Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2022-04-06

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Apr 6
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
45 vs last sale 103 58 vs year ago 116 · 50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
18 vs last sale 3 13 vs year ago 8 · +162.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 5 5 vs year ago 15 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers, not enough receipts in any class to establish a trend. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.35/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$135.35
27 head · 519 lb average
Value per head Derived
$702
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$287
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$79.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.82
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479147.2670514thin
Medium and Large 2558127.0870812thin
Medium and Large 361568.004181thin
One grade step is worth $79.26/cwt here — about $287 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 sale27 hd
135.35
AR average8 barns · 1,506 hd
157.18
−21.82
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
BullsLow1,61582.501,3322thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40079.001,1065thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08373.337943thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,05560.8564211

Every lot, as filed

46 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2820110.00/cwt110.00–110.009021
HeifersMedium and Large 277588.00/cwt88.00–88.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 2630129.00/cwt129.00–129.008131
SteersMedium and Large 2360167.92/cwt165.00–171.006052
SteersMedium and Large 1505161.67/cwt159.00–167.008163
HeifersMedium and Large 2465138.00/cwt138.00–138.006421
SteersMedium and Large 2490156.00/cwt156.00–156.007641
SteersMedium and Large 1488167.49/cwt167.00–168.008172
SteersMedium and Large 1383179.50/cwt179.00–180.006872
SteersMedium and Large 2300175.00/cwt175.00–175.005251
HeifersMedium and Large 2660122.00/cwt122.00–122.008051
HeifersMedium and Large 1528139.51/cwt135.00–148.007375
BullsMedium and Large 1830119.00/cwt119.00–119.009881
BullsMedium and Large 1633144.95/cwt141.00–149.009182
BullsMedium and Large 1588146.49/cwt145.00–148.008612
BullsMedium and Large 1685136.00/cwt136.00–136.009321
HeifersMedium and Large 2425146.00/cwt146.00–146.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 1570138.00/cwt138.00–138.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 1328151.00/cwt151.00–151.004952
HeifersMedium and Large 1420156.00/cwt156.00–156.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 2390149.00/cwt149.00–149.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 2705101.00/cwt101.00–101.007121
HeifersMedium and Large 1475159.35/cwt158.00–160.007573
HeifersMedium and Large 1600141.00/cwt141.00–141.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1-29351,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0010,8462
CowsLean 85-90%1,17080.00/cwt80.00–80.009361
CowsLean 85-90%1,04070.00/cwt70.00–70.007282
HeifersMedium and Large 1395149.00/cwt149.00–149.005891
SteersMedium and Large 2400161.00/cwt161.00–161.006441
SteersMedium and Large 1330181.00/cwt181.00–181.005971
SteersMedium and Large 1588160.00/cwt160.00–160.009412
SteersMedium and Large 1422180.70/cwt170.00–188.007635
HeifersMedium and Large 2520121.98/cwt120.00–124.006342
HeifersMedium and Large 361568.00/cwt68.00–68.004181
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30570.00/cwt70.00–70.009141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,32580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0601
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2802847.59/cwt750.00–890.006,7983
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-295380.99/cwt80.00–82.007722
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2945110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0401
Bulls1,33575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17070.00/cwt70.00–70.008194
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21080.00/cwt80.00–80.009681
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1441
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36980.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0954
Bulls1,89590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7061
CowsBoner 80-85%95251.55/cwt31.00–62.004916

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.