Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts in any Feeder class to establish a Trend; however higher undertones were denoted in classes offered. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 higher. Good soaking rain is finally falling in area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −104.01 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$285.00

1 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.53

vs AR average

−36.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	285.00	1,553	1thin

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

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 sale1 hd

285.00

—

AR average9 barns · 254 hd

304.53

−19.53

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−36.38

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−104.01

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	1,590	159.38	2,534	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,460	136.39	1,991	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,162	129.85	1,508	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,198	$2,787	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	998	$2,334	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,088	$2,312	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,283	$2,277	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,109	$2,268	10
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	905	$2,550	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	665	$1,400	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,775	$4,025	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	950	$2,300	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	850	$2,775	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
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	134.09/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	434.53/cwt	412.50–470.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	345	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,138	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	300–350	345	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	355.12/cwt	348.00–358.00	1,360	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	411.64/cwt	405.00–417.50	1,527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,539	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,701	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	522	333.45/cwt	327.00–347.00	1,741	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,738	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,775	4,025.00/head	4,025.00–4,025.00	4,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	2,276.95/head	2,075.00–2,475.00	2,277	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	2,333.96/head	2,050.00–2,600.00	2,334	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,109	2,267.92/head	1,525.00–2,775.00	2,268	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	2,311.98/head	1,600.00–2,700.00	2,312	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	136.48/cwt	120.00–147.00	1,328	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	2,787.32/head	2,775.00–2,800.00	2,787	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,473	138.41/cwt	136.00–141.00	2,039	2
Bulls	—	—	1,583	161.03/cwt	160.00–163.00	2,549	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	122.92/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,387	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	135.02/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,946	4
Bulls	—	—	1,730	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,941	1
Bulls	—	—	1,557	152.55/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,375	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	825	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,048	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	139.13/cwt	137.00–141.00	2,084	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,100	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,676	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,317	140.98/cwt	140.00–142.00	1,857	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 Apr 2, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 59Last week 154Year ago 131

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 23Year ago 12

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 8Year ago 7

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	2,775.00	2,775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,380	133.00–135.00	134.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,283	2,075.00–2,475.00	2,276.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	998	2,050.00–2,600.00	2,333.96
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,109	1,525.00–2,775.00	2,267.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,088	1,600.00–2,700.00	2,311.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,198	2,775.00–2,800.00	2,787.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,473	136.00–141.00	138.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,775	4,025.00	4,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	905	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	665	1,400.00	1,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	2,300.00	2,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	680	230.00	230.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	973	120.00–147.00	136.48

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	412.50–470.00	434.53
4	350–400	371	405.00–417.50	411.64
1	400–450	400	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	520	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	277.50	277.50
1	450–500	485	328.00	328.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
1	300–350	345	875.00	875.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	410	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
1	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	610	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	370.00	370.00
10	350–400	383	348.00–358.00	355.12
1	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
4	450–500	481	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	630	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	565	301.00	301.00
1	600–650	635	288.00	288.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	424.00	424.00
3	500–550	522	327.00–347.00	333.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	307.00	307.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,583	160.00–163.00	161.03
1	—	1,730	170.00	170.00
3	—	1,557	150.00–155.00	152.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,128	120.00–125.00	122.92
1	—	1,000	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,260	133.00	133.00
3	—	1,317	140.00–142.00	140.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	134.00–136.00	135.02
2	—	1,498	137.00–141.00	139.13
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	127.00	127.00

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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