Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Receipts last week: 2388 Receipts last year: 1198

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls steady to 9.00 lower mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Feeder heifers mixed

from 2.00 higher to 3.00 lower generally steady to weak. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.86/cwt on 173 head.

Average price

$134.86

173 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$217

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

$44.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.05

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	138.15	699	117
Medium and Large 2	451	134.12	605	46
Medium and Large 3	495	113.33	561	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	975	94.00	917	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.15/cwt here — about −$217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale173 hd

134.86

—

AR average6 barns · 862 hd

134.82

+0.05

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	1,570	76.66	1,204	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,471	53.32	784	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	53.23	660	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,105	47.79	528	56

Every lot, as filed

79 lots · USDA AMS · Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs, 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	48.00/cwt	47.00–49.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	137.46/cwt	129.00–140.00	529	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	161.05/cwt	154.00–167.00	691	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	419	147.40/cwt	143.00–151.00	618	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	155.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	723	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	55.48/cwt	55.00–56.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	131.23/cwt	128.00–134.00	740	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	106.97/cwt	104.00–110.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	121.31/cwt	120.00–124.00	742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	135.51/cwt	135.00–136.00	580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	143.93/cwt	132.00–147.00	452	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	136.88/cwt	131.00–139.00	719	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	139.82/cwt	133.00–147.00	652	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	135.81/cwt	125.00–141.00	634	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	123.09/cwt	120.00–126.00	640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	118.54/cwt	115.00–122.00	816	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	42.03/cwt	35.00–47.00	459	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	50.24/cwt	47.00–54.00	573	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	57.46/cwt	56.00–61.00	704	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	53.03/cwt	50.00–56.00	663	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	52.96/cwt	51.00–55.00	781	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	57.28/cwt	56.00–59.00	664	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	607	127.05/cwt	120.00–135.00	771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	982	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	884	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	124.51/cwt	123.00–126.00	888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	178.32/cwt	177.00–179.00	603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	132.47/cwt	129.50–134.00	884	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	568	133.58/cwt	130.00–136.00	759	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	150.63/cwt	146.00–159.00	562	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	523	137.48/cwt	124.00–145.00	719	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	163.78/cwt	159.00–172.00	619	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	629	135.15/cwt	133.00–140.00	850	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	148.57/cwt	143.00–160.00	779	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	835	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	334	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	833	44.98/cwt	44.00–46.00	375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	148.95/cwt	140.00–153.00	556	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	917	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	146.86/cwt	140.00–151.00	629	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	135.04/cwt	130.00–140.00	763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	911	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	127.66/cwt	124.00–129.00	798	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	125.38/cwt	124.00–126.00	828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	186.29/cwt	180.00–187.00	607	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	166.06/cwt	158.00–172.00	694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	149.44/cwt	141.00–158.00	910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	133.34/cwt	130.00–135.00	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	511	147.10/cwt	139.00–150.00	752	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	156.84/cwt	156.00–160.00	508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	158.60/cwt	154.00–162.00	825	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	164.67/cwt	157.00–171.00	772	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	633	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,104	53.33/cwt	51.00–56.00	589	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	1,210.49/cwt	1,135.00–1,250.00	15,470	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	1,292.82/cwt	1,250.00–1,300.00	15,229	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	462	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	904.69/cwt	810.00–985.00	10,042	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	680.34/cwt	600.00–750.00	7,457	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	8,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	865	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	943	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	140.66/cwt	136.00–145.00	650	3
Bulls	—	—	1,579	77.84/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,229	17
Bulls	—	—	1,485	69.74/cwt	65.00–73.00	1,036	5
Bulls	—	—	1,705	83.98/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	569	144.96/cwt	134.00–148.00	825	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	137.31/cwt	134.00–139.00	807	3

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.

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