Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2022-05-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts in any class to establish a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.55/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$135.55

20 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

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

$71.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.34

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	153.82	805	11thin
Medium and Large 2	441	138.20	610	5thin
Medium and Large 3	578	82.00	474	4thin

One grade step is worth $71.82/cwt here — about $331 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 sale20 hd

135.55

—

AR average9 barns · 1,935 hd

148.89

−13.34

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,055	52.38	553	9thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	641	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	709	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	868	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	815	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	6,357	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	446	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	998	46.86/cwt	29.00–55.00	468	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	744	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	814	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	840	19.00/cwt	19.00–19.00	160	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	730	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	954	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	138.55/cwt	135.00–153.00	571	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	574	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	844	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,915	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,743	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,085	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	263	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	535	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	851	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	142.58/cwt	140.00–145.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	803	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	610	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	163.56/cwt	160.00–167.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	477	1

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 May 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 42Last week 69Year ago 123

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 20Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 8Year ago 1

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts in any class to establish a trend.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	55.00	55.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	65.00	65.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,240	70.00	70.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	35.00	35.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	815	780.00	780.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	51.00	51.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,915	91.00	91.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	998	29.00–55.00	46.86
1	—	1,145	65.00	65.00
2	—	1,163	70.00	70.00
1	—	1,195	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	19.00	19.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	82.00	82.00
1	—	380	121.00	121.00
1	—	625	42.00	42.00
1	—	575	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	151.00	151.00
3	—	502	158.00	158.00
1	—	370	155.00	155.00
3	—	468	154.00	154.00
1	—	580	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	130.00	130.00
1	—	410	140.00	140.00
2	—	383	140.00	140.00
1	—	570	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	160.00	160.00
1	—	410	160.00	160.00
1	—	610	164.00	164.00
2	—	468	160.00–167.00	163.56
1	—	545	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	412	135.00–153.00	138.55
1	—	305	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	76.00	76.00
2	—	568	140.00–145.00	142.58
1	—	780	103.00	103.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	159.00	159.00
2	—	535	159.00	159.00
1	—	610	151.00	151.00
1	—	665	140.00	140.00

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.

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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle