Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2023-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 9.00, mostly 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-9.00, mostly 7.00 higher. Feeder supply included several groups of reputation unweaned, high quality cattle. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 higher on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $229.98/cwt on 370 head.

Average price

$229.98

370 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,352

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$70.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.64

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	577	237.74	1,373	196
Medium and Large 1-2	614	224.76	1,381	150
Medium and Large 2	471	212.58	1,002	17thin
Medium and Large 3	604	167.14	1,009	7thin

One grade step is worth $70.59/cwt here — about $364 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 sale370 hd

229.98

—

AR average8 barns · 1,602 hd

233.62

−3.64

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	—	Low	1,349	93.75	1,264	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,346	107.73	1,450	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,054	87.39	921	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,127	84.00	947	28

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,065	$1,625	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$790	1thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	188.56/cwt	169.00–197.00	979	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	743	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	604	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,305	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	982	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	229.38/cwt	224.00–231.00	996	34
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	790.00/head	790.00–790.00	790	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	101.63/cwt	90.00–111.00	1,191	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	903	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	676	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	77.30/cwt	75.00–80.00	738	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bulls	—Light Weight	—	1,025	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	820	1
Bulls	—	—	1,145	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,179	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,764	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,020	61.37/cwt	54.00–75.00	626	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	95.66/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,158	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,120	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,165	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	450	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	96.28/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,025	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,320	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,268	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	845	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	676	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	104.02/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,196	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	84.48/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,006	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	108.66/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,524	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	211.71/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,224	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	615	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	216.58/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,035	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	214.96/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,116	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	688	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,431	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,406	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	249.59/cwt	243.00–256.00	811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	233.87/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	231.56/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,230	27
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	580	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	691	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,651	73
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	613	225.29/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,381	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	763	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,466	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	228.93/cwt	215.00–240.00	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,166	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	233.01/cwt	224.00–240.00	1,363	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	248.90/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,060	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	253.30/cwt	250.00–272.50	950	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,327	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	546	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,239	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	213.92/cwt	202.00–215.00	1,316	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	224.88/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,068	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	196.90/cwt	190.00–204.00	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	787	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,178	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	219.43/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,178	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,010	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	187.27/cwt	185.00–191.00	1,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	168.01/cwt	167.00–169.00	1,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	194.86/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,052	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	222.16/cwt	217.50–225.00	929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	193.11/cwt	180.00–210.00	792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	650	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,294	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	180.77/cwt	170.00–189.00	1,316	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	203.98/cwt	190.00–224.00	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	239.07/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,162	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,219	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,074	5

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 Jun 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 745Last week 231Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 41Last week 24Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 18Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	519	169.00–197.00	188.56
1	—	600	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	578	200.00–218.00	211.71
1	—	615	200.00	200.00
3	—	478	210.00–221.00	216.58
6	—	519	207.00–220.00	214.96
3	—	688	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	193.00	193.00
9	—	604	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	177.00	177.00
2	—	360	190.00–204.00	196.90
1	—	495	200.00	200.00
3	—	627	185.00–191.00	187.27
2	—	685	167.00–169.00	168.01
5	—	410	180.00–210.00	193.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	434	224.00–231.00	229.38
24	—	615	202.00–215.00	213.92
13	—	475	215.00–227.00	224.88
1	—	385	229.00	229.00
34	—	537	214.00–224.00	219.43
1	—	670	203.00	203.00
4	—	728	170.00–189.00	180.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	546	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	366	215.00	215.00
21	—	572	206.00	206.00
12	—	449	225.00	225.00
4	—	619	197.00	197.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	650	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	200.00	200.00
3	—	325	243.00–256.00	249.59
5	—	639	225.00–236.00	233.87
27	—	531	224.00–235.00	231.56
15	—	585	224.00–240.00	233.01
4	—	426	240.00–253.00	248.90
7	—	375	250.00–272.50	253.30
1	—	695	221.00	221.00
58	—	486	230.00–246.00	239.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	744	189.00	189.00
7	—	496	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	691	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	155.00	155.00
1	—	665	160.00	160.00
5	—	628	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	613	224.00–230.00	225.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	624	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	374	215.00–240.00	228.93
3	—	638	208.00	208.00
2	—	540	180.00–210.00	194.86
3	—	418	217.50–225.00	222.16
4	—	484	190.00–224.00	203.98
1	—	330	202.00	202.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	69.00	69.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,065	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,172	90.00–111.00	101.63
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	95.00	95.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	845	80.00	80.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	955	75.00–80.00	77.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,025	80.00	80.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	103.00	103.00
1	—	1,575	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,650	80.00	80.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,020	54.00–75.00	61.37
7	—	1,211	91.00–100.00	95.66
5	—	1,150	103.00–106.00	104.02
7	—	1,191	80.00–87.00	84.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,120	104.00	104.00
4	—	1,403	107.00–111.00	108.66
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	50.00	50.00
2	—	1,065	90.00–102.00	96.28
1	—	1,185	107.00	107.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	80.00	80.00

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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Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

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