Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend on any Feeder or Slaughter cattle; not enough receipts in any class to establish one.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.01/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −65.00 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$324.01

11 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$189

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

$34.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.00

vs AR average

−11.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	327.11	1,771	10thin
Medium and Large 2	540	293.00	1,582	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.11/cwt here — about $189 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 sale11 hd

324.01

—

AR average5 barns · 172 hd

312.01

+12.00

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−11.90

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−65.00

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	1,600	162.88	2,606	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,080	126.90	1,371	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	765	100.00	765	1thin

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,858	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,799	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,022	130.47/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,333	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	765	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	765	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	162.88/cwt	160.00–165.00	2,606	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,225	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	900	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	365.93/cwt	364.00–370.00	1,782	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,063	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,938	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	370.60/cwt	359.00–378.00	1,797	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	352.72/cwt	343.00–363.00	1,820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	349.70/cwt	341.00–359.00	1,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	386.31/cwt	374.00–400.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	346.64/cwt	336.00–357.00	1,317	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,958	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	324.22/cwt	317.00–326.00	1,799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	371.55/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	664	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,362	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	317.13/cwt	303.00–320.00	1,944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,919	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,742	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,315	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 Jun 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 75Last week 99Year ago 128

Slaughter CattleReceipts 9Last week 11Year ago 8

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 2Year ago 4

Compared to last week: No trend on any Feeder or Slaughter cattle; not enough receipts in any class to establish one.

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	1	—	1,010	184.00	184.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	960	137.00	137.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	140.00	140.00
3	—	1,022	125.00–137.00	130.47
2	—	1,065	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	100.00	100.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,600	160.00–165.00	162.88

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	900	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	265	442.00	442.00
2	400–450	423	374.00–400.00	386.31
3	450–500	487	364.00–370.00	365.93
4	500–550	523	361.00–375.00	371.55
1	600–650	625	321.00	321.00
3	650–700	653	316.00	316.00
1	900–950	935	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	394.00	394.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	393.00	393.00
3	450–500	485	359.00–378.00	370.60
4	500–550	516	343.00–363.00	352.72
1	550–600	565	343.00	343.00
6	600–650	613	303.00–320.00	317.13
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	306.00	306.00
1	600–650	610	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	373.00	373.00
3	400–450	442	341.00–359.00	349.70
5	500–550	528	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	555	317.00–326.00	324.22
3	650–700	665	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	336.00–357.00	346.64
1	500–550	540	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	621	309.00	309.00
3	650–700	680	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	207.50	207.50

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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Feeder Cattle