Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2023-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 2.00-7.00 lower, over 500 lbs sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00-11.00, mostly 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower, Slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $240.70/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$240.70

63 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$452

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

$56.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.28

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	497	248.39	1,234	54
Medium and Large 2	576	197.50	1,138	4thin
Medium and Large 3	407	192.16	782	5thin

One grade step is worth $56.23/cwt here — about $452 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 sale63 hd

240.70

—

AR average8 barns · 1,546 hd

238.41

+2.28

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	—	High	2,220	118.00	2,620	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,552	107.12	1,663	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	99.32	961	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	878	70.60	620	11

Every lot, as filed

44 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 1	—	600	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	241.22/cwt	228.00–244.00	1,609	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	485	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	495	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	243.22/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,007	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	294.74/cwt	282.50–308.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	647	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	266.43/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,415	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	767	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,377	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	250.36/cwt	233.00–255.00	1,287	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	270.68/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,251	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	236.04/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,153	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	250.15/cwt	237.00–256.00	1,058	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	312	208.94/cwt	201.00–216.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	892	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	261.26/cwt	260.00–262.50	896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	640	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	247.30/cwt	236.00–258.00	915	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	956	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,199	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	96.05/cwt	76.00–106.00	891	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	574	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,338	1
Bulls	—	—	2,220	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	2,620	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,199	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	920	64.78/cwt	55.00–75.00	596	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	765	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	428	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	107.12/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,663	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	99.32/cwt	95.00–103.00	961	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,076	2

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 Aug 16, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 131Last week 100Year ago 151

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 26Year ago 9

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 19Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	239.00	239.00
6	—	667	228.00–244.00	241.22
4	—	576	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	150.00	150.00
3	—	312	201.00–216.00	208.94
1	—	485	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	607	249.00	249.00
17	—	514	233.00–255.00	250.36
4	—	664	227.00–239.00	236.04
22	—	423	237.00–256.00	250.15
1	—	760	225.00	225.00
2	—	343	260.00–262.50	261.26
3	—	552	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	231.00	231.00
1	—	875	149.00	149.00
1	—	610	190.00	190.00
1	—	350	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	414	240.00–252.00	243.22
2	—	370	236.00–258.00	247.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	282.50–308.00	294.74
3	—	647	258.00	258.00
9	—	531	262.00–267.00	266.43
13	—	462	270.00–271.00	270.68
4	—	409	282.00	282.00
2	—	585	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	220.00	220.00
1	—	350	219.00	219.00
1	—	550	160.00	160.00
1	—	640	152.00	152.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	108.00	108.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	109.00	109.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	928	76.00–106.00	96.05
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	120.00	120.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,220	118.00	118.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,100	109.00	109.00
2	—	920	55.00–75.00	64.78
2	—	1,065	101.00	101.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	765	56.00	56.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,552	105.00–109.00	107.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	968	95.00–103.00	99.32

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