Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders 3.00-15.00 higher mostly 5.00-10.00 higher. Demand good with good buyer attendance. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly 3.00-6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.11/cwt on 561 head.

Average price

$139.11

561 head · 505 lb average

Value per head Derived

$702

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$31.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.54

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	141.63	724	322
Medium and Large 1-2	494	138.82	686	133
Medium and Large 2	504	133.11	670	100
Medium and Large 3	424	110.36	468	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.28/cwt here — about $256 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 sale561 hd

139.11

—

AR average8 barns · 1,075 hd

131.57

+7.54

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	—	High	1,637	87.53	1,433	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	64.73	777	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	63.10	908	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,084	55.78	605	60

Every lot, as filed

123 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	504	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	721	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	505	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	732	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	676	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	718	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	929	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	146.49/cwt	146.00–147.00	606	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	145.52/cwt	145.00–148.00	528	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	133.11/cwt	128.00–136.00	953	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	135.19/cwt	132.00–137.00	772	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	139.26/cwt	133.00–145.00	728	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	148.49/cwt	147.00–149.00	480	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	145.47/cwt	139.00–152.00	695	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	148.26/cwt	142.00–150.00	635	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	972	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	122.79/cwt	120.00–130.00	948	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	183.79/cwt	173.00–191.00	559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	163.01/cwt	161.00–166.00	691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	160.06/cwt	154.00–164.00	834	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	146.37/cwt	140.00–155.00	773	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	136.82/cwt	131.00–142.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	138.29/cwt	132.00–142.00	863	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	151.65/cwt	142.00–160.00	570	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	167.11/cwt	167.00–168.00	572	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	151.23/cwt	145.00–159.00	643	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	168.04/cwt	160.00–171.00	650	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	762	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,067	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	811	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	774	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	135.36/cwt	134.00–138.00	654	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	129.13/cwt	120.00–135.00	745	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	140.31/cwt	135.00–144.00	521	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	121.98/cwt	113.00–126.00	826	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	138.25/cwt	130.00–145.00	594	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	145.48/cwt	140.00–148.00	451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	123.11/cwt	115.00–129.00	761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	373	108.57/cwt	107.00–110.00	405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	441	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	648	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	548	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	762	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	132.93/cwt	120.00–144.00	638	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	129.94/cwt	123.00–134.00	678	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	815	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	913	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	335	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	407	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	655	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	139.29/cwt	135.00–150.00	662	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	417	153.24/cwt	146.00–160.00	639	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	133.63/cwt	127.00–138.00	779	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	536	134.23/cwt	125.00–138.00	719	5
Bulls	—	—	1,764	92.55/cwt	89.00–96.50	1,633	4
Bulls	—	—	1,670	88.27/cwt	88.00–88.50	1,474	2
Bulls	—	—	1,065	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	138.65/cwt	137.00–142.00	851	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	304	190.16/cwt	178.00–192.00	578	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	710	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	533	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	746	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	634	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	150.42/cwt	141.00–159.00	711	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	569	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	163.41/cwt	150.00–168.00	766	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,129	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	151.61/cwt	147.00–158.00	872	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	170.43/cwt	161.00–176.00	653	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	145.58/cwt	144.00–147.00	917	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	851	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	686	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	662	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	980	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	692	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	969	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	70.76/cwt	54.00–85.00	628	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	92.30/cwt	86.00–97.00	715	5
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	569	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	870.33/cwt	785.00–900.00	8,181	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	1,228.86/cwt	835.00–1,400.00	14,402	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	867.65/cwt	750.00–1,010.00	8,243	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	114.00/cwt	108.00–117.00	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	134.47/cwt	132.00–137.00	896	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	150.43/cwt	148.00–153.00	560	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	132.20/cwt	129.00–134.00	821	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,211	1,258.78/cwt	1,050.00–1,400.00	15,244	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,377	1,271.61/cwt	1,175.00–1,500.00	17,510	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	1,064.75/cwt	810.00–1,335.00	13,245	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	744.28/cwt	610.00–860.00	8,522	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	67.09/cwt	66.00–68.00	735	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	69.76/cwt	63.00–75.00	623	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	612	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	924	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	850	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	908	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	972	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	331	158.97/cwt	150.00–165.00	526	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	143.77/cwt	142.00–146.00	558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	679	124.83/cwt	121.00–129.00	848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	162.40/cwt	158.00–166.00	672	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	136.22/cwt	133.00–139.00	906	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	386	165.64/cwt	160.00–173.00	639	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	146.11/cwt	139.00–152.00	826	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	156.00/cwt	147.00–160.00	746	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	151.73/cwt	143.00–159.00	792	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	404	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	525	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,470	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	15,435	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	982.57/cwt	800.00–1,050.00	12,449	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,342	1,255.05/cwt	1,100.00–1,325.00	16,843	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,387	1,198.10/cwt	900.00–1,400.00	16,618	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	59.34/cwt	54.00–61.00	643	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	760	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	350	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	810	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	470	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	826	38.84/cwt	30.00–40.00	321	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	66.08/cwt	62.00–72.00	812	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	58.73/cwt	58.00–60.00	910	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	66.59/cwt	65.00–68.00	899	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,232	47.68/cwt	47.00–49.00	587	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	54.63/cwt	50.00–58.00	677	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	63.14/cwt	60.00–68.50	659	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	63.70/cwt	62.00–69.00	740	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,435	70.18/cwt	68.00–73.00	1,007	2

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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