Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs sold 45.00-50.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 29.00 higher, 0ver 600 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 25.00-50.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold 19.00 lower, over 600 lbs sold 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher, Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.29/cwt on 13 head, up $55.80 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 17 of 19 comparable sales and sits +42.64 against this barn's trailing median of $431.65.

Average price

$474.29

▲ 55.80 vs prior sale

13 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,466

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$310

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

$41.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs AR average

−14.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	477.48	2,490	12thin
Medium and Large 2	500	436.00	2,180	1thin

One grade step is worth $41.48/cwt here — about $310 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $474.79, low $395.04, median $431.65 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 sale13 hd

474.29

—

AR average10 barns · 340 hd

472.85

+1.44

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−14.06

This barn, trailing median19 sales

431.65

+42.64

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	1,582	198.67	3,142	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,457	176.96	2,579	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,032	156.47	1,614	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	800	124.00	992	1thin

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
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,170	$3,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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	650–700	665	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	542.08/cwt	527.00–561.00	2,499	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,261	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,301	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,841	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	560.53/cwt	548.00–571.00	2,433	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	644.00/cwt	644.00–644.00	1,996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	509.82/cwt	500.00–517.00	2,172	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	525.97/cwt	505.00–552.00	2,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	462.35/cwt	452.00–492.00	2,145	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	488	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,191	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	615	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	376.28/cwt	367.00–384.00	2,213	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	396.07/cwt	377.00–417.00	1,497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	705	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	323	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	501.38/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,041	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	429.25/cwt	424.00–434.00	2,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	557.00/cwt	557.00–557.00	2,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	440.27/cwt	413.00–469.00	2,104	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	950–1000	968	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,768	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	515.67/cwt	492.00–550.00	1,990	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,428	176.33/cwt	170.00–184.00	2,518	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,919	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,727	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	203.82/cwt	172.00–234.00	2,201	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,918	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	232.22/cwt	220.00–242.00	2,248	3
Bulls	—	—	1,550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,100	1
Bulls	—	—	1,695	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	3,695	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,670	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	840	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	966	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	800	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	992	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	174.94/cwt	174.00–176.00	2,572	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	177.97/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,582	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,789	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	950	142.94/cwt	135.00–150.00	1,358	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	169.96/cwt	169.00–172.00	1,813	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,273	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	369.61/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	482.35/cwt	444.00–509.00	2,286	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	682.00/cwt	682.00–682.00	2,114	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	430.57/cwt	430.00–433.00	2,717	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	319	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	479.07/cwt	446.00–488.00	2,486	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	430.60/cwt	407.00–455.00	2,467	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	447.95/cwt	431.00–460.00	2,347	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	513.89/cwt	492.00–530.00	2,405	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	395.51/cwt	395.00–396.00	2,405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,618	4

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 Apr 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 173Last week 114Year ago 123

Slaughter CattleReceipts 24Last week 9Year ago 22

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 12Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	644.00	644.00
2	350–400	390	590.00	590.00
6	400–450	434	548.00–571.00	560.53
7	450–500	461	527.00–561.00	542.08
11	500–550	519	446.00–488.00	479.07
1	550–600	550	460.00	460.00
5	600–650	631	430.00–433.00	430.57
2	650–700	665	399.00	399.00
4	700–750	738	385.00	385.00
2	750–800	750	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	595.00	595.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	505.00–552.00	525.97
5	400–450	426	500.00–517.00	509.82
4	450–500	474	444.00–509.00	482.35
1	500–550	500	436.00	436.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	340.00–400.00	369.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	682.00	682.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	319	650.00	650.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	386	492.00–550.00	515.67
7	400–450	407	480.00–515.00	501.38
11	450–500	464	452.00–492.00	462.35
4	500–550	503	424.00–434.00	429.25
3	550–600	588	367.00–384.00	376.28
1	600–650	615	382.00	382.00
1	700–750	730	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	600.00	600.00
3	550–600	577	404.00	404.00
12	600–650	640	392.00	392.00
1	700–750	705	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	449.00	449.00
2	600–650	633	373.00	373.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	377.00–417.00	396.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	420	433.00	433.00
1	600–650	640	353.00	353.00
1	700–750	735	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	950–1000	968	286.00	286.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	557.00	557.00
7	450–500	468	492.00–530.00	513.89
8	500–550	524	431.00–460.00	447.95
5	550–600	573	407.00–455.00	430.60
2	600–650	608	395.00–396.00	395.51
4	700–750	700	374.00	374.00
1	800–850	805	329.00	329.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	413.00–469.00	440.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	361.00	361.00
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,170	3,250.00	3,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,428	170.00–184.00	176.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,060	181.00	181.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	202.00	202.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,080	172.00–234.00	203.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,135	169.00	169.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	968	220.00–242.00	232.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,695	218.00	218.00
1	—	1,500	178.00	178.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	115.00	115.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	124.00	124.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,470	174.00–176.00	174.94
4	—	1,451	175.00–180.00	177.97
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	166.00	166.00
3	—	950	135.00–150.00	142.94
3	—	1,067	169.00–172.00	169.96
1	—	1,270	179.00	179.00

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

Steers · 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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