Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2023-06-07

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jun 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
103 vs last sale 139 150 vs year ago 186 · 80.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
14 vs last sale 24 7 vs year ago 17 · 41.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 7 vs year ago 12 · 58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough offerings in any class to establish a trend. Higher undertones were denoted in all feeder classes. No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.85/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$221.85
15 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,085
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$69.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.14
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482226.481,09114thin
Medium and Large 3590157.009261thin
One grade step is worth $69.48/cwt here — about $165 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 sale15 hd
221.85
AR average10 barns · 2,285 hd
217.70
+4.14
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
BullsLow1,53580.001,2281thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,413100.001,4132thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low98681.898077thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 1410230.00/cwt230.00–230.009431
HeifersMedium and Large 1705205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4451
HeifersMedium and Large 1368215.34/cwt205.00–225.007922
SteersMedium and Large 1660217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4321
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned655196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,2841
HeifersMedium and Large 3590157.00/cwt157.00–157.009261
HeifersMedium and Large 1600212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2721
HeifersMedium and Large 1660206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3601
SteersMedium and Large 1530240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2721
SteersMedium and Large 1735199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,4631
SteersMedium and Large 2645190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2261
SteersMedium and Large 1585240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4041
BullsMedium and Large 2690168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1591
HeifersMedium and Large 1425236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0032
HeifersMedium and Large 1456235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0727
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned558212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,1862
BullsMedium and Large 1487240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1693
BullsMedium and Large 1530236.23/cwt229.00–240.001,2523
BullsMedium and Large 3690109.00/cwt109.00–109.007521
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01595.00/cwt95.00–95.009641
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2935102.04/cwt95.00–109.009542
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02096.21/cwt89.00–103.009812
Bulls1,53580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2281
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight70070.00/cwt70.00–70.004901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08082.62/cwt80.00–85.008922
CowsBoner 80-85%93370.00/cwt70.00–70.006532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08898.99/cwt98.00–100.001,0772
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,413100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4132

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.