMedium and Large 1520156.26/cwt144.00–169.008132
BullsMedium and Large 1565155.54/cwt147.00–164.008793
HeifersMedium and Large 2425136.00/cwt136.00–136.005781
SteersMedium and Large 1419182.13/cwt180.00–188.007634
HeifersMedium and Large 1474157.19/cwt153.00–167.007456
SteersMedium and Large 2425162.84/cwt156.00–170.006922
SteersMedium and Large 2323172.21/cwt165.00–180.005562
SteersMedium and Large 1533165.50/cwt165.00–166.008824
SteersMedium and Large 1365193.00/cwt193.00–193.007042
SteersMedium and Large 1465183.26/cwt182.00–184.008528
SteersMedium and Large 2515139.00/cwt139.00–139.007161
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added744139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,03415
HeifersMedium and Large 1517163.72/cwt154.00–169.008463
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added747159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,18810
SteersMedium and Large 1835127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0601
SteersMedium and Large 2465165.68/cwt160.00–171.007702
SteersMedium and Large 2370160.00/cwt160.00–160.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 1323157.93/cwt157.00–159.005102
HeifersMedium and Large 1650139.00/cwt139.00–139.009042
HeifersMedium and Large 1584154.00/cwt148.00–160.0089912
HeifersMedium and Large 1420156.91/cwt155.00–160.006599
SteersMedium and Large 1618160.00/cwt160.00–160.009896
HeifersMedium and Large 3335124.00/cwt124.00–124.004151
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810880.00/cwt880.00–880.007,1281
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2915940.00/cwt940.00–940.008,6012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,100810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,9101
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2995960.00/cwt960.00–960.009,5521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18068.00/cwt68.00–68.008021
CowsBoner 80-85%97043.00/cwt43.00–43.004171
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1141

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.