Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.42/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −81.58 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$307.42

15 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,643

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$847

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$159.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.83

vs AR average

−52.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	335.21	1,804	10thin
Medium and Large 2	515	302.75	1,559	3thin
Medium and Large 3	545	175.50	956	2thin

One grade step is worth $159.71/cwt here — about $847 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale15 hd

307.42

—

AR average7 barns · 258 hd

340.25

−32.83

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−52.24

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−81.58

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	1,535	176.00	2,702	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,365	168.00	2,293	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,106	154.48	1,709	6thin

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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,155	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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%	—	1,073	146.40/cwt	144.00–149.00	1,571	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,293	1
Bulls	—	—	1,535	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,702	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	166.54/cwt	166.00–167.00	1,965	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,726	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,998	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	349.00/cwt	335.00–363.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	322.53/cwt	303.00–341.00	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	720	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	349.91/cwt	333.00–367.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	329.33/cwt	318.00–340.00	1,693	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	349.40/cwt	346.00–353.00	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	815	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	317.03/cwt	310.00–324.00	1,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	404.31/cwt	403.00–405.00	1,342	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,296	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	333.82/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	344.15/cwt	323.00–354.00	1,628	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	175.50/cwt	150.00–201.00	956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	388.95/cwt	380.00–399.00	1,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	326.36/cwt	323.00–330.00	1,397	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	302.75/cwt	297.50–306.00	1,559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,089	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	352.55/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	343.71/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,798	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,706	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	383.29/cwt	373.00–400.00	1,966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	450	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,566	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 Sep 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 185Year ago 105

Slaughter CattleReceipts 8Last week 26Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 4Year ago 9

Compared to last week: Not enough receipts in any Feeder or Slaughter 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
2	—	1,073	144.00–149.00	146.40
2	—	1,180	166.00–167.00	166.54
1	—	1,015	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,115	131.00	131.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,365	168.00	168.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	176.00	176.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	392.50	392.50
1	450–500	465	358.00	358.00
8	500–550	523	335.00–360.00	343.71
2	550–600	550	335.00–363.00	349.00
1	600–650	600	333.00	333.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	310.00–324.00	317.03
1	700–750	705	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	352.00	352.00
1	800–850	815	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	403.00–405.00	404.31
2	400–450	423	346.00–353.00	349.40
8	450–500	473	323.00–354.00	344.15
5	500–550	514	318.00–340.00	329.33
3	550–600	577	327.50–340.00	333.82
2	600–650	628	303.00–341.00	322.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	495	220.00	220.00
2	500–550	545	150.00–201.00	175.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	386.00	386.00
2	400–450	428	323.00–330.00	326.36
1	450–500	495	297.50	297.50
3	500–550	515	297.50–306.00	302.75
1	650–700	660	307.00	307.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	720	342.00	342.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	417.00	417.00
1	400–450	400	386.00	386.00
2	450–500	483	377.00	377.00
3	500–550	513	373.00–400.00	383.29
1	800–850	835	324.00	324.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	380.00–399.00	388.95
1	400–450	425	385.00	385.00
2	450–500	493	333.00–367.00	349.91
2	500–550	530	350.00–355.00	352.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	394.00	394.00
3	350–400	362	358.00	358.00
2	450–500	465	386.00	386.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	348.00	348.00

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	—	1,155	2,850.00	2,850.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	164.00	164.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	920	146.00	146.00

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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