Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2023-08-02

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 2
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
4 vs last sale 44 204 vs year ago 252 · 81.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 9 11 vs year ago 17 · 64.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
3 vs last sale 7 15 vs year ago 19 · 78.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Week: Not enough offerings in any class to establish a Trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.19/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$231.19
21 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,066
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$422
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$102.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.67
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1452244.291,10317thin
Medium and Large 2508186.679493thin
Medium and Large 3480142.006821thin
One grade step is worth $102.29/cwt here — about $422 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 sale21 hd
231.19
AR average8 barns · 845 hd
223.52
+7.67
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
BullsHigh1,715130.002,2301thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,295105.001,3602thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06095.681,0153thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,295105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3602
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740111.00/cwt111.00–111.008211
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2695101.00/cwt101.00–101.007021
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2965112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0811
Bulls1,715130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2301
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09898.52/cwt97.00–100.001,0822
CowsBoner 80-85%98590.00/cwt90.00–90.008871
BullsMedium and Large 1725179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,2981
BullsMedium and Large 1905149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3481
BullsMedium and Large 1588248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4589
HeifersMedium and Large 2675161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0871
HeifersMedium and Large 3480142.00/cwt142.00–142.006821
HeifersMedium and Large 2360191.00/cwt191.00–191.006881
SteersMedium and Large 1423260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1004
SteersMedium and Large 1395260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0274
SteersMedium and Large 2415218.22/cwt200.00–236.009062
HeifersMedium and Large 1418249.92/cwt239.00–258.001,04513
HeifersMedium and Large 2490208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,0191
HeifersMedium and Large 1561226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2684
SteersMedium and Large 1482258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2443
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1121

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.