Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough offerings of any class of Feeder or Slaughter cattle to establish a Trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $254.57/cwt on 32 head.

Average price

$254.57

32 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$43.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.23

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	259.58	1,414	28
Medium and Large 3	375	230.00	863	1thin
Medium and Large 2	542	216.00	1,170	3thin

One grade step is worth $43.58/cwt here — about $244 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 sale32 hd

254.57

—

AR average7 barns · 1,434 hd

269.80

−15.23

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	1,255	113.33	1,423	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,345	113.67	1,529	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,090	88.43	964	4thin

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
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	970	$1,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	115.54/cwt	115.00–117.00	1,615	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,265	110.87/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,403	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,350	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,037	81.91/cwt	80.00–85.00	849	3
Bulls	—	—	1,270	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,397	1
Bulls	—	—	1,248	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,435	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	512	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	958	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	268.09/cwt	265.00–271.00	1,399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,402	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	645	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,542	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	330.47/cwt	327.50–332.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	778	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,467	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	309.17/cwt	289.00–316.00	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,307	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	330	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	258.71/cwt	248.00–270.00	1,475	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	498	271.72/cwt	270.00–272.00	1,353	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	593	255.81/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,517	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,670	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	1

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 Feb 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 74Last week 124Year ago 333

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 8Year ago 51

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 18

Compared to last week: Not enough offerings of any class of Feeder or Slaughter cattle to establish a Trend.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,398	115.00–117.00	115.54
2	—	1,265	110.00–112.00	110.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	108.00	108.00
3	—	1,037	80.00–85.00	81.91
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	110.00	110.00
2	—	1,248	115.00	115.00

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	—	800	64.00	64.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,030	93.00	93.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	970	1,000.00	1,000.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	275.00	275.00
4	—	522	265.00–271.00	268.09
2	—	408	260.00	260.00
1	—	370	279.00	279.00
6	—	627	248.00	248.00
2	—	728	229.00	229.00
4	—	570	248.00–270.00	258.71
7	—	498	270.00–272.00	271.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	218.00	218.00
1	—	695	200.00	200.00
1	—	305	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	472	297.00	297.00
6	—	593	255.00–260.00	255.81
2	—	690	242.00	242.00
1	—	865	192.00	192.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	269.00	269.00
1	—	580	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	318.00	318.00
1	—	490	280.00	280.00
3	—	313	327.50–332.00	330.47
6	—	511	287.00	287.00
4	—	425	289.00–316.00	309.17
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	240.00	240.00
1	—	395	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	207.50	207.50
1	—	650	201.00	201.00
1	—	345	240.00	240.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	139.00	139.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle