Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2023-03-08

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Mar 8
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
280 vs last sale 333 116 vs year ago 169 · 68.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
19 head
32 vs last sale 51 3 vs year ago 22 · 13.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
15 vs last sale 18 5 vs year ago 8 · 62.5%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a very light test, and with not all classes represented, Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $221.11/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$221.11
24 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,093
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.29
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1494221.111,09324
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale24 hd
221.11
AR average10 barns · 1,327 hd
217.82
+3.29
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
BullsAverage1,27594.001,1992thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41891.501,2972thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12782.329283thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11170.3078111

Every lot, as filed

31 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2476170.48/cwt169.00–171.008114
SteersMedium and Large 1417233.41/cwt228.00–236.009735
SteersMedium and Large 1520213.92/cwt210.00–218.001,1122
SteersMedium and Large 1470226.87/cwt221.00–233.001,0662
HeifersMedium and Large 2870125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0881
HeifersMedium and Large 2665143.00/cwt143.00–143.009511
HeifersMedium and Large 3450147.00/cwt147.00–147.006621
HeifersMedium and Large 3645136.00/cwt136.00–136.008771
SteersMedium and Large 1553214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,18313
SteersMedium and Large 1303238.00/cwt238.00–238.007212
HeifersMedium and Large 1595169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0061
HeifersMedium and Large 1543176.90/cwt171.00–178.009616
HeifersMedium and Large 1370200.00/cwt200.00–200.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 1415182.98/cwt181.00–185.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 1300206.00/cwt206.00–206.006181
HeifersMedium and Large 2570168.00/cwt168.00–168.009581
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy720153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,1021
BullsMedium and Large 1530211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1181
BullsMedium and Large 1610186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1351
BullsMedium and Large 1665159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0571
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0091
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,31589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1701
Bulls1,27594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1992
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35889.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2092
CowsLean 85-90%1,18385.98/cwt85.00–87.001,0172
CowsLean 85-90%1,01575.00/cwt75.00–75.007611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07380.00/cwt80.00–80.008582
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05162.18/cwt54.00–71.006547
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4291
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1701

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.