Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls mostly 1.00-6.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs 8.00-14.00 higher 450-550 lbs 4.00-5.00 higher and over 550 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.79/cwt on 384 head.

Average price

$125.79

384 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$203

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

$24.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	131.26	703	213
Medium and Large 1-2	539	122.18	659	43
Medium and Large 2	496	120.47	598	104
Medium and Large 3	468	106.80	499	24

One grade step is worth $24.47/cwt here — about $203 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 sale384 hd

125.79

—

AR average9 barns · 1,931 hd

124.54

+1.26

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	—	Average	1,629	96.02	1,564	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,332	64.00	853	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,139	61.77	704	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	56.34	564	32

Every lot, as filed

116 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 3	—	341	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	409	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	142.65/cwt	140.00–150.00	518	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	785	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	628	117.10/cwt	117.00–118.00	735	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	119.05/cwt	115.00–124.00	798	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	105.07/cwt	100.00–110.00	534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	119.85/cwt	115.00–125.00	632	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	490	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	713	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	791	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	151.46/cwt	139.00–157.00	588	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	491	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	561	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	522	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	129.93/cwt	125.00–146.00	494	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	7,866	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	947.50/cwt	935.00–960.00	12,460	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,588	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	21,438	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,143.10/cwt	1,075.00–1,200.00	15,318	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,928	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	1,700.00/cwt	1,700.00–1,700.00	27,030	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	111.62/cwt	100.00–116.00	419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	122.27/cwt	115.00–130.00	580	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	145.26/cwt	136.00–152.00	613	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	315	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	111.14/cwt	100.00–114.00	531	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	300	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	342	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,264	61.39/cwt	55.00–71.00	776	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	473	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	759	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	838	41.66/cwt	40.00–43.00	349	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,354	68.92/cwt	65.00–74.00	933	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,304	60.36/cwt	57.00–64.00	787	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	51.31/cwt	48.00–54.00	595	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	50.15/cwt	47.00–54.00	486	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,153	66.90/cwt	64.00–73.00	771	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	66.13/cwt	62.00–70.00	706	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,141	59.36/cwt	55.00–63.00	677	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	56.32/cwt	54.00–61.00	574	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Light Weight	—	785	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	432	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	774	115.99/cwt	115.00–118.00	898	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	143.24/cwt	135.00–150.00	680	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	827	112.06/cwt	105.00–116.00	927	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	801	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	146.43/cwt	140.00–156.00	625	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	341	154.11/cwt	151.00–160.00	526	8
Bulls	—	—	1,608	93.61/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,505	7
Bulls	—	—	1,742	102.30/cwt	97.00–109.00	1,782	12
Bulls	—	—	1,223	76.53/cwt	70.00–80.00	936	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	134.17/cwt	127.00–143.00	773	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	123.96/cwt	121.00–125.00	833	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	641	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	139.06/cwt	130.00–144.00	647	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	124.87/cwt	120.00–127.00	533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	111.58/cwt	104.00–119.00	693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	126.59/cwt	125.00–129.00	623	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	130.67/cwt	124.00–142.00	687	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	122.60/cwt	121.00–124.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	111.95/cwt	107.00–122.00	644	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	811	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	852	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	980	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	654.80/cwt	635.00–675.00	6,613	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	904.45/cwt	700.00–1,060.00	10,094	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	75.84/cwt	57.00–103.00	703	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 3	—	1,185	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	868	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	555	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	855	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	991	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	764	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	947	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	129.88/cwt	124.00–137.00	814	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	154.79/cwt	150.00–160.00	498	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	156.59/cwt	147.00–166.00	750	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	141.99/cwt	141.00–143.00	885	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	137.85/cwt	130.00–144.00	652	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	729	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	158.50/cwt	154.00–165.00	669	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	977	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	138.28/cwt	130.00–146.00	723	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	136.33/cwt	125.00–141.00	778	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	152.28/cwt	146.00–158.00	796	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	355	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	769	115.99/cwt	115.00–121.00	892	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	920	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	144.64/cwt	134.00–149.00	852	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	155.07/cwt	154.00–158.00	564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	141.73/cwt	140.00–150.00	611	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	418	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	715	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	140.90/cwt	138.00–144.00	862	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	664	112.51/cwt	109.00–117.00	747	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	121.51/cwt	120.00–122.00	762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	125.16/cwt	118.00–128.00	782	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	595	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	145.18/cwt	140.00–150.00	478	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	130.20/cwt	127.00–135.00	607	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	370	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	878	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	961	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	413	130.90/cwt	120.00–140.00	541	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	527	121.03/cwt	120.00–123.00	638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	590	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	738	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	139.31/cwt	134.00–146.00	726	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	353	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	121.62/cwt	118.00–123.00	752	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	668	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	835	6

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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