Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly steady to 4.00 higher with the better 450-550 lb heifers 6.00-700 higher, 600-700 lb bulls 5.00-8.00 higher and the better 300-350 lb heifers 3.00 lower and 350-400 lb bulls 5.00 lower. The offering included some groups of value added cattle that sold for a premium. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.32/cwt on 721 head.

Average price

$142.32

721 head · 501 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$27.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.03

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	521	146.35	762	250
Medium and Large 1	492	143.38	706	373
Medium and Large 2	506	130.57	660	76
Medium and Large 3	406	119.10	483	22

One grade step is worth $27.25/cwt here — about $279 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 sale721 hd

142.32

—

AR average9 barns · 2,224 hd

135.29

+7.03

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

108 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	759	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	890	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	160.21/cwt	148.00–171.00	617	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	370	135.41/cwt	129.00–142.00	501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	521	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	679	137.09/cwt	129.00–141.00	931	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	558	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	719	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	674	121.43/cwt	116.00–125.00	818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	134.81/cwt	130.00–140.00	778	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	139.27/cwt	134.00–145.00	752	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	154.21/cwt	139.00–156.00	779	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	139.74/cwt	133.00–142.00	516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	148.30/cwt	143.00–154.00	621	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	147.78/cwt	146.00–150.00	686	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	810	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	459	144.56/cwt	144.00–145.00	664	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	634	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	850	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,062	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	139.96/cwt	138.00–142.00	861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	325	125.12/cwt	121.00–130.00	407	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	153.44/cwt	153.00–154.00	890	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	546	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	890	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	691	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	147.94/cwt	137.00–158.00	765	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	835	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,111	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	488	106.09/cwt	100.00–124.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	115.73/cwt	115.00–118.00	849	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	338	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	130.37/cwt	120.00–139.00	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	147.38/cwt	139.00–150.00	690	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	124.04/cwt	120.00–127.00	825	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	128.65/cwt	120.00–135.00	669	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	114.33/cwt	114.00–115.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	140.70/cwt	134.00–148.00	737	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	133.76/cwt	125.00–138.00	827	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	338	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	127.77/cwt	120.00–130.00	724	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	700	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	140.58/cwt	132.00–154.00	803	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	771	132.46/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,021	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	423	131.29/cwt	108.00–143.00	555	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	133.62/cwt	120.00–140.00	693	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	124.67/cwt	120.00–127.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	643	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	180.38/cwt	173.00–193.00	687	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	139.84/cwt	139.00–141.00	854	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	150.47/cwt	137.00–166.00	641	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	152.68/cwt	150.00–157.00	866	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	149.80/cwt	147.00–155.00	930	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	145.24/cwt	142.00–148.00	912	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	109.34/cwt	106.00–111.00	494	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	177.96/cwt	160.00–184.00	746	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	871	124.03/cwt	115.00–131.00	1,080	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	140.41/cwt	130.00–148.00	670	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	326	153.50/cwt	140.00–160.00	500	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	157.90/cwt	149.00–171.00	747	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	712	131.25/cwt	119.00–140.00	935	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	340	129.50/cwt	124.00–135.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	599	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	162.10/cwt	155.00–165.00	708	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	804	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,158	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	157.58/cwt	153.00–161.00	840	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	197.62/cwt	180.00–209.00	638	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	956	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	129.93/cwt	129.00–130.00	563	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	139.30/cwt	133.00–148.00	790	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	896	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	980	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	963	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	917	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,058	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	370	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	180.14/cwt	170.00–187.00	776	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	560	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	172.80/cwt	160.00–178.00	572	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	593	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	153.86/cwt	144.00–160.00	582	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	612	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	844	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	117.84/cwt	111.00–120.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	120.22/cwt	112.00–129.00	688	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	392	124.15/cwt	113.00–125.00	487	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	161.58/cwt	154.00–167.00	522	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	521	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	653	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	146.02/cwt	140.00–154.00	480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	140.79/cwt	136.00–146.00	586	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	143.03/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,024	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	145.21/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,154	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	141.40/cwt	135.00–145.00	735	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	489	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	587	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	927	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	145.08/cwt	140.00–150.00	682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	168.04/cwt	159.00–182.00	798	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	141.78/cwt	136.00–144.00	954	5

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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