Creating Separation lines between rows of content

I have several hundreds pages from a catalog we are creating that need separation lines between columns to segragate the products. I am wondering if there is an easy way to automate the creation of these.
I tried using the Grid feature ( by drawing a frame and then using the left and up arrow keys to create the grids, but it creates a number of boxes where I need just separation lines.
I can create the seapration lines manually but this takes longer, even if I save them as a snippet and place multiple times.
I am using Indesign CS6
Please see the attached screen shot.
http://www.wdautoparts.com/pdf/page-12-without.pdf
With grids -
http://www.wdautoparts.com/pdf/page-12-with.pdf
Any suggestions for this noob would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Not sure whether this fits as a solution to your problem, but reading your post made me remember it:
http://www.indiscripts.com/post/2009/09/introducing-indesign-column-rules

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