Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test and with not all classes represented; Feeder steers and heifers under 500 lbs sold 2.00-8.00, mostly 5.00 higher, over 500 lbs not well tested. Not enough Slaughter cows or bulls to establish a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.02/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −158.99 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$230.02

8 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,203

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$15.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.50

vs AR average

−38.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	244.00	1,244	1thin
Medium and Large 2	525	228.02	1,197	7thin

One grade step is worth $15.98/cwt here — about $47 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 sale8 hd

230.02

—

AR average10 barns · 282 hd

247.51

−17.50

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−38.37

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−158.99

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%	High	1,448	131.00	1,897	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	660	$955	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	615	$650	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	565	$535	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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%	—	1,448	131.00/cwt	129.00–132.00	1,897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	253.00/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,341	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,329	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	296.27/cwt	296.00–298.00	1,419	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	259.66/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,605	3
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	660	954.66/head	950.00–960.00	955	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	615	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	565	535.00/head	535.00–535.00	535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,347	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,514	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	237.00/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,035	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	821	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	319.86/cwt	292.00–326.00	1,343	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	580	280.00/cwt	278.00–281.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	269.07/cwt	242.00–278.00	1,262	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	225.26/cwt	214.00–242.00	1,142	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,662	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	262.90/cwt	251.00–281.00	1,236	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	563	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	253.37/cwt	251.00–256.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	236.13/cwt	223.00–246.00	1,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	234.91/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	201.13/cwt	171.00–230.00	945	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	986	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 May 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 79Last week 78Year ago 168

Slaughter CattleReceipts 4Last week 24Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 9Year ago 100

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,448	129.00–132.00	131.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	285.00	285.00
4	450–500	469	242.00–278.00	269.07
1	500–550	510	244.00	244.00
2	600–650	615	230.00–244.00	237.00
1	650–700	670	226.00	226.00
1	700–750	705	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	245.00	245.00
2	350–400	375	251.00–256.00	253.37
5	450–500	483	223.00–246.00	236.13
5	500–550	507	214.00–242.00	225.26
2	550–600	570	225.00–245.00	234.91
1	700–750	710	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	134.00	134.00
1	450–500	485	167.50	167.50
1	700–750	725	150.00	150.00
1	750–800	785	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	305.00	305.00
1	300–350	345	345.00	345.00
8	400–450	420	292.00–326.00	319.86
7	450–500	479	296.00–298.00	296.27
3	600–650	618	250.00–273.00	259.66
1	650–700	655	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	274.00	274.00
4	450–500	470	251.00–281.00	262.90
1	550–600	560	235.00	235.00
1	750–800	795	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	155.00	155.00
2	450–500	470	171.00–230.00	201.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	289.00	289.00
2	500–550	530	252.00–254.00	253.00
1	550–600	580	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	580	278.00–281.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	249.00	249.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	660	950.00–960.00	954.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	615	650.00	650.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,310	129.00	129.00
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	565	535.00	535.00

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

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