Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks very light offering: Feeder steers sold 12.00-25.00 higher, Feeder heifers sold 1.00-6.00 higher, except 500-600 lb weights sold 20.00 higher. Feeder supply mostly above average in quality; fleshy & calves with too much hair are heavily discounted in this Summer heat. Slaughter cows and bulls not tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.62/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −148.02 against this barn's trailing median of $431.65.

Average price

$283.62

21 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,562

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$64.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.73

vs AR average

−15.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	290.76	1,593	16thin
Medium and Large 2	553	269.50	1,489	4thin
Medium and Large 3	585	226.00	1,322	1thin

One grade step is worth $64.76/cwt here — about $271 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $395.04, median $431.65 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 sale21 hd

283.62

—

AR average10 barns · 228 hd

277.89

+5.73

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

−15.64

This barn, trailing median19 sales

431.65

−148.02

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,665	150.00	2,498	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,435	137.00	1,966	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,224	115.83	1,417	6thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	302.52/cwt	292.00–317.00	1,434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	258.40/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	232.07/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	235.66/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,182	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,437	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,273	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	268.93/cwt	248.00–276.00	1,506	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	294.05/cwt	286.00–298.00	1,494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,844	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	313.58/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	593	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,531	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,412	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,966	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,729	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,100	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,155	1
Bulls	—	—	1,665	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	321.99/cwt	308.00–350.00	1,375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	271.31/cwt	254.00–280.00	1,408	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,649	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,704	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	137.31/cwt	125.00–146.00	1,593	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	239.67/cwt	230.00–249.00	990	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	253.14/cwt	250.00–256.00	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	288.78/cwt	281.00–295.00	1,652	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	285.34/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,367	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	253.02/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,222	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,602	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,264	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	270.33/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	279.19/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,482	5

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 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 128Last week 65Year ago 185

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 3Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 7Year ago 29

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	316.00	316.00
2	350–400	370	307.50–320.00	313.58
5	400–450	427	308.00–350.00	321.99
10	450–500	474	292.00–317.00	302.52
6	500–550	508	286.00–298.00	294.05
10	550–600	572	281.00–295.00	288.78
3	600–650	610	285.00–286.00	285.34
5	650–700	673	274.00	274.00
2	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
2	750–800	753	242.00	242.00
1	850–900	880	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	275.00	275.00
1	500–550	530	267.00	267.00
3	550–600	560	255.00–278.00	270.33
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	220.00	220.00
1	550–600	585	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
2	350–400	378	250.00–256.00	253.14
2	400–450	413	230.00–249.00	239.67
5	450–500	461	240.00–275.00	258.40
1	500–550	530	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	560	228.00	228.00
1	650–700	680	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	375	281.00	281.00
1	400–450	410	273.00	273.00
2	450–500	483	250.00–256.00	253.02
3	500–550	519	254.00–280.00	271.31
3	600–650	609	235.00–236.00	235.66
1	850–900	890	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	268.00	268.00
2	550–600	593	235.00	235.00
1	700–750	715	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	610	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	279.00–280.00	279.19
4	550–600	560	248.00–276.00	268.93
3	600–650	613	269.00	269.00
3	650–700	670	230.00–236.00	232.07
2	700–750	710	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	508	251.00	251.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	975	161.00	161.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,228	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,330	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,100	105.00	105.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	137.00	137.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	150.00	150.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,160	125.00–146.00	137.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	120.00	120.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	121.00	121.00

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

Steers · 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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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