Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mixed with 300-400 lbs 35.00 with instances of 50.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 9.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 20.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mixed, 300-400 lbs sold 15.00 higher, 400-500 lbs sold 4.00 lower, 500-600 lbs sold 20.00 higher, over 600 lbs sold 2.00 lower. Feeder supply included several groups of reputation weaned and unweaned cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.87/cwt on 14 head, up $0.86 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 19 comparable sales and sits +0.86 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$389.87

▲ 0.86 vs prior sale

14 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$905

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

$154.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.43

vs AR average

−35.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	427.01	2,329	10thin
Medium and Large 2	585	370.00	2,165	1thin
Medium and Large 3	522	272.70	1,423	3thin

One grade step is worth $154.31/cwt here — about $905 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 sale14 hd

389.87

—

AR average7 barns · 248 hd

421.30

−31.43

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

−35.32

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

+0.86

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	1,662	193.47	3,216	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	167.61	2,486	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,058	153.66	1,626	13

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)	1,100	$2,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 3	450–500	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,620	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,261	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,430	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	298	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	415.00/cwt	406.00–424.00	2,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	453.13/cwt	417.00–492.00	2,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	2,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	482.06/cwt	478.00–486.00	2,521	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	1,961	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	2,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	1,637	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	515.21/cwt	513.00–522.00	2,468	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	530.83/cwt	515.00–552.00	2,261	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	428.52/cwt	426.00–431.00	2,657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,954	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	557.00/cwt	557.00–557.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,178	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	370.49/cwt	369.00–372.00	2,567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	439.67/cwt	410.00–457.00	1,851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,533	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	625.33/cwt	600.00–632.00	2,251	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	456.85/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,389	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	450.86/cwt	445.00–457.00	1,894	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	491.71/cwt	451.00–515.00	2,326	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	740	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,701	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,033	128.45/cwt	123.00–143.00	1,327	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,643	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,048	167.18/cwt	162.50–170.00	1,752	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	177.19/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,972	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	164.69/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,564	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,362	2
Bulls	—	—	1,488	171.29/cwt	155.00–185.00	2,549	2
Bulls	—	—	1,810	213.10/cwt	211.00–215.00	3,857	2
Bulls	—	—	1,688	196.03/cwt	195.00–197.00	3,309	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	210.09/cwt	158.00–250.00	2,448	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	760	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,216	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,737	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	185.55/cwt	180.00–190.00	2,149	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	625	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,156	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	220.68/cwt	187.50–252.50	2,107	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	183.77/cwt	163.00–207.50	2,009	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	468.64/cwt	448.00–483.00	2,198	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	422.40/cwt	401.00–439.00	2,243	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	424.49/cwt	424.00–425.00	1,995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,578	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	388.20/cwt	351.00–411.00	2,430	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	485	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	433.92/cwt	421.00–447.00	2,460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	429.01/cwt	427.00–431.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	272.70/cwt	245.00–330.00	1,423	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	540.46/cwt	531.00–562.00	2,059	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,790	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	452.34/cwt	451.00–455.00	1,886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	627.43/cwt	625.00–632.00	1,719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	362.47/cwt	359.00–366.00	2,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,845	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 Mar 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 209Last week 138Year ago 154

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 12Year ago 23

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 9Year ago 8

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	496.00	496.00
1	350–400	380	507.00	507.00
1	400–450	445	423.00	423.00
1	450–500	475	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	555	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	605	433.00	433.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	476.00	476.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	405	600.00	600.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	570.00	570.00
1	350–400	395	557.00	557.00
4	400–450	421	410.00–457.00	439.67
2	450–500	478	417.00–492.00	453.13
1	500–550	510	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	550	406.00–424.00	415.00
1	750–800	770	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	640.00	640.00
3	300–350	348	660.00	660.00
11	350–400	360	600.00–632.00	625.33
12	400–450	426	515.00–552.00	530.83
4	450–500	479	513.00–522.00	515.21
2	500–550	523	478.00–486.00	482.06
2	550–600	575	453.00	453.00
2	600–650	620	426.00–431.00	428.52
2	650–700	693	369.00–372.00	370.49
1	750–800	780	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	602.00	602.00
7	400–450	401	489.00	489.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	423.00	423.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	527.00	527.00
2	400–450	423	427.00–431.00	429.01
1	450–500	470	416.00	416.00
1	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	522.00	522.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	274	625.00–632.00	627.43
2	300–350	343	522.00	522.00
12	350–400	381	531.00–562.00	540.46
3	400–450	417	451.00–455.00	452.34
9	450–500	469	448.00–483.00	468.64
6	500–550	531	401.00–439.00	422.40
4	550–600	567	421.00–447.00	433.92
5	600–650	626	351.00–411.00	388.20
2	650–700	660	359.00–366.00	362.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	375.00	375.00
1	450–500	455	402.00	402.00
3	500–550	522	245.00–330.00	272.70
1	650–700	670	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	650–700	693	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	439.00	439.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	445.00–457.00	450.86
3	450–500	473	451.00–515.00	491.71
6	500–550	523	435.00–465.00	456.85
1	650–700	665	359.00	359.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	450.00	450.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	740	365.00	365.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	424.00–425.00	424.49
1	800–850	820	290.00	290.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,033	123.00–143.00	128.45
1	—	1,060	155.00	155.00
4	—	1,048	162.50–170.00	167.18
3	—	1,113	175.00–180.00	177.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,557	161.00–169.00	164.69
2	—	1,373	172.00	172.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,488	155.00–185.00	171.29
2	—	1,810	211.00–215.00	213.10
2	—	1,688	195.00–197.00	196.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,165	158.00–250.00	210.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	955	187.50–252.50	220.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,093	163.00–207.50	183.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	760	160.00	160.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,190	230.00	230.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,158	180.00–190.00	185.55
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	625	185.00	185.00

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

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