Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls mostly steady to 3.00 higher with the better 300-400 lb steers 5.00-7.00 higher and the better bulls over 600 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.81/cwt on 601 head.

Average price

$139.81

601 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$36.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.19

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	492	145.56	716	341
Medium and Large 1-2	604	137.93	833	128
Medium and Large 2	530	127.90	677	124
Medium and Large 3	449	109.48	491	8thin

One grade step is worth $36.08/cwt here — about $225 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 sale601 hd

139.81

—

AR average9 barns · 1,737 hd

133.62

+6.19

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	1,610	97.00	1,562	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,382	62.23	860	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,168	59.81	699	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,003	52.06	522	24

Every lot, as filed

122 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%	—	991	48.31/cwt	44.00–50.00	479	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	694	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	845	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	431	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	765	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	329	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	62.92/cwt	61.00–65.00	866	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	58.42/cwt	54.00–61.00	700	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	60.01/cwt	59.00–61.00	840	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,096	60.50/cwt	55.00–66.00	663	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	1,101.36/cwt	835.00–1,225.00	12,269	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	747	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,306	1,044.20/cwt	800.00–1,125.00	13,637	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	750	127.33/cwt	125.00–129.00	955	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	419	173.09/cwt	162.00–188.00	725	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	667	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	128.42/cwt	120.00–134.00	736	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	158.33/cwt	144.00–167.00	673	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	663	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	835	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	134.31/cwt	131.00–136.00	903	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	727	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	693	127.35/cwt	120.00–130.00	883	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	481	143.12/cwt	135.00–151.00	688	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	181.19/cwt	175.00–191.00	678	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	871	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	134.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	838	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	384	161.32/cwt	150.00–169.00	619	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	138.66/cwt	129.00–150.00	591	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	139.35/cwt	130.00–143.00	789	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	789	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	947	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	538	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	54.38/cwt	51.00–57.00	561	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	63.23/cwt	62.00–66.00	714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	641	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	904	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	151.87/cwt	149.00–153.00	925	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	136.69/cwt	125.00–145.00	796	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	159.26/cwt	154.00–164.00	605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	157.55/cwt	157.00–159.00	781	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	152.26/cwt	147.00–156.00	862	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	144.39/cwt	128.00–151.00	755	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	129.70/cwt	125.00–134.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	652	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	883	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,079	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	173.20/cwt	165.00–187.00	558	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	137.47/cwt	136.00–139.00	848	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	149.05/cwt	137.00–155.00	490	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	738	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	665	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	944	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	157.00/cwt	143.00–164.00	600	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	138.37/cwt	130.00–146.00	518	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	116.82/cwt	110.00–125.00	731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	510	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	141.75/cwt	135.00–146.00	733	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	889	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	807	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	807	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	141.77/cwt	140.00–143.00	678	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	951.41/cwt	885.00–1,010.00	11,017	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,310.00/cwt	1,310.00–1,310.00	17,292	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	1,260.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,260.00	19,089	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	1,359.28/cwt	1,100.00–1,650.00	16,488	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	9,143	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	151.13/cwt	146.00–156.00	645	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	137.64/cwt	128.00–141.00	844	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	105.02/cwt	100.00–110.00	602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	130.00/cwt	125.00–136.00	696	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	147.24/cwt	141.00–156.00	696	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	133.00/cwt	120.00–136.00	874	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	454	140.41/cwt	140.00–141.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	203.36/cwt	187.00–214.00	673	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	480	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	140.60/cwt	135.00–149.00	655	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	646	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	718	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	848.65/cwt	685.00–975.00	9,573	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,895	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	59.95/cwt	56.00–68.00	564	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,595	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	13,328	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	1,135.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,135.00	15,493	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,436	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	17,950	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	588	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	536	139.79/cwt	136.00–142.00	749	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	740	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	873	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	142.91/cwt	136.00–149.00	812	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	686	119.52/cwt	118.00–120.00	820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	125.75/cwt	120.00–131.00	717	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	526	130.93/cwt	130.00–133.00	689	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	163.81/cwt	153.00–175.00	534	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	602	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	819	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	771	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	985	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	133.86/cwt	124.00–142.00	630	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	423	109.76/cwt	100.00–120.00	464	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,038	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	161.36/cwt	155.00–168.00	695	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	940	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	182.71/cwt	172.00–197.00	771	27
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	446	130.50/cwt	129.00–132.00	582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	160.76/cwt	153.00–169.00	831	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	910	107.50/cwt	105.00–110.00	978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	129.64/cwt	118.00–135.00	990	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	187.20/cwt	180.00–196.00	709	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	165.60/cwt	160.00–167.00	790	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,039	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	200.55/cwt	183.00–209.00	682	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	149.43/cwt	141.00–156.00	768	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	170.26/cwt	160.00–180.00	541	3
Bulls	—	—	1,610	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	607	138.44/cwt	137.00–141.00	840	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	159.32/cwt	149.00–165.00	754	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	873	96.98/cwt	90.00–104.00	847	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	129.39/cwt	129.00–131.00	938	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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