Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 400-500 lbs sold 4.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 300-400 lbs sold 10.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 2.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 6.00 higher. Feeder supply was mostly unweaned calves with many being Fleshy bulls .No trend for Slaughter cows or bulls, not enough comparable receipts from last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.81/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −162.19 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$226.81

16 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,238

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$159

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.98

vs AR average

−31.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	235.40	1,298	10thin
Medium and Large 2	536	212.50	1,139	6thin

One grade step is worth $22.90/cwt here — about $159 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale16 hd

226.81

—

AR average8 barns · 564 hd

234.79

−7.98

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−31.00

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−162.19

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	1,713	141.99	2,432	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,405	131.37	1,846	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,134	105.04	1,191	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	970	100.00	970	1thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,421	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	555	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,193	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	820	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	236.80/cwt	236.00–238.00	1,272	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	269.99/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,031	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,098	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	315	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	262.10/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,381	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	260.38/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,469	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	275.12/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,126	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,324	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	415	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	278.90/cwt	263.00–291.00	1,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	194.31/cwt	156.00–230.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	250.27/cwt	238.00–259.00	1,339	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,321	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,249	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	517	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,152	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,497	134.31/cwt	133.00–135.00	2,011	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,268	126.96/cwt	125.00–129.00	1,610	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	118.65/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,350	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	87.56/cwt	85.00–90.00	931	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	970	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	106.15/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,224	7
Bulls	—	—	1,713	141.99/cwt	141.00–143.00	2,432	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,118	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	106.88/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,205	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	208.96/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	229.92/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,536	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	241.01/cwt	233.00–244.00	1,497	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	244.30/cwt	229.00–260.00	1,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,229	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,353	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	246.94/cwt	246.00–248.00	921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	264.64/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	214.03/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,081	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	700	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,356	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 Oct 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 93Last week 170Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 12Year ago 15

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 13Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	256.00	256.00
3	500–550	535	238.00–259.00	250.27
2	550–600	583	229.00–260.00	244.30
4	600–650	621	233.00–244.00	241.01
5	650–700	668	220.00–239.00	229.92
1	700–750	740	189.00	189.00
1	750–800	760	187.00	187.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	220.00	220.00
2	550–600	565	221.00	221.00
2	600–650	635	208.00	208.00
1	650–700	680	183.00	183.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	268.00	268.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	250.00	250.00
2	350–400	373	246.00–248.00	246.94
1	450–500	480	223.00	223.00
3	500–550	505	210.00–218.00	214.03
2	550–600	573	200.00–218.00	208.96
1	650–700	655	207.00	207.00
1	750–800	765	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	820	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	302.50	302.50
3	350–400	382	268.00–272.00	269.99
5	400–450	412	257.00–269.00	264.64
1	450–500	450	244.00	244.00
5	500–550	537	236.00–238.00	236.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	566	234.00	234.00
2	700–750	700	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	213.00	213.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	263.00–291.00	278.90
5	450–500	479	262.00–280.00	275.12
4	500–550	527	252.00–270.00	262.10
7	550–600	564	255.00–263.00	260.38
4	600–650	621	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	156.00–230.00	194.31
1	550–600	565	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	298.00	298.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,497	133.00–135.00	134.31
2	—	1,268	125.00–129.00	126.96
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,138	117.00–120.00	118.65
2	—	1,063	85.00–90.00	87.56
7	—	1,153	101.00–114.00	106.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	100.00	100.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,713	141.00–143.00	141.99

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	880	127.00	127.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,127	104.00–112.00	106.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	144.00	144.00

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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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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle