Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2023-01-04

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 4
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
11 vs last sale 23 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 6 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
2 vs last sale 5 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established due to Sale being closed last two weeks for Holidays.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.23/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$168.23
16 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$775
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$701
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3
$168.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.62
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1438199.9087513thin
Small and Medium 356031.001743thin
One grade step is worth $168.90/cwt here — about $701 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 sale16 hd
168.23
AR average4 barns · 570 hd
186.86
−18.62
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%Average1,37570.009631thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,13560.006811thin

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
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)960$9601thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37570.00/cwt70.00–70.009631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13560.00/cwt60.00–60.006811
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-280068.00/cwt68.00–68.005441
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-282070.00/cwt70.00–70.005741
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2960960.00/head960.00–960.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy510150.00/cwt150.00–150.007651
SteersMedium and Large 1429199.84/cwt190.00–211.008574
SteersMedium and Large 1305229.00/cwt229.00–229.006981
SteersSmall and Medium 356031.00/cwt31.00–31.001743
HeifersSmall and Medium 338070.00/cwt70.00–70.002661
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added520173.00/cwt173.00–173.009002
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added518191.00/cwt191.00–191.009892
SteersMedium and Large 1378207.09/cwt201.00–222.007834
SteersMedium and Large 1560180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0082
HeifersMedium and Large 1495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added435161.00/cwt161.00–161.007001
BullsMedium and Large 2515144.00/cwt144.00–144.007421
BullsMedium and Large 3685106.00/cwt106.00–106.007261
BullsMedium and Large 2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008511
BullsMedium and Large 1510179.00/cwt179.00–179.009132
BullsMedium and Large 1625145.00/cwt145.00–145.009061

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.