Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls mixed with the 300-350 lbs 10.00-15.00 lower over 350 lbs steady to 8.00 higher mostly 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs mostly steady to 5.00 higher 600-700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower on the small amount observed due to time limits. Slaughter bulls not reported. Had a good run of replacement cows from herd sellouts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.30/cwt on 480 head.

Average price

$142.30

480 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$40.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.68

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	148.34	741	261
Medium and Large 1-2	533	142.79	762	85
Medium and Large 2	506	131.85	668	125
Medium and Large 3	437	107.93	471	9thin

One grade step is worth $40.41/cwt here — about $270 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 sale480 hd

142.30

—

AR average8 barns · 1,631 hd

134.62

+7.68

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	—	Low	1,440	76.00	1,094	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,396	60.36	843	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	57.99	688	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	51.53	510	27

Every lot, as filed

121 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	908.02/cwt	785.00–1,000.00	8,808	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,139	1,104.62/cwt	775.00–1,300.00	12,582	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	827.09/cwt	785.00–885.00	9,983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	152.81/cwt	147.00–155.00	947	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	564	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	908	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	480	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	778	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	125.80/cwt	119.00–135.00	969	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	141.48/cwt	133.00–144.00	896	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	191.76/cwt	191.00–194.00	639	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	191.09/cwt	178.00–196.00	730	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	797	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	169.66/cwt	165.00–180.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	138.84/cwt	136.00–140.00	948	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	183.05/cwt	175.00–191.00	754	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	479	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	623	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	930	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	143.58/cwt	138.00–151.00	824	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	321	160.44/cwt	154.00–177.00	515	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	429	119.50/cwt	106.00–130.00	513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	860	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	660	133.55/cwt	132.00–138.00	881	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	130.00/cwt	129.00–131.00	751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	157.93/cwt	144.00–164.00	676	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	723	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	897	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	384	177.20/cwt	172.00–180.00	680	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	149.19/cwt	144.00–154.00	780	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	137.65/cwt	127.00–144.00	728	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	1,243.84/cwt	860.00–1,450.00	13,782	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,000	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,382	1,164.46/cwt	950.00–1,250.00	16,093	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	53.61/cwt	53.00–56.00	537	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	56.26/cwt	53.00–60.00	658	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	57.74/cwt	57.00–58.00	808	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,393	62.11/cwt	60.00–65.00	865	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	410	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	58.51/cwt	58.00–59.00	587	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	46.86/cwt	44.00–48.00	435	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	62.40/cwt	61.00–66.00	768	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	634	128.47/cwt	114.00–132.00	814	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	160.82/cwt	153.00–166.00	766	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	125.16/cwt	122.00–132.00	917	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	377	134.33/cwt	120.00–141.00	506	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	162.18/cwt	146.00–172.00	605	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	140.26/cwt	135.00–143.50	877	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	761	125.40/cwt	125.00–126.00	954	5
Bulls	—	—	1,440	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	144.16/cwt	136.00–156.00	682	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	175.29/cwt	160.00–180.00	736	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	184.29/cwt	180.00–197.00	586	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	148.77/cwt	140.00–158.00	699	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	814	124.33/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,012	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	829	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	145.01/cwt	142.00–146.00	932	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	160.56/cwt	157.00–163.00	851	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	335	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	132.65/cwt	124.00–135.00	958	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	152.45/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,020	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	147.63/cwt	140.00–154.00	472	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	152.07/cwt	150.00–154.00	718	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	153.34/cwt	141.00–160.00	725	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	167.84/cwt	162.00–171.00	535	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	669	113.86/cwt	110.00–122.00	762	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	614	121.93/cwt	115.00–125.00	749	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	135.03/cwt	130.00–140.00	767	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	364	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	135.02/cwt	132.00–136.00	871	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	583	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	134.82/cwt	134.00–140.00	555	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	466	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	531	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	156.22/cwt	148.00–161.00	655	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	633	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	109.00/cwt	99.00–119.00	420	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	137.16/cwt	130.00–145.00	661	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	596	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	817	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	139.60/cwt	135.00–142.00	811	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	971	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	112.50/cwt	110.00–115.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	131.94/cwt	119.00–137.00	699	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	835	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	158.19/cwt	150.00–164.00	595	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	132.40/cwt	130.00–134.00	870	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	490	94.78/cwt	88.00–109.00	464	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	126.82/cwt	120.00–136.00	729	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	20,969	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	11,993	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,121	1,462.03/cwt	1,275.00–1,550.00	16,389	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,094	1,252.29/cwt	1,025.00–1,325.00	13,700	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,373	1,330.65/cwt	1,225.00–1,425.00	18,270	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	1,212.12/cwt	1,100.00–1,275.00	14,388	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	872.36/cwt	850.00–900.00	8,680	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,240	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	64.35/cwt	58.00–75.00	606	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	66.06/cwt	63.00–71.00	733	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	541	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	58.30/cwt	56.00–62.00	721	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	955.32/cwt	885.00–1,050.00	9,935	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	492	62.19/cwt	57.00–64.00	306	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	335	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	173.58/cwt	164.00–180.00	812	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	138.03/cwt	136.00–140.00	801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	147.42/cwt	140.00–155.00	771	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	154.25/cwt	152.00–162.00	887	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	783	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	985	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,084	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	161.92/cwt	157.00–173.00	698	9
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	367	132.19/cwt	128.00–141.00	485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	144.63/cwt	126.00–152.00	538	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	997	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	144.83/cwt	139.00–148.00	765	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	144.57/cwt	144.00–145.00	758	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	109.83/cwt	109.00–110.00	778	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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