Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2022-04-13

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Apr 13
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
66 head
8 vs last sale 58 21 vs year ago 87 · 24.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
11 vs last sale 21 38 vs year ago 48 · 79.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
6 vs last sale 10 1 vs year ago 5 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a very light test and with all classes not represented, Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 11.00, mostly 5.00 higher, over 600 lbs, not tested. 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 $150.04/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$150.04
43 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$623
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$38.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.38
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633152.4096537
Medium and Large 2424139.805935thin
Medium and Large 3300114.003421thin
One grade step is worth $38.40/cwt here — about $623 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 sale43 hd
150.04
AR average10 barns · 1,618 hd
153.43
−3.38
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%Average1,41575.361,0663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14168.667836thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low74535.002611thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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 1520155.00/cwt155.00–155.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1625156.00/cwt156.00–156.009751
BullsMedium and Large 1555150.00/cwt150.00–150.008331
HeifersMedium and Large 1471155.52/cwt154.00–156.007324
HeifersMedium and Large 3300114.00/cwt114.00–114.003421
HeifersMedium and Large 1586158.73/cwt156.00–162.009308
Dairy SteersLarge 332558.00/cwt58.00–58.001891
SteersMedium and Large 1555168.00/cwt168.00–168.009321
SteersMedium and Large 2380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006651
SteersMedium and Large 2420168.00/cwt168.00–168.007061
SteersMedium and Large 1365189.50/cwt189.00–190.006922
SteersMedium and Large 1528162.95/cwt161.00–165.008602
SteersMedium and Large 2820100.00/cwt100.00–100.008201
SteersMedium and Large 2338171.00/cwt171.00–171.005782
SteersMedium and Large 1415184.00/cwt184.00–184.007641
SteersMedium and Large 394066.00/cwt66.00–66.006201
HeifersMedium and Large 2603130.00/cwt130.00–130.007842
HeifersMedium and Large 2365149.00/cwt149.00–149.005441
SteersMedium and Large 2465160.00/cwt160.00–160.007441
SteersMedium and Large 1468172.38/cwt170.00–176.008073
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added843137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1555
HeifersMedium and Large 1378165.99/cwt163.00–167.006274
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added885124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0972
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added693153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,06013
SteersMedium and Large 2500160.00/cwt160.00–160.008001
SteersMedium and Large 1335193.00/cwt193.00–193.006471
HeifersMedium and Large 1345161.00/cwt161.00–161.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 2275145.00/cwt145.00–145.003992
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3775400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2920650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,9801
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292089.00/cwt89.00–89.008191
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0251,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0013,0691
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight74535.00/cwt35.00–35.002611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20775.32/cwt75.00–76.009093
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1601
CowsBoner 80-85%88065.00/cwt65.00–65.005721
CowsBoner 80-85%89541.00/cwt41.00–41.003671
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41575.36/cwt75.00–76.001,0663

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.