Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable receipts in any Feeder or Slaughter class to establish a trend; steady undertones denoted in classes represented.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.01/cwt on 15 head, down $31.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 19 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$389.01

▼ 31.28 vs prior sale

15 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

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

$66.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.96

vs AR average

−40.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	413.78	2,138	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	385.00	2,152	6thin
Medium and Large 2	542	347.48	1,883	3thin

One grade step is worth $66.30/cwt here — about $254 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 sale15 hd

389.01

—

AR average9 barns · 235 hd

399.97

−10.96

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−40.16

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

+0.00

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	—	Low	1,690	176.00	2,974	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	166.00	2,432	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	942	133.02	1,253	5thin

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)	1,410	$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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	440.31/cwt	421.00–445.00	2,523	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	432.18/cwt	419.00–467.00	2,260	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	520.82/cwt	510.00–537.00	2,490	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	546.25/cwt	520.00–557.00	2,316	9
Steers	Small and Medium 3	350–400	378	1,268.70/head	1,235.00–1,285.00	1,269	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,200	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	491.15/cwt	487.00–495.00	2,323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,152	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	1,794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	420.73/cwt	407.00–435.00	2,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	353.22/cwt	300.00–408.00	1,847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	571.84/cwt	552.00–590.00	2,064	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,212	3
Bulls	—	—	1,300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,210	1
Bulls	—	—	2,080	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,786	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	153.54/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,701	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,432	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	945	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,115	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	243.22/cwt	222.00–257.50	1,951	3
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	570	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	3,306	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,758	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,643	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,164	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	420.09/cwt	402.00–432.00	2,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	415.08/cwt	385.00–470.00	1,349	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	458.88/cwt	437.00–485.00	1,712	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	505.39/cwt	487.00–525.00	1,567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	419.93/cwt	409.00–424.00	2,129	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	459.23/cwt	440.00–472.00	1,874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,161	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 Feb 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 115Last week 405Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 25Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 12Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable receipts in any Feeder or Slaughter class to establish a trend; steady undertones denoted in classes represented.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	402.00	402.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	523	419.00–467.00	432.18
6	550–600	573	421.00–445.00	440.31
1	600–650	630	422.00	422.00
1	650–700	665	385.00	385.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	361	552.00–590.00	571.84
9	400–450	424	520.00–557.00	546.25
6	450–500	478	510.00–537.00	520.82
1	600–650	610	411.00	411.00
1	700–750	705	368.00	368.00
Steers — Small and Medium 3$ per head · actual wt
3	350–400	378	1,235.00–1,285.00	1,268.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	505.00	505.00
6	450–500	467	471.00	471.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	443.00	443.00
2	450–500	473	487.00–495.00	491.15
2	500–550	520	407.00–435.00	420.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	559	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	375.00	375.00
1	350–400	375	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	385.00–470.00	415.08
4	350–400	373	437.00–485.00	458.88
1	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	523	300.00–408.00	353.22
1	550–600	580	336.00	336.00
1	600–650	645	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	700	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	487.00–525.00	505.39
5	400–450	408	440.00–472.00	459.23
5	450–500	477	402.00–432.00	420.09
5	500–550	507	409.00–424.00	419.93
1	550–600	565	383.00	383.00
1	700–750	740	302.00	302.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	676	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,300	170.00	170.00
1	—	2,080	182.00	182.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	150.00–157.00	153.54
1	—	945	118.00	118.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	166.00	166.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	775	120.00	120.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	802	222.00–257.50	243.22
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	570	580.00	580.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	157.00	157.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,095	150.00	150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,410	2,850.00	2,850.00

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