Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable receipts in any Feeder or Slaughter class from last week's very light offering to establish a trend; however definite higher undertones denoted in all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.03/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −122.97 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$266.03

68 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,455

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$333

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

$68.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.46

vs AR average

−10.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	274.84	1,458	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	552	271.15	1,497	40
Medium and Large 2	559	235.50	1,317	8thin
Medium and Large 3	545	206.50	1,125	2thin

One grade step is worth $68.34/cwt here — about $333 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $420.29, low $350.30, median $389.01 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale68 hd

266.03

—

AR average9 barns · 801 hd

267.49

−1.46

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−10.14

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−122.97

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	—	Average	1,751	131.17	2,297	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,407	125.17	1,761	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,167	113.33	1,322	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	907	104.66	949	3thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$1,287	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	760	$1,200	1thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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	Lean 85-90%	—	945	99.49/cwt	99.00–100.00	940	2
Bulls	—	—	1,855	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,449	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,476	1
Bulls	—	—	1,888	134.62/cwt	134.00–135.00	2,542	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	127.76/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,690	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	293.01/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,521	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	266.31/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	512	290.89/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,489	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	307.01/cwt	301.00–309.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,608	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	277.50/cwt	257.00–290.00	1,582	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,601	1
Bulls	—	—	1,235	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,482	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,249	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	218.00/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	291.36/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	605	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	271.77/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,307	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	228.01/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	276.70/cwt	263.00–286.00	1,361	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	240.07/cwt	234.00–246.00	1,628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	968	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,097	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	1,286.86/head	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,287	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	245.14/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	234.75/cwt	220.00–247.00	1,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	593	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,542	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	578	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	278.59/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,463	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	474	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,299	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	571	316.95/cwt	312.00–327.00	1,810	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,568	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	424	327.52/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,389	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	383	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,264	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,512	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	352.02/cwt	304.00–385.00	1,278	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	274.08/cwt	257.00–292.00	1,727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	692	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,654	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	723	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,974	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	324.28/cwt	302.00–372.50	1,372	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	299.39/cwt	294.00–311.00	1,748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	336.30/cwt	310.00–365.00	1,608	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,628	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	263.99/cwt	256.00–288.00	1,389	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	290.93/cwt	287.00–298.00	1,222	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	252.30/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	315.59/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,048	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	262.04/cwt	256.00–270.00	1,787	3

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 Mar 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 385Last week 57Year ago 242

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 11Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 6Year ago 7

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	99.00–100.00	99.49
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	120.00	120.00
2	—	1,135	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	126.00–130.00	127.76
1	—	1,575	120.00	120.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	830	115.00	115.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	132.00	132.00
3	—	1,888	134.00–135.00	134.62
1	—	1,235	120.00	120.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	519	288.00–299.00	293.01
4	550–600	570	257.00–290.00	277.50
3	600–650	620	263.00–269.00	266.31
1	650–700	670	239.00	239.00
2	750–800	750	210.00–226.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	312.00	312.00
1	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	332	300.00–318.00	315.59
4	350–400	357	301.00–309.00	307.01
5	400–450	420	287.00–298.00	290.93
3	450–500	482	290.00–293.00	291.36
5	500–550	526	256.00–288.00	263.99
4	550–600	578	240.00–260.00	252.30
1	600–650	605	256.00	256.00
2	650–700	690	233.00	233.00
1	700–750	720	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	424	315.00–330.00	327.52
3	450–500	485	294.00	294.00
9	500–550	512	290.00–292.00	290.89
7	600–650	603	260.00	260.00
74	650–700	692	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	540	211.00	211.00
1	550–600	550	202.00	202.00
1	600–650	645	180.00	180.00
1	650–700	675	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	445	248.00	248.00
5	450–500	481	270.00–275.00	271.77
2	500–550	520	240.00–250.00	245.14
5	550–600	580	220.00–247.00	234.75
3	600–650	602	224.00–230.00	228.01
1	850–900	870	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	274.00	274.00
24	500–550	525	270.00–284.00	278.59
16	550–600	593	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	435	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	510	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	300.00	300.00
1	400–450	430	285.00	285.00
3	450–500	492	263.00–286.00	276.70
2	650–700	678	234.00–246.00	240.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	387.50	387.50
24	550–600	571	312.00–327.00	316.95
26	700–750	723	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	332.50	332.50
16	350–400	363	304.00–385.00	352.02
12	400–450	423	302.00–372.50	324.28
27	450–500	478	310.00–365.00	336.30
3	550–600	584	294.00–311.00	299.39
2	600–650	630	257.00–292.00	274.08
3	650–700	682	256.00–270.00	262.04

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	118.00	118.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	88.00	88.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	875	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,286.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,260	120.00	120.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,295	1,500.00	1,500.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	760	1,200.00	1,200.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

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