Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts in any Feeder or Slaughter cattle class to establish a Trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.19/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −82.82 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$306.19

5 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$38.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.65

vs AR average

−33.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	313.99	1,754	4thin
Medium and Large 2	585	275.00	1,609	1thin

One grade step is worth $38.99/cwt here — about $146 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 sale5 hd

306.19

—

AR average6 barns · 159 hd

325.84

−19.65

National average146 barns · 6,788 hd

340.18

−33.99

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−82.82

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%	Average	1,305	158.00	2,062	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,118	144.00	1,610	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	980	140.00	1,372	1thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,265	$3,350	1thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,367	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,548	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,305	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,062	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,372	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	380.51/cwt	380.00–381.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	341.68/cwt	333.00–346.00	1,582	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,513	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	343.59/cwt	329.00–360.00	1,838	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,717	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	331.07/cwt	316.00–339.00	2,059	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	309.65/cwt	308.00–313.00	1,765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	320.62/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,356	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	393.57/cwt	381.00–400.00	1,724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	291.63/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	352.81/cwt	340.00–369.00	1,828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	313.27/cwt	300.00–329.00	2,105	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	323.69/cwt	321.00–328.00	1,528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,776	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,004	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,509	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,169	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	317.51/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,486	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	850	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	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 Jul 23, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 81Last week 199Year ago 178

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 18Year ago 13

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 7Year ago 3

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts in any Feeder or Slaughter cattle class to establish a Trend.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	121.00	121.00
1	—	1,025	151.00	151.00
1	—	1,200	160.00	160.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	158.00	158.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	140.00	140.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	260.00	260.00
1	850–900	850	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	305	416.00	416.00
2	350–400	355	380.00–381.00	380.51
1	400–450	445	340.00	340.00
6	450–500	463	333.00–346.00	341.68
1	500–550	525	327.00	327.00
3	550–600	570	308.00–313.00	309.65
3	600–650	618	290.00–295.00	291.63
1	650–700	670	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	305.00–335.00	320.62
3	450–500	472	321.00–328.00	323.69
1	550–600	585	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	329.00	329.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	421.00	421.00
3	400–450	438	381.00–400.00	393.57
3	450–500	478	382.00	382.00
3	500–550	518	340.00–369.00	352.81
1	550–600	585	339.00	339.00
7	600–650	622	316.00–339.00	331.07
3	650–700	672	300.00–329.00	313.27
1	700–750	730	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	377.00	377.00
1	400–450	445	347.00	347.00
1	500–550	515	338.00	338.00
1	550–600	555	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	460	328.00	328.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	360.00	360.00
10	500–550	535	329.00–360.00	343.59
1	550–600	550	319.00	319.00
1	700–750	715	272.00	272.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	346.00	346.00
2	450–500	468	315.00–320.00	317.51
1	500–550	500	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	550	306.00	306.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	3,350.00	3,350.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	151.00	151.00

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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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

Slaughter Cattle

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