Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2022-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher, over 500 lbs sold 3.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 1.00 higher, 400-500 lb weights sold 5.00 lower, 500-600 lb weights sold 9.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady on a light test. Slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.74/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$149.74

55 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

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

$54.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.40

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	160.03	897	42
Medium and Large 2	583	128.83	750	6thin
Medium and Large 3	571	105.90	604	7thin

One grade step is worth $54.13/cwt here — about $293 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 sale55 hd

149.74

—

AR average9 barns · 1,287 hd

159.14

−9.40

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	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,235	80.00	988	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,102	69.92	771	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	965	62.99	608	11

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	852	$646	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	700	$600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,127	$794	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	990	$525	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	915	$890	1thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	97.53/cwt	82.00–110.00	605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	157.01/cwt	156.00–158.00	1,044	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	171.99/cwt	169.00–175.00	934	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	192.58/cwt	186.00–199.00	828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	982	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	560	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	661	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	417	130.86/cwt	125.00–137.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	960	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	385	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	163.91/cwt	154.00–170.00	834	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	627	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	150.69/cwt	150.00–152.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	165.91/cwt	158.00–172.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	161.56/cwt	150.00–167.00	926	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	177.75/cwt	165.00–184.00	835	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	465	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	219	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	471	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	165.33/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	160.68/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,184	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	160.12/cwt	150.00–169.00	905	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	162.46/cwt	155.00–170.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	933	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	673	145.84/cwt	140.00–152.00	982	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	915	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,016	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	988	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,235	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	988	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,040	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	728	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	58.28/cwt	55.00–60.00	551	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	918	64.53/cwt	64.00–65.00	592	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	72.38/cwt	70.00–75.00	878	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	572	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	795	49.52/cwt	49.00–50.00	394	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	840	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	504	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	550	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	64.75/cwt	60.00–70.00	524	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	646.21/head	510.00–775.00	646	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	892	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	781	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	915	890.00/head	890.00–890.00	890	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	794.17/head	625.00–975.00	794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	165.44/cwt	163.00–168.00	711	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	450	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	970	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	883	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	626	161.93/cwt	156.00–164.00	1,014	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	518	137.48/cwt	133.00–142.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	880	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	749	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	596	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	575	112.35/cwt	102.00–122.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	164.65/cwt	160.00–168.00	805	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	152.50/cwt	150.00–160.00	976	4

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 Sep 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 137Last week 227Year ago 117

Slaughter CattleReceipts 17Last week 19Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 3Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	167.00	167.00
10	—	665	156.00–158.00	157.01
1	—	885	111.00	111.00
2	—	318	176.00	176.00
6	—	509	154.00–170.00	163.91
9	—	573	150.00–167.00	161.56
2	—	430	163.00–168.00	165.44
6	—	489	160.00–168.00	164.65
4	—	640	150.00–160.00	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	82.00–110.00	97.53
1	—	505	118.00	118.00
2	—	575	102.00–122.00	112.35
1	—	480	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	85.00	85.00
1	—	680	122.00	122.00
1	—	535	140.00	140.00
1	—	475	155.00	155.00
1	—	370	150.00	150.00
1	—	615	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	169.00–175.00	171.99
2	—	430	186.00–199.00	192.58
1	—	315	199.00	199.00
8	—	470	165.00–184.00	177.75
3	—	610	160.00–168.00	165.33
3	—	737	154.00–164.00	160.68
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	174.00	174.00
1	—	640	150.00	150.00
3	—	463	150.00–152.00	150.69
1	—	735	130.00	130.00
3	—	435	158.00–172.00	165.91
1	—	565	150.00	150.00
1	—	300	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	417	125.00–137.00	130.86
1	—	365	129.00	129.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	45.00	45.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	47.00	47.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	565	150.00–169.00	160.12
2	—	518	155.00–170.00	162.46
1	—	735	127.00	127.00
1	—	765	125.00	125.00
2	—	673	140.00–152.00	145.84
1	—	915	111.00	111.00
9	—	626	156.00–164.00	161.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	91.00	91.00
2	—	518	133.00–142.00	137.48
1	—	880	94.00	94.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	80.00	80.00
1	—	1,040	70.00	70.00
3	—	945	55.00–60.00	58.28
2	—	918	64.00–65.00	64.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	80.00	80.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,213	70.00–75.00	72.38
1	—	880	65.00	65.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	795	49.00–50.00	49.52
1	—	840	60.00	60.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	64.00	64.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	810	60.00–70.00	64.75
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	700	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	852	510.00–775.00	646.21
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	80.00	80.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,055	74.00	74.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	915	890.00	890.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	525.00	525.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,127	625.00–975.00	794.17

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

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Replacement Cattle