Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2023-11-01

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Nov 1
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
19 vs last sale 65 175 vs year ago 221 · 79.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
10 head
4 vs last sale 6 57 vs year ago 67 · 85.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
8 vs last sale 7 24 vs year ago 39 · 61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend established in any class of Feeder or Slaughter cattle due to not enough comparable receipts. Higher undertones denoted in all classes offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $213.25/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$213.25
28 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,397
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$512
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.07
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675215.731,45625
Medium and Large 2490192.679443thin
One grade step is worth $23.06/cwt here — about $512 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 sale28 hd
213.25
AR average9 barns · 1,304 hd
205.18
+8.07
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
BullsAverage1,855100.001,8551thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28897.361,2543thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07878.268445thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)896$9734thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)683$5665
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)885$9701thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)728$5882thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)590$3751thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)645$5001thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
BullsMedium and Large 1710209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4841
BullsMedium and Large 1555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2771
BullsMedium and Large 2795170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3521
BullsMedium and Large 1660208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,3732
HeifersMedium and Large 1435218.56/cwt213.00–224.009512
HeifersMedium and Large 2390188.00/cwt188.00–188.007331
SteersSmall and Medium 330095.00/cwt95.00–95.002851
SteersMedium and Large 1525245.50/cwt245.00–246.001,2892
HeifersMedium and Large 11,050170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7851
HeifersMedium and Large 2415200.00/cwt200.00–200.008301
SteersMedium and Large 1330272.50/cwt272.50–272.508991
SteersMedium and Large 1695236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6401
SteersMedium and Large 2485226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0961
SteersMedium and Large 3375190.00/cwt190.00–190.007131
SteersMedium and Large 1630230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4491
HeifersMedium and Large 1715202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4441
HeifersMedium and Large 1574221.80/cwt214.00–227.001,2734
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added734218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,60015
HeifersMedium and Large 1468213.41/cwt210.00–217.009992
HeifersMedium and Large 2665190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2641
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0401,163.69/head970.00–1,400.001,1643
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 3Thin Fleshed68531.00/cwt31.00–31.002121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28599.16/cwt98.00–100.001,2742
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12080.00/cwt80.00–80.008961
CowsBoner 80-85%85560.00/cwt60.00–60.005131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed704587.10/head500.00–640.005874
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3465400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed645500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 3600480.00/head480.00–480.004801
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed600540.00/head540.00–540.005401
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2885970.00/head970.00–970.009701
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 3590375.00/head375.00–375.003751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2855635.00/head635.00–635.006351
Bulls1,855100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8551
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight84553.00/cwt53.00–53.004481
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,255101.04/cwt99.00–103.001,2682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2201

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.