Sale reports / Arkansas / County Line Sale Barn / 2026-08-19

County Line Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Aug 19
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057
Aug 12Aug 19latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
77 vs last sale 112 82 vs year ago 117 · 70.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 8 33 vs year ago 37 · 89.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
1 vs last sale 4 7 vs year ago 10 · 70.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable receipts to establish a Trend in any Feeder or Slaughter class. Extreme heat is impeding cattle movement in Sale area.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $360.00/cwt on 1 head, down $21.08 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits 26.63 against this barn's trailing median of $386.63.
Average price
$360.00
21.08 vs prior sale
1 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,196
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+5.82
vs AR average
3.44 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610360.002,1961thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

8 sales
443411379347median 386.6301/0705/1306/1008/0508/12
Steers 600–700 lb: high $429.43, low $360.50, median $386.63 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
360.00
AR average8 barns · 160 hd
354.18
+5.82
National average69 barns · 2,603 hd
363.44
−3.44
This barn, trailing median8 sales
386.63
−26.63
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,513176.532,6712thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low970131.001,2711thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)685$1,9501thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550545311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,6951
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7421
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800770281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1641
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900865274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,3701
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,5033
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,235164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,0251
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650630317.38/cwt310.00–325.001,9992
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,1961
Bulls1,513176.53/cwt163.00–185.002,6712
CowsBoner 80-85%970131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2711
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350333407.67/cwt400.00–415.001,3582
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400368420.60/cwt410.00–445.001,5484
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2820135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1071
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 36851,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,5161
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500475350.49/cwt350.00–351.001,6652
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350333321.73/cwt300.00–385.001,0714
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300330.00/cwt330.00–330.009901
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,5821
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300252507.50/cwt507.50–507.501,2793
SteersMedium and Large 3300–350320250.00/cwt250.00–250.008001
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600578322.57/cwt316.00–326.001,8643

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.