Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test; the better 400-500 lb steers and heifers sold 5.00-12.00 higher, other classes not well tested. Not enough receipts to establish a trend for Slaughter cows , Slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.43/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −149.57 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$239.43

24 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,263

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$391

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

$72.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.47

vs AR average

−25.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	252.16	1,328	17thin
Medium and Large 2	533	219.87	1,172	5thin
Medium and Large 3	520	180.13	937	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.03/cwt here — about $391 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale24 hd

239.43

—

AR average7 barns · 284 hd

258.91

−19.47

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−25.09

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−149.57

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,532	121.43	1,860	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,109	107.02	1,187	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	858	85.53	734	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)	895	$850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,707	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	320	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,088	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	228.03/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	257.23/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,322	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,184	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	304.05/cwt	299.00–312.00	1,456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	305.98/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	303.52/cwt	303.00–304.00	1,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,304	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,211	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	315.50/cwt	315.00–316.00	1,760	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,164	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,095	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,548	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	121.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,860	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	105.15/cwt	99.00–110.00	1,120	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,626	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,575	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,242	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	770	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	539	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	595	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	756	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	120.89/cwt	113.00–128.00	1,402	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,574	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	222.84/cwt	217.00–229.00	1,157	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	177.44/cwt	174.00–181.00	1,455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,227	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	293.02/cwt	281.00–297.00	1,691	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	429	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,493	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	987	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	180.13/cwt	161.00–200.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	829	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	813	76.06/cwt	60.00–90.00	618	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	993	89.90/cwt	81.00–100.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,633	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	557	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,337	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	303.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,614	6

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 Apr 17, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 115Last week 82Year ago 216

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 9Year ago 29

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 5Year ago 10

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	940	99.00	99.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	895	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	595	127.00	127.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	113.00–128.00	120.89

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	680	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	340.00	340.00
7	400–450	429	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	317.50	317.50
2	350–400	383	303.00–304.00	303.52
1	400–450	405	299.00	299.00
6	450–500	479	299.00–312.00	304.05
2	500–550	520	305.00–307.00	305.98
2	550–600	558	315.00–316.00	315.50
1	650–700	670	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	470	292.00	292.00
1	600–650	615	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	563	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	284.00	284.00
6	500–550	531	300.00–310.00	303.98
9	550–600	577	281.00–297.00	293.02
2	600–650	600	258.00	258.00
2	650–700	683	220.00–236.00	228.03
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	260.00	260.00
1	600–650	610	240.00	240.00
2	800–850	820	174.00–181.00	177.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	256.00	256.00
9	400–450	445	266.00	266.00
7	450–500	476	274.00	274.00
12	500–550	514	250.00–259.00	257.23
1	650–700	655	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	245.00	245.00
4	500–550	519	217.00–229.00	222.84
1	550–600	590	208.00	208.00
1	750–800	750	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	217.00	217.00
2	500–550	520	161.00–200.00	180.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	557	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	715	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,532	120.00–125.00	121.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,065	99.00–110.00	105.15
1	—	1,280	127.00	127.00
1	—	1,260	125.00	125.00
2	—	993	81.00–100.00	89.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	120.00	120.00
2	—	813	60.00–90.00	76.06
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	70.00	70.00

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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County Line Sale Barn

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle