Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No Trend on either Feeder or Slaughter classes; not enough comparable receipts today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.24/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −159.41 against this barn's trailing median of $431.65.

Average price

$272.24

4 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−22.19

vs AR average

−15.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	587	272.24	1,598	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale4 hd

272.24

—

AR average7 barns · 174 hd

294.43

−22.19

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

−15.55

This barn, trailing median19 sales

431.65

−159.41

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	1,540	140.59	2,165	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,220	130.00	1,586	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,050	122.38	1,285	2thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	122.38/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,285	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,220	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,586	1
Bulls	—	—	1,540	140.59/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	273.84/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	272.24/cwt	272.00–273.00	1,598	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	266.03/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,163	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	301.81/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,283	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	297.20/cwt	293.00–309.00	1,397	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	309.37/cwt	302.00–316.00	1,138	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,231	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,260	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,053	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,586	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,297	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	261.98/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,483	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	264.13/cwt	254.00–273.00	1,373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	632	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 Jul 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 66Last week 178Year ago 48

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 13Year ago 6

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 4

Compared to last week: No Trend on either Feeder or Slaughter classes; not enough comparable receipts today.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	120.00–125.00	122.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	130.00	130.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	140.00–141.00	140.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	320.00	320.00
4	350–400	368	302.00–316.00	309.37
4	400–450	425	299.00–310.00	301.81
10	450–500	470	293.00–309.00	297.20
4	550–600	587	272.00–273.00	272.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	350	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	268.00–280.00	273.84
5	500–550	520	254.00–273.00	264.13
4	550–600	566	255.00–269.00	261.98
4	600–650	641	243.00	243.00
1	650–700	665	237.00	237.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	500	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	735	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	285.00	285.00
3	400–450	437	262.00–268.00	266.03
1	450–500	470	262.00	262.00
2	500–550	533	259.00	259.00
1	550–600	570	240.00	240.00
1	600–650	625	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	250.00	250.00
1	350–400	380	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	480	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	525	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	98.00	98.00

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	—	900	140.00	140.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	119.00	119.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,210	140.00	140.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	130.00	130.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle