Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend established for any Feeder or Slaughter classes, not enough comparable receipts available. Feeder supply was not as attractive as last weeks offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $369.87/cwt on 11 head, up $5.67 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 19 comparable sales and sits −19.13 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$369.87

▲ 5.67 vs prior sale

11 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$24.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.44

vs AR average

−41.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	374.29	1,970	9thin
Medium and Large 2	543	350.00	1,901	2thin

One grade step is worth $24.29/cwt here — about $70 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

369.87

—

AR average7 barns · 281 hd

382.31

−12.44

National average175 barns · 20,266 hd

410.87

−41.00

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−19.13

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	—	Low	1,518	145.07	2,202	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,385	157.50	2,181	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,257	141.37	1,777	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,165	121.50	1,415	2thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	855	$1,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	483.68/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	395	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	251.71/cwt	120.00–385.00	1,052	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	769	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,249	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	370.43/cwt	361.00–380.00	2,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	415.44/cwt	405.00–428.00	2,364	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	407.17/cwt	375.00–430.00	1,865	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	1,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	333.33/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,283	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,542	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,467	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,088	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	424.60/cwt	415.00–434.00	2,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,702	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,295	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,852	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,210	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,924	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,434	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	122.71/cwt	110.00–134.00	1,344	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,445	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,110	1
Bulls	—	—	1,518	145.07/cwt	130.00–160.00	2,202	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	152.26/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,982	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,035	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,192	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,560	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	383.19/cwt	335.00–411.00	1,602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	319.82/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,127	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,117	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	357.55/cwt	356.00–359.00	2,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	426.89/cwt	401.00–445.00	1,840	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	379.07/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,948	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,198	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	430.33/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,191	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	440.25/cwt	424.00–475.00	2,082	6

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 Jan 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 103Last week 155Year ago 115

Slaughter CattleReceipts 13Last week 9Year ago 10

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 8Year ago 3

Compared to last week: No trend established for any Feeder or Slaughter classes, not enough comparable receipts available. Feeder supply was not as attractive as last weeks offering.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	465.00–500.00	483.68
6	450–500	473	424.00–475.00	440.25
1	500–550	520	441.00	441.00
6	550–600	569	405.00–428.00	415.44
1	600–650	610	408.00	408.00
1	650–700	665	371.00	371.00
2	700–750	705	361.00–380.00	370.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	450.00	450.00
1	650–700	675	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	407.00	407.00
3	350–400	385	300.00–350.00	333.33
2	400–450	418	120.00–385.00	251.71
1	450–500	455	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	555	225.00	225.00
1	700–750	725	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	482.00	482.00
1	400–450	420	440.00	440.00
3	450–500	458	375.00–430.00	407.17
1	600–650	640	375.00	375.00
1	850–900	880	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	473.00	473.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	392.00	392.00
1	350–400	390	415.00	415.00
6	400–450	418	335.00–411.00	383.19
1	450–500	490	352.00	352.00
2	500–550	543	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	420.00–450.00	430.33
15	400–450	431	401.00–445.00	426.89
1	450–500	465	402.00	402.00
7	500–550	514	370.00–385.00	379.07
2	550–600	570	356.00–359.00	357.55
1	600–650	620	326.00	326.00
4	650–700	665	310.00–335.00	319.82
1	800–850	830	264.00	264.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	628	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	415.00	415.00
2	450–500	480	415.00–434.00	424.60
1	550–600	580	365.00	365.00
1	750–800	775	265.00	265.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	387.00	387.00
1	650–700	680	307.00	307.00
1	800–850	815	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	143.00	143.00
1	—	1,035	100.00	100.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	159.00	159.00
1	—	1,560	156.00	156.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,095	110.00–134.00	122.71
1	—	1,445	146.00	146.00
3	—	1,302	150.00–155.00	152.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	130.00–160.00	145.07

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	1,850.00	1,850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,405	156.00	156.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,560	156.00	156.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle