Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2024-01-24

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Jan 24
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Feeder Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 65▼ 92 vs year ago 131 · −70.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 6▼ 14 vs year ago 16 · −87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend established; Sale closed last week due to inclement weather. Very light offering due to extremely muddy conditions in area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.25/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$223.25
22 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,039
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$433
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$68.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.94
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475236.471,12216thin
Medium and Large 2500228.501,1432thin
Medium and Large 3411167.756904thin
One grade step is worth $68.72/cwt here — about $433 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 sale22 hd
223.25
—
AR average2 barns · 178 hd
225.19
−1.94
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)865$9351thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1Fleshy—575228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,3111
BullsMedium and Large 1—555232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2881
BullsMedium and Large 1—510260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3262
BullsMedium and Large 1—628246.99/cwt246.00–248.001,5514
BullsMedium and Large 2—520225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1701
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325244.00/cwt244.00–244.007931
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375239.02/cwt236.00–241.008965
SteersMedium and Large 3—315190.00/cwt190.00–190.005991
SteersMedium and Large 2—390239.49/cwt239.00–240.009342
SteersMedium and Large 2—423242.47/cwt241.00–244.001,0262
HeifersMedium and Large 3—345180.00/cwt180.00–180.006211
HeifersMedium and Large 2—495229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425246.46/cwt241.00–250.001,0473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—495247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2231
HeifersMedium and Large 3—375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005631
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,2641
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3811
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5012
HeifersMedium and Large 3—500183.00/cwt183.00–183.009151
HeifersMedium and Large 3—425158.00/cwt158.00–158.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 2—505228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—540235.51/cwt234.00–237.001,2722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—865935.00/head935.00–935.009351
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—845130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0991

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.