Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test, Feeder steers and heifers sold 9.00-30.00 , mostly 20.00 higher. Not enough receipts to establish a trend for Slaughter cows or bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $353.41/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 3 of 19 comparable sales and sits −35.60 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$353.41

19 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.73

vs AR average

+5.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	353.41	1,915	19thin

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 sale19 hd

353.41

—

AR average7 barns · 216 hd

340.67

+12.73

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

+5.91

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−35.60

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	1,332	159.03	2,119	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,090	150.02	1,636	4thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$2,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$2,175	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,145	$2,290	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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,333	158.37/cwt	158.00–159.00	2,111	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,330	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,141	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,083	157.03/cwt	156.00–158.00	1,701	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,989	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	975	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	365.61/cwt	354.00–374.00	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	420.05/cwt	413.00–424.00	1,323	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	602	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,053	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	2,290.00/head	2,290.00–2,290.00	2,290	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	339.28/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	394.54/cwt	391.00–398.00	1,795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	331.24/cwt	329.00–332.00	2,054	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	367.29/cwt	355.00–383.00	1,958	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	364.42/cwt	359.00–367.00	1,527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	385.00/cwt	384.00–387.00	2,164	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	382.90/cwt	375.00–388.00	1,654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	351.76/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,667	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,298	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,094	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,758	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	454.45/cwt	447.00–462.50	1,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,938	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	435	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,816	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,664	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,817	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,960	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	348.23/cwt	331.00–356.00	1,971	7

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 30, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 81Year ago 66

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 5Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 2Year ago 4

Compared to last week: On a light test, Feeder steers and heifers sold 9.00-30.00 , mostly 20.00 higher. Not enough receipts to establish a trend for Slaughter cows or bulls.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,333	158.00–159.00	158.37
1	—	1,330	161.00	161.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	156.00–158.00	157.03
1	—	1,220	163.00	163.00
1	—	975	123.00	123.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	354.00–374.00	365.61
5	500–550	533	355.00–383.00	367.29
4	600–650	620	329.00–332.00	331.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	413.00–424.00	420.05
1	350–400	380	396.00	396.00
4	400–450	419	359.00–367.00	364.42
9	450–500	474	347.00–357.00	351.76
4	500–550	521	325.00–349.00	339.28
7	550–600	566	331.00–356.00	348.23
1	650–700	650	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	531	365.00	365.00
6	600–650	602	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	447.00–462.50	454.45
3	400–450	432	375.00–388.00	382.90
2	450–500	455	391.00–398.00	394.54
2	500–550	513	393.00	393.00
3	550–600	562	384.00–387.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	417.50	417.50
1	450–500	475	405.00	405.00
6	600–650	640	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	409.00	409.00
2	550–600	585	358.00	358.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	370.00	370.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	2,290.00	2,290.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	630	264.00	264.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	890	2,175.00	2,175.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	256.00	256.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	158.00	158.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,225	160.00	160.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,225	2,900.00	2,900.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

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