Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 4.00 higher except some 500-600 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower. No trend on slaughter cows due to them not reported last week. Not all cows and bulls included in report due to time.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.83/cwt on 422 head.

Average price

$134.83

422 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$31.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.38

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	140.26	724	247
Medium and Large 1-2	639	129.25	826	60
Medium and Large 2	550	129.09	710	98
Medium and Large 3	508	108.70	553	17thin

One grade step is worth $31.55/cwt here — about $171 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 sale422 hd

134.83

—

AR average10 barns · 1,357 hd

132.45

+2.38

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,283	64.06	822	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,333	61.27	817	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	56.93	604	31

Every lot, as filed

111 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	137.99/cwt	135.00–141.00	992	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	151.39/cwt	145.00–156.00	877	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	655	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	528	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	106.64/cwt	100.00–110.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	748	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	883	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	116.25/cwt	114.00–117.00	936	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	127.10/cwt	115.00–130.00	740	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	140.33/cwt	136.00–145.00	606	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	127.28/cwt	121.00–131.00	664	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	134.61/cwt	127.00–137.00	646	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	599	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	818	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	145.47/cwt	143.00–148.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	933	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	987	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	888	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	122.04/cwt	118.00–125.00	757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	118.59/cwt	110.00–125.00	784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	818	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,034	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	993	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	127.52/cwt	125.00–129.50	847	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	885	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	139.54/cwt	137.00–142.00	674	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	149.85/cwt	141.00–153.00	631	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	965	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	614	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	436	121.75/cwt	115.00–126.00	531	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	149.17/cwt	140.00–154.00	925	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	176.58/cwt	171.00–181.00	758	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	181.14/cwt	176.00–188.00	663	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	164.99/cwt	156.00–174.00	787	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	158.42/cwt	151.00–161.00	843	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	155.17/cwt	152.00–157.00	832	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	142.81/cwt	141.00–146.00	951	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	800	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	752	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	139.25/cwt	137.00–144.00	881	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	147.06/cwt	144.00–156.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	163.14/cwt	158.00–170.00	609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,013	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	912	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	139.01/cwt	137.00–141.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	160.24/cwt	155.00–165.00	681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	322	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	631	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	498	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	150.50/cwt	145.00–156.00	798	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	120.99/cwt	120.00–129.00	897	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	140.77/cwt	135.00–142.00	804	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	1,022.45/cwt	950.00–1,200.00	12,709	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,292	885.78/cwt	850.00–925.00	11,444	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	705	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	64.29/cwt	61.00–71.00	800	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,086.30/cwt	1,000.00–1,160.00	13,796	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,298.49/cwt	935.00–1,450.00	15,686	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	1,025.07/cwt	1,010.00–1,035.00	9,502	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	1,529.16/cwt	1,000.00–1,900.00	16,698	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	57.33/cwt	54.00–60.00	656	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	65.81/cwt	62.00–67.50	679	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	553	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,247	62.45/cwt	61.00–65.00	779	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	59.51/cwt	58.00–61.00	871	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	66.93/cwt	63.00–77.50	843	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	800	51.04/cwt	50.00–52.00	408	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	645	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	245	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	890	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	534	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	59.97/cwt	57.00–62.50	789	19
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	950	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	561	1
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	135.28/cwt	134.00–136.00	572	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	703	129.17/cwt	128.00–130.00	908	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	131.99/cwt	129.00–135.00	875	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	828	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,035	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	773	122.91/cwt	120.00–126.00	950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	949	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	159.78/cwt	150.00–165.00	761	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	156.54/cwt	148.00–162.00	600	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	133.30/cwt	129.00–137.00	760	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	143.12/cwt	135.00–149.00	671	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	649	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	899	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	520	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	126.61/cwt	122.00–129.00	836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	119.25/cwt	119.00–120.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	157.97/cwt	148.00–162.00	499	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	131.86/cwt	128.00–135.00	820	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	133.83/cwt	132.00–135.00	684	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	129.92/cwt	110.00–135.00	806	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	132.09/cwt	121.00–137.00	765	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	145.28/cwt	140.00–150.00	692	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	140.49/cwt	130.00–146.00	745	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	505	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	875	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	321	156.30/cwt	151.00–162.00	502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	791	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	902	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	147.61/cwt	139.00–156.00	632	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	170.38/cwt	155.00–178.00	717	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	173.17/cwt	160.00–178.00	649	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	137.66/cwt	133.00–141.00	853	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	149.87/cwt	144.00–154.00	788	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	141.11/cwt	132.00–147.00	804	35

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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