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County Line Sale Barn

Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Ratcliff, Arkansas · Wed, Oct 28

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2057

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Feeder Cattle receipts

143 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 107▲ 84 vs year ago 59 · +142.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 13▲ 9 vs year ago 7 · +128.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 6▲ 1 vs year ago 7 · +14.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 400 lbs sold 3.00-25.00 higher with steepest advance on 400-500 lb weights. Feeder heifers over 400 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Not enough Slaughter cows or bulls to establish a Trend.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $336.17/cwt on 14 head, down $5.43 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −41.62 against this barn's trailing median of $377.79.

Average price

$336.17

▼ 5.43 vs prior sale

14 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$32.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.27

vs AR average

−39.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	343.51	1,841	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	508	331.00	1,681	3thin
Medium and Large 2	510	310.90	1,586	2thin

One grade step is worth $32.61/cwt here — about $255 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

336.17

—

AR average6 barns · 394 hd

339.44

−3.27

National average168 barns · 18,275 hd

375.43

−39.26

This barn, trailing median18 sales

377.79

−41.62

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $411.51, low $332.98, median $377.79 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,450	165.00	2,393	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,399	122.28	1,711	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,161	100.70	1,169	10

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,260	$2,775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	314	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,416	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	432.93/cwt	415.00–442.00	1,580	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,802	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	387.42/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,503	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	428.58/cwt	411.00–439.00	1,757	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	431	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,724	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	398.61/cwt	384.00–406.00	1,881	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,690	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	495	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,406	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,010	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	538	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,179	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	590	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,124	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,300	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,199	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,287	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	351.05/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,299	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,368	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,596	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,351	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	388.50/cwt	375.00–402.00	1,321	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	386.58/cwt	374.00–399.00	1,558	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,079	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	337.36/cwt	320.00–351.00	1,478	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,599	2
Heifers	400–450	Small and Medium 3	445	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,099	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	363.30/cwt	358.00–366.00	1,671	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	925	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,681	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	310.90/cwt	301.00–321.00	1,586	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	344.37/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,829	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	340.48/cwt	335.00–346.00	1,883	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,004	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	603	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,050	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,147	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	681	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,247	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,170	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	378.28/cwt	374.00–386.00	1,646	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	377.18/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,807	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,764	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	363.98/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,867	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,701	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,821	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	356.86/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,041	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	346.39/cwt	331.00–375.00	2,127	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,016	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,070	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,393	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,113	90.42/cwt	80.00–100.00	1,006	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	108.22/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,282	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,586	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,340	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,702	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,587	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,437	122.14/cwt	121.00–124.00	1,755	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,151	176.40/cwt	145.00–200.00	2,030	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Small and Medium 3	750	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	570	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	890	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 Oct 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 107Year ago 59

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 13Year ago 7

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 6Year ago 7

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	374.00–386.00	378.28
8	450–500	479	362.00–390.00	377.18
2	500–550	513	360.00–368.00	363.98
7	550–600	572	341.00–370.00	356.86
4	600–650	614	331.00–375.00	346.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	435	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	490	360.00	360.00
1	500–550	540	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	550	331.00	331.00
1	650–700	655	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	375.00–402.00	388.50
3	400–450	438	320.00–351.00	337.36
3	450–500	460	358.00–366.00	363.30
2	500–550	510	301.00–321.00	310.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	257.00	257.00
1	450–500	460	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	361.00	361.00
3	500–550	508	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	603	340.00	340.00
13	650–700	681	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	429.00	429.00
2	400–450	403	374.00–399.00	386.58
7	500–550	531	341.00–351.00	344.37
2	550–600	553	335.00–346.00	340.48
1	600–650	600	334.00	334.00
4	650–700	669	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	375.00–400.00	387.42
1	450–500	480	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	365	415.00–442.00	432.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	648	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	451.00	451.00
7	400–450	431	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	468.00	468.00
4	400–450	410	411.00–439.00	428.58
3	450–500	472	384.00–406.00	398.61
1	500–550	505	398.00	398.00
1	600–650	630	349.00	349.00
2	650–700	655	345.00–357.00	351.05
1	700–750	740	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	775	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	486.00	486.00
2	500–550	538	405.00	405.00
1	550–600	590	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	620	371.00	371.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	2,775.00	2,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,151	145.00–200.00	176.40

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	100.00	100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Small and Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	76.00	76.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,450	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	118.00	118.00
3	—	1,437	121.00–124.00	122.14
1	—	1,340	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,113	80.00–100.00	90.42
4	—	1,185	103.00–114.00	108.22
1	—	1,300	122.00	122.00

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.