Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test and with not all classes represented, Feeder steers sold mostly 8.00 lower, Feeder heifers sold steady. Feeder supply was mostly average to plain. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.27/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −142.74 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$246.27

8 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,320

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$52.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.79

vs AR average

−23.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	252.88	1,340	7thin
Medium and Large 3	580	200.00	1,160	1thin

One grade step is worth $52.88/cwt here — about $180 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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

246.27

—

AR average9 barns · 284 hd

256.06

−9.79

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−23.73

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−142.74

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	1,630	135.00	2,201	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,442	127.24	1,834	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,054	105.13	1,109	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	880	90.00	792	2thin

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,330	$1,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	745	$835	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	510	$550	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	605	$450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,625	1thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	268.53/cwt	258.00–278.00	1,136	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	296.88/cwt	292.50–301.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	346.26/cwt	345.00–347.50	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	647	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	280.67/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,058	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	270.81/cwt	258.00–277.00	1,525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	280.85/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	308.76/cwt	297.50–323.00	1,411	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	273.49/cwt	273.00–274.00	1,668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	239.40/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,384	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	510	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	745	835.00/head	835.00–835.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	301.97/cwt	298.00–307.50	1,238	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	251.12/cwt	239.00–259.00	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	230.50/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,424	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	605	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Bulls	—	—	1,665	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,165	1
Bulls	—	—	1,595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,233	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	129.47/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,793	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,873	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,031	83.40/cwt	60.00–100.00	860	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	126.58/cwt	125.00–128.00	1,278	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	354.92/cwt	345.00–357.00	1,182	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	478	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,243	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	116.14/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,278	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	935	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,160	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,097	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	280	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,039	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	245.59/cwt	243.00–248.00	1,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	265.65/cwt	255.00–277.50	996	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	918	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	198.98/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,423	2

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 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 92Last week 59Year ago 91

Slaughter CattleReceipts 19Last week 24Year ago 14

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 7Year ago 15

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,115	125.00	125.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,330	1,700.00	1,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,290	134.00	134.00
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	510	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	745	835.00	835.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	605	450.00	450.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	130.00	130.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	340.00	340.00
8	300–350	333	345.00–357.00	354.92
2	350–400	358	345.00–347.50	346.26
3	400–450	410	298.00–307.50	301.97
3	450–500	457	297.50–323.00	308.76
2	600–650	610	273.00–274.00	273.49
1	650–700	665	241.00	241.00
1	700–750	705	221.00	221.00
1	750–800	765	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	289.00	289.00
1	700–750	720	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	371.00	371.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	292.50–301.00	296.88
3	350–400	377	280.00–281.00	280.67
2	400–450	423	258.00–278.00	268.53
1	450–500	490	247.00	247.00
3	500–550	512	239.00–259.00	251.12
2	550–600	578	235.00–244.00	239.40
2	600–650	618	230.00–231.00	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	252.00	252.00
2	350–400	375	255.00–277.50	265.65
2	450–500	478	243.00–248.00	245.59
1	600–650	645	213.00	213.00
1	650–700	660	210.00	210.00
2	700–750	715	198.00–200.00	198.98
1	750–800	760	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	269.00	269.00
3	600–650	647	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	685	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	230.00	230.00
1	350–400	370	225.00	225.00
1	550–600	580	200.00	200.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	272.00–285.00	280.85
6	550–600	563	258.00–277.00	270.81
1	650–700	650	232.00	232.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,595	140.00	140.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,385	129.00–130.00	129.47
2	—	1,498	125.00	125.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,031	60.00–100.00	83.40
2	—	1,010	125.00–128.00	126.58
4	—	1,100	114.00–120.00	116.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	100.00	100.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	80.00	80.00

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

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