Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2023-02-15

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Feb 15
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
132 head
19 vs last sale 113 102 vs year ago 234 · 43.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
8 head
10 vs last sale 18 24 vs year ago 32 · 75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
11 vs last sale 15 25 vs year ago 29 · 86.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 1.00-17.00; mostly 9.00 higher, 500-600 lb weights sold 2.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 9.00 lower, over 400 lb weights sold 1.00-9.00 , mostly 4.00 higher. Not enough comparable receipts for Slaughter cows or bulls to establish a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.87/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$193.87
64 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,097
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$370
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$32.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.51
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583196.011,14357
Medium and Large 2385186.297184thin
Medium and Large 3473163.337733thin
One grade step is worth $32.68/cwt here — about $370 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 sale64 hd
193.87
AR average7 barns · 1,090 hd
199.39
−5.51
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02075.007651thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,08370.067597thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1620166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0291
BullsMedium and Large 1575185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 1518193.52/cwt193.00–194.001,0022
BullsMedium and Large 378587.00/cwt87.00–87.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1765160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy456169.00/cwt169.00–169.007714
SteersMedium and Large 2383180.07/cwt170.00–190.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1422224.42/cwt222.00–229.009476
SteersMedium and Large 1563198.99/cwt196.00–200.001,12016
SteersMedium and Large 1675181.68/cwt180.00–184.001,22623
SteersMedium and Large 3560149.00/cwt149.00–149.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 1554173.00/cwt173.00–173.009585
HeifersMedium and Large 3340162.00/cwt162.00–162.005511
SteersMedium and Large 1480215.70/cwt200.00–220.001,0357
SteersMedium and Large 3485171.00/cwt171.00–171.008291
SteersMedium and Large 1510207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0561
SteersMedium and Large 1360223.33/cwt211.00–235.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 1510175.00/cwt175.00–175.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 2471165.46/cwt150.00–176.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485174.00/cwt174.00–174.008442
SteersMedium and Large 1795150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1932
SteersMedium and Large 2300200.00/cwt200.00–200.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1320190.94/cwt190.00–193.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added586176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0314
HeifersMedium and Large 1641171.43/cwt169.00–172.001,09917
HeifersMedium and Large 2560157.00/cwt157.00–157.008791
SteersMedium and Large 2475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
SteersMedium and Large 3375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1408190.04/cwt188.00–192.007752
HeifersMedium and Large 1489182.77/cwt176.00–186.008948
HeifersMedium and Large 3400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 3645113.00/cwt113.00–113.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1355190.00/cwt190.00–190.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 1705171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2062
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added740156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1541
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,19070.00/cwt70.00–70.008331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0111
Bred HeifersLarge 383080.00/cwt80.00–80.006641
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02075.00/cwt75.00–75.007651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19070.00/cwt70.00–70.008331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12053.69/cwt49.00–60.006012
CowsBoner 80-85%99275.68/cwt75.00–76.007513
CowsLean 85-90%1,02075.00/cwt75.00–75.007651

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.