Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly steady to 5.00 higher with the better 300-350 lb heifers and bulls 16.00-18.00 higher. Had several groups of Value Added cattle that sold for a premium. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits. Value Added cattle are all weaned at least 45 days with two rounds of shots.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.68/cwt on 851 head.

Average price

$137.68

851 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$37.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.19

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	495	141.95	703	392
Medium and Large 1-2	490	140.16	686	283
Medium and Large 2	502	126.07	632	161
Medium and Large 3	562	104.07	584	15thin

One grade step is worth $37.89/cwt here — about $119 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 sale851 hd

137.68

—

AR average9 barns · 1,766 hd

133.50

+4.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

109 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 2Value Added	—	506	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	754	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	143.86/cwt	137.00–150.00	627	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	737	117.76/cwt	117.00–118.00	868	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	157.38/cwt	141.00–160.00	729	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	119.37/cwt	110.00–124.00	738	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	693	116.80/cwt	110.00–118.00	809	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	610	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	130.41/cwt	124.00–137.00	818	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	151.33/cwt	150.00–152.00	502	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	147.55/cwt	139.00–155.00	531	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	149.35/cwt	142.00–157.00	630	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	144.26/cwt	144.00–146.00	772	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	125.14/cwt	123.00–126.00	717	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	134.35/cwt	125.00–142.00	512	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	309	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	488	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	106.14/cwt	105.00–109.00	568	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	648	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	137.94/cwt	130.00–144.00	716	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	425	161.15/cwt	158.00–166.00	685	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	141.62/cwt	138.00–145.00	591	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	990	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	154.54/cwt	150.00–161.00	559	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	410	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	631	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	136.34/cwt	135.00–137.00	1,057	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	143.50/cwt	140.00–149.00	971	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	146.26/cwt	140.00–149.00	619	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	559	128.01/cwt	125.00–130.00	716	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	582	133.14/cwt	130.00–139.00	775	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	518	144.10/cwt	141.00–147.00	746	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	519	160.79/cwt	160.00–162.00	835	56
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	146.02/cwt	136.00–155.00	701	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	426	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	754	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	150.86/cwt	140.00–154.00	953	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	822	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	154.41/cwt	153.00–156.00	902	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	989	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	529	132.36/cwt	131.00–133.00	700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	139.88/cwt	130.00–143.00	804	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	630	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,002	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	568	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	432	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	600	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	372	164.02/cwt	161.00–167.00	610	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	748	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	928	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	154.88/cwt	146.00–166.00	593	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	527	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	659	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	390	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	114.26/cwt	108.00–123.00	714	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	446	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	653	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	785	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	140.89/cwt	134.00–150.00	665	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	124.40/cwt	120.00–126.00	817	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	167.86/cwt	160.00–178.00	707	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,103	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	487	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	504	160.77/cwt	157.00–163.00	810	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	155.62/cwt	154.00–156.00	747	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	486	123.60/cwt	110.00–128.00	601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	141.25/cwt	135.00–146.00	746	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	377	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	701	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	155.19/cwt	150.00–159.00	881	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	188.28/cwt	185.00–195.00	623	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	120.58/cwt	115.00–126.00	689	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	113.28/cwt	110.00–115.00	758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	136.67/cwt	125.00–150.00	701	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	694	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	134.55/cwt	127.00–140.00	635	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	162.83/cwt	156.00–173.00	703	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	182.85/cwt	171.00–195.00	600	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	135.88/cwt	130.00–140.00	708	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	137.86/cwt	137.00–139.00	739	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	167.99/cwt	160.00–177.00	625	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	785	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	126.75/cwt	117.00–132.00	843	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,158	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	431	173.22/cwt	167.00–178.00	747	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	151.79/cwt	147.00–157.00	797	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	465	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	716	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	148.21/cwt	139.00–151.00	938	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	166.39/cwt	150.00–176.00	564	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	174.08/cwt	169.00–184.00	660	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	624	135.42/cwt	130.00–141.00	845	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	136.10/cwt	120.00–140.00	572	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	121.23/cwt	108.00–130.00	634	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	592	105.50/cwt	105.00–107.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	130.66/cwt	125.00–136.00	746	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	760	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	141.07/cwt	137.00–144.00	666	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	459	148.50/cwt	139.00–151.00	682	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	104.79/cwt	99.00–110.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	126.58/cwt	117.00–135.00	608	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	718	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	164.35/cwt	150.00–174.00	544	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	127.91/cwt	124.00–135.00	798	58
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	458	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	411	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	653	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	147.46/cwt	146.00–148.00	839	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	133.81/cwt	125.00–138.00	974	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,065	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	154.81/cwt	151.00–158.00	808	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	160.45/cwt	153.00–170.00	756	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	567	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	902	14

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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