Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 500 lbs steady to 3.00 lower over 500 lbs mostly 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cow 1.00-3.00 higher on the small amount observed due to time limits. Not enough slaughter bulls observed for a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.59/cwt on 504 head.

Average price

$131.59

504 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$31.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.03

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	474	137.96	655	320
Medium and Large 1-2	469	129.19	605	36
Medium and Large 2	542	120.35	652	127
Medium and Large 3	525	106.59	559	21

One grade step is worth $31.37/cwt here — about $95 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 sale504 hd

131.59

—

AR average8 barns · 2,055 hd

128.56

+3.03

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	1,564	92.24	1,443	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,156	61.84	715	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,193	60.96	727	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	965	52.08	503	25

Every lot, as filed

127 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	890	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	366	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,193	60.96/cwt	60.00–62.00	727	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	818	49.51/cwt	48.00–50.00	405	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,812	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	1,043.88/cwt	800.00–1,150.00	11,681	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	829.16/cwt	725.00–885.00	9,428	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	162.89/cwt	158.00–166.00	599	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	122.53/cwt	120.00–125.00	658	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	978	98.99/cwt	96.00–105.00	968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	134.66/cwt	120.00–142.00	758	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	335	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	140.80/cwt	136.00–146.00	543	8
Bulls	—	—	1,968	104.48/cwt	104.00–105.00	2,056	2
Bulls	—	—	1,160	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	366	149.19/cwt	148.00–150.00	546	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	153.24/cwt	150.00–159.00	647	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	428	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	569	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	147.52/cwt	135.00–156.00	623	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	118.88/cwt	110.00–128.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	337	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	159.86/cwt	156.00–161.00	689	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	157.59/cwt	146.00–164.00	824	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	148.18/cwt	146.00–153.00	769	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	133.11/cwt	125.00–141.00	768	32
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	149.70/cwt	148.00–152.00	536	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	885	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	797	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	48.42/cwt	44.00–53.00	452	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	855	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	436	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	57.08/cwt	54.00–60.00	592	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,087	58.18/cwt	55.00–62.00	632	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	765	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	260	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	65.76/cwt	64.00–70.00	813	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	643	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	117.33/cwt	102.00–124.00	675	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	321	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	526	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	146.01/cwt	137.00–155.00	475	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	507	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	125.48/cwt	115.00–130.00	602	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	386	156.34/cwt	155.00–157.00	603	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	145.94/cwt	140.00–155.00	547	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	483	127.41/cwt	125.00–129.00	615	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	114.05/cwt	106.00–120.00	731	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	709	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	555	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	147.57/cwt	142.00–149.00	838	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	817	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	141.53/cwt	131.00–148.00	737	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	115.16/cwt	110.00–124.00	618	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	456	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	748	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	591	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	928	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	148.16/cwt	148.00–150.00	975	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	543	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	948	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,119	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	603	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	162.72/cwt	159.00–167.00	613	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	907	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	126.80/cwt	123.00–135.00	728	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	537	109.17/cwt	107.50–110.00	586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	119.84/cwt	110.00–126.00	622	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	137.09/cwt	134.00–140.00	503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	133.35/cwt	130.00–140.00	419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	127.75/cwt	125.00–130.00	613	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	125.94/cwt	122.00–127.00	764	41
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	1,478.88/cwt	1,260.00–1,600.00	19,048	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	131.34/cwt	125.00–145.00	638	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	153.09/cwt	140.00–157.00	732	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	63.76/cwt	61.00–65.00	710	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	764	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	69.46/cwt	58.00–76.00	695	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	143.03/cwt	141.00–148.00	878	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	125.73/cwt	120.00–134.00	785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	414	118.01/cwt	114.00–126.00	489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	146.86/cwt	137.00–149.00	994	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	161.44/cwt	157.00–164.00	756	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	127.97/cwt	126.00–129.00	920	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	127.29/cwt	125.00–132.00	846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,066	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	127.07/cwt	125.00–131.00	656	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	136.95/cwt	130.00–147.00	648	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	128.59/cwt	122.00–135.00	545	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	99.79/cwt	90.00–103.00	587	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	143.12/cwt	138.00–152.00	614	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	850	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	110.95/cwt	106.00–119.00	754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	475	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	864	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	770	107.99/cwt	106.00–110.00	832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	810	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	127.01/cwt	120.00–134.00	781	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	118.59/cwt	112.00–125.00	872	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	528	137.80/cwt	130.00–149.00	728	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	141.81/cwt	126.00–145.00	601	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	119.74/cwt	118.00–124.00	788	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	141.16/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,005	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	152.11/cwt	146.00–158.00	663	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	145.76/cwt	140.00–152.00	691	28
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	682	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	750	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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