Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2023-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Very light run on calves, no Trend set. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.32/cwt on 13 head.

Average price

$192.32

13 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$889

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$507

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

$113.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.04

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	466	213.57	995	9thin
Medium and Large 2	420	189.00	794	2thin
Medium and Large 3	488	100.00	488	2thin

One grade step is worth $113.57/cwt here — about $507 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 sale13 hd

192.32

—

AR average10 barns · 1,689 hd

202.36

−10.04

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,590	100.00	1,590	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,375	90.64	1,246	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,147	87.51	1,003	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	895	75.40	675	5thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 3	—	488	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	700	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,127	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	550	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	994	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,815	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,851	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,062	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	101.76/cwt	90.00–110.00	1,153	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	95.34/cwt	90.00–111.00	1,180	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	914	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,209	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	109.02/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,208	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	578	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	735	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	441	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	74.53/cwt	74.00–75.00	801	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	90.15/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,027	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	90.64/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,246	8
Bulls	—	—	1,590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,590	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,028	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,055	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,116	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	235.50/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	213.72/cwt	197.00–222.00	1,096	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	213.55/cwt	209.00–218.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	926	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,140	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	595	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,374	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	540	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	823	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	885	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,381	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,104	1

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 Apr 26, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34Last week 216Year ago 184

Slaughter CattleReceipts 26Last week 29Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 10Year ago 6

Compared to last week: Very light run on calves, no Trend set. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher, Slaughter bulls not tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	488	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	205.00	205.00
2	—	333	214.00	214.00
2	—	480	209.00–218.00	213.55
1	—	435	220.00	220.00
3	—	527	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	185.00	185.00
1	—	480	193.00	193.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	161.00	161.00
1	—	555	194.00	194.00
2	—	530	215.00	215.00
1	—	885	156.00	156.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	174.00	174.00
1	—	615	174.00	174.00
1	—	665	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	823	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	207.00	207.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	235.00–236.00	235.50
3	—	513	197.00–222.00	213.72
1	—	620	193.00	193.00
1	—	735	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	107.00	107.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,815	102.00	102.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,180	90.00	90.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,133	90.00–110.00	101.76
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,238	90.00–111.00	95.34
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,015	90.00	90.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,070	113.00	113.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,108	106.00–112.00	109.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	70.00	70.00
2	—	735	60.00	60.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,075	74.00–75.00	74.53
7	—	1,139	90.00–91.00	90.15
1	—	1,285	80.00	80.00
2	—	1,175	95.00	95.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,375	90.00–95.00	90.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,070	92.00	92.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,590	100.00	100.00

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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County Line Sale Barn

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle