Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 550 lbs mostly steady to 4.00 lower over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs steady to 4.00 lower over 450 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. No trend on slaughter cow and bulls due to them not being reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $141.03/cwt on 338 head.

Average price

$141.03

338 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$15.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.83

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	145.26	779	166
Medium and Large 1-2	569	137.86	784	94
Medium and Large 2	517	135.91	703	77
Medium and Large 3	385	130.00	501	1thin

One grade step is worth $15.26/cwt here — about $278 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 sale338 hd

141.03

—

AR average9 barns · 1,902 hd

137.20

+3.83

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	1,680	90.24	1,516	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,469	61.58	904	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	60.28	710	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,006	54.46	548	40

Every lot, as filed

115 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
Bulls	—	—	1,749	96.64/cwt	92.00–105.00	1,690	7
Bulls	—	—	1,853	84.44/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,565	3
Bulls	—	—	1,178	76.51/cwt	76.00–77.00	901	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	146.22/cwt	145.00–148.00	608	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	387	141.70/cwt	140.00–145.00	548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	320	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	806	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	831	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	131.45/cwt	129.00–137.00	560	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	58.43/cwt	54.00–61.00	688	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	740	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	355	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,197	64.95/cwt	62.00–71.00	777	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	55.66/cwt	52.00–58.50	558	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	930	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	502	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,099	61.53/cwt	60.00–64.00	676	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	49.73/cwt	47.00–52.00	510	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	59.03/cwt	55.00–61.00	870	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	70.50/cwt	67.00–72.00	1,024	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	758	26.77/cwt	24.00–30.00	203	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	62.57/cwt	62.00–63.00	679	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,555	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	147.86/cwt	144.00–149.00	766	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	679	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	129.33/cwt	120.00–134.00	797	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	866	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	368	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	442	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	670	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	129.83/cwt	127.00–130.00	785	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	728	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	118.57/cwt	115.00–121.00	792	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	128.04/cwt	120.00–134.00	548	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	418	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	697	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	802	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	136.11/cwt	133.00–139.00	580	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	117.63/cwt	115.00–120.00	668	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	313	117.99/cwt	117.00–120.00	369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	135.42/cwt	127.00–139.00	639	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	905	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	764	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	917	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	145.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	544	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	141.64/cwt	140.00–144.00	744	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	150.15/cwt	143.00–154.00	712	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	887	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	136.63/cwt	129.00–143.00	715	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	124.48/cwt	120.00–129.00	917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	634	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	850	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	143.36/cwt	139.00–147.00	807	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,015	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	126.34/cwt	126.00–127.00	846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	110.67/cwt	110.00–111.00	677	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	124.00/cwt	115.00–132.00	698	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	136.73/cwt	130.00–140.00	436	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	112.98/cwt	110.00–115.00	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	118.59/cwt	113.00–120.00	614	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	17,214	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	19,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	967.23/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	11,829	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,448	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	21,720	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	987.63/cwt	975.00–1,000.00	12,079	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	131.49/cwt	129.00–135.00	746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	154.92/cwt	145.00–158.00	658	43
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	676	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	7,065	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	12,116	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,580	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	13,662	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	670	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	60.55/cwt	52.00–63.00	574	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	822	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	7,766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	127.95/cwt	127.00–130.00	626	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	126.09/cwt	120.00–130.00	662	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	122.43/cwt	119.00–123.00	753	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	361	127.12/cwt	122.00–130.00	459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	593	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	682	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	141.14/cwt	140.00–146.00	669	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	140.22/cwt	133.00–145.00	651	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,057	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	829	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	137.45/cwt	135.00–143.00	609	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	338	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	158.80/cwt	156.00–161.00	618	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,023	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	941	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	128.77/cwt	125.00–140.00	739	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	126.64/cwt	125.00–131.00	602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	858	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	909	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	488	139.35/cwt	136.00–149.00	680	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	341	145.88/cwt	139.00–150.00	497	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	137.86/cwt	127.00–145.00	717	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	126.00/cwt	122.00–128.00	687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	385	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	120.44/cwt	119.00–124.00	581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	137.07/cwt	134.00–139.00	525	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	738	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	797	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	445	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	570	4

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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