Name: County Line Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: On a light test, Feeder steers 400-600 lbs sold 1.00-19.00 higher, Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs sold 4.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $377.10/cwt on 10 head, down $1.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 19 comparable sales and sits −11.90 against this barn's trailing median of $389.01.

Average price

$377.10

▼ 1.36 vs prior sale

10 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,021

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$683

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

$113.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.48

vs AR average

−34.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	395.63	2,122	8thin
Medium and Large 2	560	324.00	1,814	1thin
Medium and Large 3	510	282.00	1,438	1thin

One grade step is worth $113.63/cwt here — about $683 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale10 hd

377.10

—

AR average9 barns · 311 hd

384.58

−7.48

National average169 barns · 9,451 hd

411.50

−34.40

This barn, trailing median19 sales

389.01

−11.90

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	192.77	3,049	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	174.01	2,049	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,100	171.50	1,887	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,454	169.42	2,464	7thin

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)	1,035	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$2,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1	700–750	710	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	407.84/cwt	389.00–424.00	2,141	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	460.56/cwt	450.00–471.00	1,971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	367.96/cwt	364.00–372.00	2,476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,042	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	463.39/cwt	437.00–475.00	1,673	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	428.40/cwt	419.00–443.00	2,043	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	482.88/cwt	470.00–497.00	1,569	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,130	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	855	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,497	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,154	174.09/cwt	163.00–189.00	2,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,948	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	186.92/cwt	184.00–190.00	2,295	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	212.15/cwt	208.00–215.00	3,872	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,659	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,128	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,442	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,200	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,076	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	399.46/cwt	383.00–410.00	2,257	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	470.94/cwt	460.00–476.00	2,166	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	433.52/cwt	429.00–444.00	2,211	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,438	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,157	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,287	172.80/cwt	165.00–190.00	2,224	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,145	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	484.36/cwt	462.00–511.00	2,005	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,821	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	174.56/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,938	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	169.59/cwt	169.00–170.00	2,544	5
Bulls	—	—	1,095	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,686	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	168.52/cwt	168.00–169.00	2,140	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	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 Jun 17, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 73Last week 198Year ago 99

Slaughter CattleReceipts 21Last week 12Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 6Year ago 2

Compared to last week: On a light test, Feeder steers 400-600 lbs sold 1.00-19.00 higher, Feeder heifers 400-600 lbs sold 4.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	500	426.00	426.00
3	550–600	565	383.00–410.00	399.46
1	600–650	620	376.00	376.00
1	700–750	710	345.00	345.00
3	750–800	760	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	470.00–497.00	482.88
11	350–400	361	437.00–475.00	463.39
2	400–450	428	450.00–471.00	460.56
3	450–500	477	419.00–443.00	428.40
6	500–550	525	389.00–424.00	407.84
1	550–600	555	368.00	368.00
1	600–650	615	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	855	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	432.00	432.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	357.00	357.00
1	550–600	560	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	560.00	560.00
4	400–450	414	462.00–511.00	484.36
8	450–500	460	460.00–476.00	470.94
4	500–550	510	429.00–444.00	433.52
2	550–600	560	431.00	431.00
1	600–650	605	401.00	401.00
2	650–700	673	364.00–372.00	367.96
2	700–750	700	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	775	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	453.00	453.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	440.00	440.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,154	163.00–189.00	174.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,135	190.00	190.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,035	2,700.00	2,700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,287	165.00–190.00	172.80
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,175	180.00	180.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	2,475.00	2,475.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	220.00	220.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	184.00–190.00	186.92
1	—	1,160	157.00	157.00
4	—	1,110	171.00–178.00	174.56
2	—	1,270	168.00–169.00	168.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,050	158.00	158.00
1	—	1,150	185.00	185.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,200	173.00	173.00
5	—	1,500	169.00–170.00	169.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	208.00–215.00	212.15
1	—	1,095	154.00	154.00

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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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

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle