Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 3.00 lower, 400-500 lbs sold 10.00 higher, no comparable receipts from last week for 500 lb weights, over 600 lb sold 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 10.00 lower, 400-600 lb sold 12.00-15.00 higher, no comparable receipts from last week for 600 lb weights. Feeder supply was mostly above average in quality with several groups of very good, unweaned cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady, Slaughter bulls not tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.98/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −128.02 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$260.98

47 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$277

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

$45.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.53

vs AR average

−15.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	263.55	1,432	42
Medium and Large 1-2	548	246.00	1,348	2thin
Medium and Large 2	535	243.50	1,303	2thin
Medium and Large 3	530	218.00	1,155	1thin

One grade step is worth $45.55/cwt here — about $277 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 sale47 hd

260.98

—

AR average10 barns · 503 hd

257.45

+3.53

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−15.48

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−128.02

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	1,345	140.00	1,883	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,154	127.01	1,466	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,088	124.62	1,356	16

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,060	$1,725	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	499	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,327	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	268.25/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,127	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	309.20/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	279.02/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	257.54/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,715	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	296.85/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,567	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	223.08/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	264.50/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,468	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	283.43/cwt	266.00–287.00	1,712	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	346.38/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,292	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	251.94/cwt	244.00–264.00	1,542	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	276.20/cwt	257.00–302.00	1,431	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	225.50/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	751	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,795	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	348.70/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,144	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	278.04/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	262.29/cwt	251.00–277.00	1,385	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	215.60/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1550–1600	1,590	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	305.50/cwt	295.00–327.50	1,402	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	274.43/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	328.24/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,398	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	548	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,666	6
Steers	Small and Medium 3	500–550	530	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	668	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,021	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	132.09/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,598	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	127.30/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,538	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	117.60/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,344	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,925	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	131.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	437	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,302	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	265.09/cwt	259.00–276.00	1,514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	610	235.93/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,439	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,839	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,004	125.98/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,265	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	960	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,056	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	216.77/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	259.40/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,214	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	251.69/cwt	231.00–259.00	1,560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	604	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,631	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	229.87/cwt	221.00–236.00	1,453	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	289.82/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	222.02/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,093	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	243.50/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,303	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	261.25/cwt	255.00–268.00	974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	286.81/cwt	264.00–290.00	1,405	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,593	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,605	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	231.63/cwt	221.00–239.00	1,323	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	129.46/cwt	109.00–149.00	1,081	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,314	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	127.58/cwt	116.00–141.00	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	242.81/cwt	237.00–256.00	1,059	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,348	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 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 287Last week 92Year ago 76

Slaughter CattleReceipts 31Last week 19Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 9Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	499	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	289.00	289.00
2	400–450	420	261.00–275.00	268.25
4	450–500	464	276.00–284.00	279.02
18	500–550	528	251.00–277.00	262.29
24	550–600	555	250.00–272.00	264.50
12	600–650	612	244.00–264.00	251.94
1	650–700	665	230.00	230.00
4	700–750	717	219.00–227.00	223.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	230.00–239.00	235.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	255.00–268.00	261.25
5	400–450	436	237.00–256.00	242.81
3	450–500	468	247.00–267.00	259.40
2	500–550	535	240.00–247.00	243.50
9	600–650	632	221.00–236.00	229.87
4	650–700	670	210.00–221.00	216.77
1	700–750	730	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	223.00	223.00
1	500–550	530	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	280.00	280.00
3	350–400	383	297.50–317.50	309.20
4	400–450	435	280.00–301.00	289.82
9	450–500	490	264.00–290.00	286.81
1	550–600	590	272.00	272.00
1	850–900	885	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	342.50–355.00	348.70
2	350–400	373	342.50–350.00	346.38
6	400–450	426	310.00–350.00	328.24
5	450–500	459	295.00–327.50	305.50
8	500–550	528	290.00–300.00	296.85
5	550–600	577	274.00–284.00	278.04
26	600–650	604	266.00–287.00	283.43
14	650–700	666	255.00–260.00	257.54
1	1550–1600	1,590	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	751	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	548	304.00	304.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	270.00–279.00	274.43
17	500–550	518	257.00–302.00	276.20
6	550–600	571	259.00–276.00	265.09
6	600–650	620	231.00–259.00	251.69
2	650–700	670	221.00–230.00	225.50
1	700–750	725	210.00	210.00
5	750–800	758	210.00–217.00	215.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	785	159.00	159.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	604	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	248.00	248.00
4	550–600	571	221.00–239.00	231.63
2	650–700	665	219.00–225.00	222.02
1	700–750	710	201.00	201.00

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	—	1,265	134.00	134.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	127.00	127.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,060	1,725.00	1,725.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	835	109.00–149.00	129.46
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	952	116.00–141.00	127.58
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	2,000.00	2,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	116.00	116.00
2	—	1,210	130.00–134.00	132.09
3	—	1,208	127.00–128.00	127.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,143	115.00–120.00	117.60
5	—	1,170	130.00–135.00	131.52
6	—	1,004	124.00–129.00	125.98
1	—	960	110.00	110.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	138.00	138.00
1	—	1,295	142.00	142.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle