Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 400 lbs sold 13.00 higher, 400-600 lbs sold 3.00-4.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 1.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 18.00-19.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold steady, Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $291.98/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −97.03 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$291.98

8 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,654

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$456

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

$65.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.43

vs AR average

−22.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	300.12	1,714	7thin
Medium and Large 3	535	235.00	1,257	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.12/cwt here — about $456 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 sale8 hd

291.98

—

AR average11 barns · 424 hd

297.41

−5.43

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−22.98

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−97.03

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	1,585	150.41	2,384	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,326	138.83	1,840	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,193	125.00	1,491	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,093	118.63	1,297	19

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)	935	$1,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$2,300	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$2,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1Fleshy	400–450	400	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	351.83/cwt	325.00–390.00	1,319	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	371.74/cwt	333.00–407.50	1,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	300.12/cwt	286.00–317.00	1,714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	417.03/cwt	415.00–418.00	1,727	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	336.08/cwt	300.00–365.00	1,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	426.17/cwt	417.50–447.50	1,330	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	384.16/cwt	382.50–385.00	1,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	339.50/cwt	335.00–344.00	1,799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	346.89/cwt	333.00–375.00	1,415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	315.10/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	422.39/cwt	410.00–428.00	1,554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	338.24/cwt	320.00–343.00	1,603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,056	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	292.12/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,940	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	295.04/cwt	286.00–304.00	1,823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,982	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,648	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,827	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	104.46/cwt	85.00–115.00	1,090	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	780	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	827	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	123.45/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,438	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	138.48/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,586	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,282	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,715	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	142.27/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,070	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,233	136.38/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,682	7
Bulls	—	—	1,835	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,918	1
Bulls	—	—	1,745	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,722	1
Bulls	—	—	1,380	143.32/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,978	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	135.59/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,491	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,670	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,637	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,764	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	965	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,283	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	395.71/cwt	377.50–407.50	1,108	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	349.40/cwt	343.00–361.00	1,876	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	335.51/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,899	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	346.19/cwt	336.00–350.00	1,610	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	370.35/cwt	331.00–405.00	1,237	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	346.35/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,493	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	303.86/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,307	2

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 Mar 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 170Last week 66Year ago 385

Slaughter CattleReceipts 40Last week 4Year ago 21

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 6Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	400	392.50	392.50
2	450–500	480	305.00–325.00	315.10
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	333.00–407.50	371.74
4	350–400	375	325.00–390.00	351.83
3	400–450	408	333.00–375.00	346.89
5	450–500	474	320.00–343.00	338.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	417.50–447.50	426.17
5	350–400	368	410.00–428.00	422.39
6	400–450	414	415.00–418.00	417.03
1	450–500	475	379.00	379.00
2	500–550	530	335.00–344.00	339.50
1	600–650	610	313.00	313.00
1	650–700	650	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	405.00	405.00
6	400–450	447	382.50–385.00	384.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	280	377.50–407.50	395.71
7	300–350	334	331.00–405.00	370.35
3	350–400	390	380.00	380.00
17	400–450	431	310.00–355.00	346.35
10	450–500	465	336.00–350.00	346.19
7	550–600	571	286.00–317.00	300.12
2	600–650	625	265.00	265.00
1	800–850	805	218.00	218.00
1	1100–1150	1,100	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	535	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
4	350–400	365	300.00–365.00	336.08
2	400–450	430	300.00–308.00	303.86
1	450–500	465	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	705	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	483	348.00	348.00
15	500–550	537	343.00–361.00	349.40
10	550–600	566	315.00–345.00	335.51
2	600–650	618	286.00–304.00	295.04
7	650–700	664	275.00–296.00	292.12
2	750–800	773	266.00	266.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	595	277.00	277.00
2	900–950	905	219.00	219.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	270.00	270.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,405	130.00	130.00
9	—	1,043	85.00–115.00	104.46
2	—	1,165	120.00–127.00	123.45
6	—	1,145	135.00–145.00	138.48
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	106.00	106.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	115.00	115.00
1	—	1,270	135.00	135.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,455	140.00–144.00	142.27
7	—	1,233	135.00–138.00	136.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	159.00	159.00
1	—	1,745	156.00	156.00
2	—	1,380	135.00–149.00	143.32

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	—	1,100	134.00–137.00	135.59
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	835	200.00	200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,195	137.00	137.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	144.00	144.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	935	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	965	133.00	133.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	955	2,150.00	2,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	2,300.00	2,300.00

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

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