Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts to establish a trend for either Feeder or Slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.08/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −162.93 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$226.08

10 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$530

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

$105.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.96

vs AR average

−41.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	247.10	1,368	8thin
Medium and Large 3	590	142.00	838	2thin

One grade step is worth $105.10/cwt here — about $530 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 sale10 hd

226.08

—

AR average8 barns · 320 hd

257.04

−30.96

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−41.14

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−162.93

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	—	High	1,795	150.00	2,693	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,235	137.00	1,692	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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	935	$1,450	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	983	$1,629	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls	—	—	1,795	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,693	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	137.00/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	240.48/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	318	172.64/cwt	170.00–175.00	549	2
Steers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	340	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	462	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	350–400	390	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	546	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,566	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	229.53/cwt	228.00–231.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	618	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	270.48/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	301.48/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	269.34/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	248.21/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,417	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,697	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,402	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	1,629.45/head	1,575.00–1,675.00	1,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	261.65/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	625	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,417	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	261.81/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,141	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	823	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	244.91/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,298	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	245.99/cwt	241.00–262.00	1,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,622	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 Jun 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 65Last week 354Year ago 745

Slaughter CattleReceipts 3Last week 28Year ago 41

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 10Year ago 12

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts to establish a trend for either Feeder or Slaughter classes.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,795	150.00	150.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	136.00–138.00	137.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	297.00–307.00	301.48
1	500–550	520	291.00	291.00
2	550–600	578	270.00–271.00	270.48
1	600–650	630	245.00	245.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	136.00	136.00
1	350–400	390	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	485	252.00	252.00
1	950–1000	960	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	170.00–175.00	172.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	255.00–266.00	261.81
2	450–500	473	256.00–267.00	261.65
4	500–550	536	241.00–262.00	245.99
4	550–600	571	241.00–260.00	248.21
2	600–650	623	228.00–231.00	229.53
3	700–750	710	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	618	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	248.00	248.00
1	350–400	350	235.00	235.00
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00
1	750–800	795	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	620	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	204.00	204.00
2	550–600	590	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	524	261.00–276.00	269.34
1	550–600	580	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	623	240.00–241.00	240.48
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	240.00–250.00	244.91
1	700–750	705	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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,135	138.00	138.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,230	138.00	138.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,070	131.00	131.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	935	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	983	1,575.00–1,675.00	1,629.45
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	162.00	162.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

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