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 1—620166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0291
BullsMedium and Large 1—575185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 1—518193.52/cwt193.00–194.001,0022
BullsMedium and Large 3—78587.00/cwt87.00–87.006831
BullsMedium and Large 1—765160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2241
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—456169.00/cwt169.00–169.007714
SteersMedium and Large 2—383180.07/cwt170.00–190.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1—422224.42/cwt222.00–229.009476
SteersMedium and Large 1—563198.99/cwt196.00–200.001,12016
SteersMedium and Large 1—675181.68/cwt180.00–184.001,22623
SteersMedium and Large 3—560149.00/cwt149.00–149.008341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—554173.00/cwt173.00–173.009585
HeifersMedium and Large 3—340162.00/cwt162.00–162.005511
SteersMedium and Large 1—480215.70/cwt200.00–220.001,0357
SteersMedium and Large 3—485171.00/cwt171.00–171.008291
SteersMedium and Large 1—510207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0561
SteersMedium and Large 1—360223.33/cwt211.00–235.008042
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510175.00/cwt175.00–175.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 2—471165.46/cwt150.00–176.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—485174.00/cwt174.00–174.008442
SteersMedium and Large 1—795150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1932
SteersMedium and Large 2—300200.00/cwt200.00–200.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320190.94/cwt190.00–193.006113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—586176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—641171.43/cwt169.00–172.001,09917
HeifersMedium and Large 2—560157.00/cwt157.00–157.008791
SteersMedium and Large 2—475185.00/cwt185.00–185.008791
SteersMedium and Large 3—375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—408190.04/cwt188.00–192.007752
HeifersMedium and Large 1—489182.77/cwt176.00–186.008948
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400160.00/cwt160.00–160.006401
HeifersMedium and Large 3—645113.00/cwt113.00–113.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1—355190.00/cwt190.00–190.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2062
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—740156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,1541
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,19070.00/cwt70.00–70.008331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,17586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0111
Bred HeifersLarge 3—83080.00/cwt80.00–80.006641
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,02075.00/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.