Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2022-06-15

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 15
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
613 head
▲ 427 vs last sale 186▲ 527 vs year ago 86 · +612.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 17▲ 9 vs year ago 9 · +100.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 12▼ 5 vs year ago 11 · −45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 5.00-8.00 higher, Feeder heifers sold 1.00-6.00, mostly 3.00 higher. Feeder supply included over 450 hd of exceptional calves straight off the cow. Slaughter cows sold steady, Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.69/cwt on 359 head.
Average price
$172.69
359 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.99
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575174.201,002328
Medium and Large 2481156.6575331
One grade step is worth $17.56/cwt here — about $249 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 sale359 hd
172.69
—
AR average9 barns · 1,786 hd
174.67
−1.99
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—Low1,36892.501,2652thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,33883.751,1202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,05170.7074311
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01065.696643thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,550$1,3751thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 2—421161.00/cwt150.00–167.006786
HeifersMedium and Large 1—775130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576153.48/cwt140.00–158.0088445
HeifersMedium and Large 3—475123.00/cwt123.00–123.005841
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376141.88/cwt135.00–146.005336
SteersMedium and Large 1—574179.21/cwt170.00–182.501,029114
SteersMedium and Large 1—704168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,18362
SteersMedium and Large 1—457181.11/cwt169.00–184.0082838
SteersMedium and Large 1—372176.91/cwt170.00–181.006588
HeifersMedium and Large 2—690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—625157.00/cwt157.00–157.009813
SteersMedium and Large 1—432176.87/cwt168.00–181.0076427
SteersMedium and Large 1—307172.64/cwt168.00–175.005303
SteersMedium and Large 2—373149.53/cwt140.00–160.005582
SteersMedium and Large 2—479157.45/cwt125.00–167.0075414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—609155.07/cwt140.00–157.0094418
SteersMedium and Large 2—577150.14/cwt140.00–159.008665
SteersMedium and Large 1—525175.49/cwt164.00–178.5092114
SteersMedium and Large 1—770141.48/cwt140.00–143.001,0892
SteersMedium and Large 1—619167.13/cwt159.00–170.001,03550
SteersMedium and Large 1—667169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1276
SteersMedium and Large 1—945120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1341
SteersMedium and Large 2—511158.99/cwt155.00–163.008124
BullsMedium and Large 1—617146.36/cwt140.00–149.009035
BullsMedium and Large 3—87565.00/cwt65.00–65.005691
BullsMedium and Large 1—667141.76/cwt135.00–144.009464
BullsMedium and Large 1—538154.93/cwt150.00–160.008342
BullsMedium and Large 1—700134.00/cwt134.00–134.009381
BullsMedium and Large 1—571158.92/cwt146.00–165.0090716
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12570.00/cwt70.00–70.007881
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,51588.50/cwt88.50–88.501,3411
Bulls——1,02576.00/cwt76.00–76.007791
Bulls——1,710109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,8641
CowsLean 85-90%—95363.54/cwt62.00–65.006062
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,16079.00/cwt79.00–79.009161
CowsBoner 80-85%—93064.37/cwt64.00–65.005993
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06471.01/cwt70.00–73.007564
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12975.14/cwt74.00–78.008484
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—91076.00/cwt76.00–76.006921
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,11077.00/cwt77.00–77.008551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,05075.00/cwt75.00–75.007881
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,07868.81/cwt60.00–75.007422
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,5501,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320143.29/cwt138.00–146.004593
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535136.59/cwt127.00–146.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 3—390102.00/cwt102.00–102.003981
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575136.00/cwt136.00–136.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 3—335120.00/cwt120.00–120.004021
HeifersMedium and Large 3—670115.00/cwt115.00–115.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 3—785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—746138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0294
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476154.60/cwt152.00–158.007365
HeifersMedium and Large 1—660146.68/cwt138.00–149.009685
HeifersMedium and Large 1—509165.86/cwt148.00–169.0084490
HeifersMedium and Large 2—483139.26/cwt138.00–140.006734
HeifersMedium and Large 2—419137.61/cwt125.00–140.005777
HeifersMedium and Large 1—405162.50/cwt161.00–163.006584
HeifersMedium and Large 1—394163.89/cwt150.00–168.0064613

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.