Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2019-08-15

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 15
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
1,119 vs last sale 1,519 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
122 vs last sale 257 135 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
105 head
30 vs last sale 75 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 3.00-12.00 lower instances 15.00 lower on a light test in most classes. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00 lower with an extremely high dressing bull selling for a 20.00 premium. Light run due to the sharp drop in prices early in week and hot weather.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.01/cwt on 119 head.
Average price
$128.01
119 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$611
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.31
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1457134.1561362
Medium and Large 2487124.8360850
Medium and Large 358896.435677thin
One grade step is worth $37.71/cwt here — about $46 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 sale119 hd
128.01
AR average9 barns · 797 hd
126.70
+1.31
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,59779.771,27412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42559.5684910
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22056.0568446
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04749.5951956

Every lot, as filed

82 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1840106.00/cwt106.00–106.008901
BullsMedium and Large 1710124.00/cwt124.00–124.008801
BullsMedium and Large 3453102.00/cwt102.00–102.004623
BullsMedium and Large 2338147.99/cwt147.00–149.005002
BullsMedium and Large 1470147.42/cwt139.00–154.0069314
BullsMedium and Large 1577135.40/cwt130.00–138.0078112
BullsMedium and Large 1412158.46/cwt145.00–169.006539
BullsMedium and Large 1614128.74/cwt125.00–133.007908
CowsLean 85-90%1,12857.57/cwt57.00–58.006492
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,320995.42/cwt850.00–1,100.0013,1403
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,035675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,9861
BullsMedium and Large 1525140.12/cwt139.00–143.007368
BullsMedium and Large 2377147.04/cwt140.00–149.0055410
BullsMedium and Large 2490135.98/cwt126.00–139.006667
BullsMedium and Large 2415139.61/cwt131.00–145.005797
BullsMedium and Large 2528134.00/cwt134.00–134.007084
BullsMedium and Large 2672114.52/cwt104.00–120.007703
BullsMedium and Large 2587120.00/cwt120.00–120.007043
SteersMedium and Large 2493145.00/cwt145.00–145.007153
SteersMedium and Large 2688132.00/cwt132.00–132.009082
SteersMedium and Large 2543134.00/cwt134.00–134.007282
SteersMedium and Large 2368140.00/cwt140.00–140.005152
SteersMedium and Large 2605118.00/cwt118.00–118.007141
SteersMedium and Large 2325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564137.00/cwt137.00–137.007739
SteersMedium and Large 1586142.27/cwt137.00–144.008348
SteersMedium and Large 1690140.00/cwt140.00–140.009664
SteersMedium and Large 1484146.48/cwt146.00–148.007094
SteersMedium and Large 1517146.00/cwt146.00–146.007553
SteersMedium and Large 1393162.00/cwt162.00–162.006372
SteersMedium and Large 1645138.00/cwt138.00–138.008901
SteersMedium and Large 1300164.00/cwt164.00–164.004921
HeifersMedium and Large 2325136.27/cwt135.00–139.004433
HeifersMedium and Large 2605119.00/cwt119.00–119.007202
HeifersMedium and Large 2468125.63/cwt122.00–129.005882
HeifersMedium and Large 2690117.00/cwt117.00–117.008071
HeifersMedium and Large 1529126.33/cwt125.00–131.0066819
HeifersMedium and Large 1418136.67/cwt134.00–140.0057111
HeifersMedium and Large 3593100.00/cwt100.00–100.005932
HeifersMedium and Large 3368117.52/cwt115.00–120.004322
HeifersMedium and Large 2518124.32/cwt120.00–126.0064413
HeifersMedium and Large 2573120.08/cwt115.00–124.0068812
HeifersMedium and Large 2387126.88/cwt120.00–134.004919
HeifersMedium and Large 2430128.41/cwt125.00–134.005528
HeifersMedium and Large 373280.00/cwt80.00–80.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 1335145.24/cwt138.00–147.0048711
HeifersMedium and Large 1373142.24/cwt139.00–147.005318
HeifersMedium and Large 1482135.15/cwt133.00–136.006517
HeifersMedium and Large 1630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007563
HeifersMedium and Large 1583123.92/cwt122.00–128.007223
BullsMedium and Large 1369163.17/cwt150.00–172.006028
BullsMedium and Large 1670124.68/cwt117.00–131.008354
BullsMedium and Large 1768118.52/cwt116.00–121.009102
BullsMedium and Large 1340166.00/cwt166.00–166.005642
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47362.76/cwt57.00–66.009247
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-290278.33/cwt65.00–91.0070711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1391,249.50/cwt1,010.00–1,410.0014,23213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,011844.04/cwt600.00–1,035.008,5335
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28055.63/cwt54.00–57.007122
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38045.00/cwt45.00–45.006211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20556.06/cwt52.00–58.0067632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26259.68/cwt58.00–65.007539
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight78835.58/cwt34.00–38.002803
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85544.00/cwt44.00–44.003761
CowsLean 85-90%1,06253.22/cwt50.00–56.0056535
CowsLean 85-90%1,06743.22/cwt39.00–47.0046115
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23749.45/cwt48.00–51.006125
Bulls1,48779.33/cwt75.00–84.001,1805
Bulls1,78085.88/cwt84.00–87.001,5293
Bulls1,56364.67/cwt52.00–75.001,0113
Bulls1,700109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,8531
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2883924.05/cwt710.00–1,100.008,1593
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,030804.73/cwt600.00–1,035.008,2895
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2701,096.22/cwt935.00–1,225.0013,92215
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,257890.13/cwt700.00–975.0011,18917
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24763.34/cwt53.00–72.007909
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0741,116.07/cwt900.00–1,185.0011,9874
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29001,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0010,1251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1741,353.93/cwt1,310.00–1,425.0015,8953
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3171,168.71/cwt1,075.00–1,225.0015,3929
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3031,100.43/cwt1,075.00–1,125.0014,3392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6901,185.00/cwt1,185.00–1,185.0020,0271

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.