Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 3.00-6.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 4.00 higher, over 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs sold 6.00 lower, 400-500 lbs sold steady, 500-600 lbs sold 12.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 3.00 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 $282.98/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −106.02 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$282.98

26 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$49.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.60

vs AR average

−46.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	302.76	1,667	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	550	260.00	1,430	4thin
Medium and Large 2	561	253.74	1,423	7thin

One grade step is worth $49.01/cwt here — about $244 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale26 hd

282.98

—

AR average9 barns · 332 hd

295.58

−12.60

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−46.97

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−106.02

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,355	144.98	1,964	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,033	114.00	1,177	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	865	104.50	904	2thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,430	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	222.50/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,317	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	396.51/cwt	376.00–415.00	1,697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	249.57/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,434	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	283.18/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	330	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	409.35/cwt	392.50–422.50	1,527	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	230.64/cwt	218.00–255.00	1,299	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,641	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	703	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	354.63/cwt	349.00–358.00	1,986	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	463	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	338.01/cwt	336.00–340.00	1,818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	340.06/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	366.55/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,686	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,992	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,386	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,893	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	920	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	773	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,506	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,736	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	905	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,355	144.98/cwt	144.00–146.00	1,964	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	899	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	790	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	814	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	306.62/cwt	297.00–316.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,030	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	352.33/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,811	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	350.53/cwt	343.00–358.00	1,973	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,848	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	575	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,060	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	710	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	333.33/cwt	316.00–350.00	1,540	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	272.60/cwt	201.00–310.00	1,303	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	359.24/cwt	332.50–375.00	1,354	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	312.98/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,627	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	264.52/cwt	251.00–275.00	1,756	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	334.66/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,406	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,851	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	805	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	323.44/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	302.32/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,717	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,853	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 Apr 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 123Year ago 78

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 22Year ago 24

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 18Year ago 9

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	550	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
3	350–400	383	315.00–329.00	323.44
3	450–500	478	201.00–310.00	272.60
1	500–550	535	333.00	333.00
5	550–600	563	218.00–255.00	230.64
2	600–650	620	215.00–230.00	222.50
1	800–850	830	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	290	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	300	357.50	357.50
9	350–400	377	332.50–375.00	359.24
8	400–450	420	322.00–340.00	334.66
11	450–500	462	316.00–350.00	333.33
6	500–550	520	305.00–321.00	312.98
3	550–600	577	276.00–290.00	283.18
1	600–650	645	270.00	270.00
13	650–700	664	251.00–275.00	264.52
1	800–850	820	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	568	295.00–310.00	302.32
3	600–650	603	307.00	307.00
1	700–750	710	250.00	250.00
2	800–850	805	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	643	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	452.50	452.50
8	350–400	373	392.50–422.50	409.35
4	400–450	428	376.00–415.00	396.51
4	450–500	460	360.00–370.00	366.55
2	500–550	538	336.00–340.00	338.01
5	550–600	560	349.00–358.00	354.63
1	600–650	630	323.00	323.00
2	700–750	723	268.00	268.00
1	750–800	750	267.00	267.00
1	800–850	800	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	390.00	390.00
2	400–450	430	335.00–345.00	340.06
2	750–800	785	244.00–255.00	249.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	343.00	343.00
5	500–550	505	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	463	392.00	392.00
2	500–550	533	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	715	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	703	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	320.00	320.00
13	500–550	514	330.00–370.00	352.33
4	550–600	563	343.00–358.00	350.53
2	600–650	613	297.00–316.00	306.62
1	650–700	650	309.00	309.00
2	700–750	705	288.00	288.00
2	750–800	775	257.00	257.00
4	800–850	841	245.00	245.00
1	850–900	880	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	465	298.00	298.00
1	550–600	555	311.00	311.00
1	650–700	660	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	509	372.00	372.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	328.00	328.00
1	650–700	680	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	—	920	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,255	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,165	149.00	149.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	100.00	100.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,355	144.00–146.00	144.98
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	109.00	109.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	103.00	103.00

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
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	930	189.00	189.00

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

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

County Line Sale - Ratcliff, AR

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle