Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 300-400 lbs sold 25.00 with instances of up to 40.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold steady, over 500 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers sold 8.00-21.00, mostly 16.00 higher. Not enough Slaughter cows or Bulls to establish a Trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $289.09/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −99.92 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$289.09

23 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,550

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$39.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.19

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	530	296.68	1,572	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	575	268.00	1,541	2thin
Medium and Large 2	547	257.59	1,408	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.10/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale23 hd

289.09

—

AR average10 barns · 489 hd

285.90

+3.19

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−15.55

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−99.92

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	148.00	2,464	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,243	135.42	1,683	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,023	98.12	1,004	8thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,520	$2,421	2thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	282.88/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,627	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	278.42/cwt	264.00–290.00	1,606	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	332.90/cwt	329.00–336.00	1,581	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	400.61/cwt	372.50–430.00	1,498	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	383	338.58/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,921	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	279.54/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	362.69/cwt	356.00–392.50	1,581	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,655	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	711	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,792	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	305.45/cwt	291.00–319.00	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	747	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,002	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	273.13/cwt	266.00–289.00	1,273	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	231.48/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,454	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	346.32/cwt	339.00–352.50	1,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	334.32/cwt	324.00–350.00	1,595	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	300	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	949	80.79/cwt	60.00–91.00	767	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,218	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,005	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,467	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,658	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,243	135.42/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,683	3
Bulls	—	—	1,665	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,464	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	85.51/cwt	77.00–91.00	1,020	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	2,421.13/head	2,325.00–2,500.00	2,421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	312.23/cwt	299.00–324.00	1,755	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	280.25/cwt	278.00–285.00	1,757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	331.51/cwt	309.00–338.00	1,717	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	293.19/cwt	286.00–298.00	1,237	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	316.04/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,353	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	315.34/cwt	308.00–324.00	1,485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	337.96/cwt	331.00–342.50	1,257	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	294.41/cwt	281.00–306.00	1,540	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	250.88/cwt	238.00–264.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	529	315.34/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,629	3

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 Jan 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 178Last week 115Year ago 146

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 10Year ago 31

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 3Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	286.00	286.00
1	600–650	640	271.00	271.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	575	280.00–286.00	282.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	264.00–290.00	278.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	377.50	377.50
5	450–500	475	329.00–336.00	332.90
12	500–550	518	309.00–338.00	331.51
3	550–600	562	299.00–324.00	312.23
3	600–650	627	278.00–285.00	280.25
2	650–700	670	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	400.00	400.00
6	350–400	374	372.50–430.00	400.61
10	400–450	436	356.00–392.50	362.69
9	450–500	477	324.00–350.00	334.32
1	550–600	555	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	330.00–347.50	338.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
6	400–450	419	291.00–319.00	305.45
1	450–500	455	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	667	288.00	288.00
11	700–750	747	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	273.00–286.00	279.54
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
1	300–350	300	550.00	550.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	339.00–352.50	346.32
6	350–400	372	331.00–342.50	337.96
13	400–450	428	300.00–331.00	316.04
5	450–500	471	308.00–324.00	315.34
12	500–550	523	281.00–306.00	294.41
2	550–600	573	273.00	273.00
2	600–650	620	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	422	286.00–298.00	293.19
4	450–500	466	266.00–289.00	273.13
1	500–550	520	271.00	271.00
2	550–600	560	238.00–264.00	250.88
2	600–650	628	230.00–233.00	231.48
1	750–800	770	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	529	310.00–317.00	315.34
3	600–650	617	264.00	264.00
12	700–750	711	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	390	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	268.00	268.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	949	60.00–91.00	80.79
1	—	1,160	105.00	105.00
1	—	1,005	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,275	130.00	130.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	132.00–138.00	135.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	148.00	148.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,193	77.00–91.00	85.51
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,520	2,325.00–2,500.00	2,421.13

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle