Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mixed with the better 350-600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher 300-350 lb 2.00 lower over 600 lb and the plainer kind steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower except the better 450-500 lbs 1.00 higher with the full decline on the plainer kind. 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 $130.50/cwt on 418 head.

Average price

$130.50

418 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$635

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$26.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.21

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	487	135.40	660	230
Medium and Large 1-2	527	128.45	677	33
Medium and Large 2	478	124.83	596	144
Medium and Large 3	450	108.57	489	11thin

One grade step is worth $26.83/cwt here — about $171 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 sale418 hd

130.50

—

AR average9 barns · 1,460 hd

127.29

+3.21

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	1,545	79.00	1,221	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,362	57.78	787	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,209	55.42	670	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	914	45.11	412	28

Every lot, as filed

117 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	478	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	574	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	113.15/cwt	110.00–119.00	660	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	380	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	157.82/cwt	153.00–166.00	497	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	284	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	59.30/cwt	59.00–60.00	843	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,273	55.51/cwt	54.00–57.00	707	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	54.22/cwt	50.00–57.00	653	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	658	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	217	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	58.83/cwt	57.00–60.00	710	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	795	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	334	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	590	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	49.65/cwt	48.00–55.00	494	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	742.72/cwt	525.00–875.00	8,705	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,072	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	143.08/cwt	139.00–145.00	803	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	149.50/cwt	140.00–162.00	638	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	132.16/cwt	129.00–137.00	804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	149.33/cwt	146.00–150.00	808	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	188.26/cwt	176.00–197.00	689	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	639	125.01/cwt	120.00–128.00	799	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	136.86/cwt	136.00–138.00	798	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	123.40/cwt	119.00–128.00	710	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	905	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	140.93/cwt	130.00–147.00	478	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	820	111.75/cwt	110.00–117.00	916	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	417	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	387	154.19/cwt	140.00–164.00	597	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	778	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	778	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	126.44/cwt	125.00–134.00	780	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	139.62/cwt	139.00–144.00	729	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	123.68/cwt	121.00–128.00	839	8
Bulls	—	—	1,545	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,221	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	477	135.30/cwt	120.00–148.00	645	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	158.03/cwt	140.00–170.00	521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	178.76/cwt	170.00–193.00	669	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	154.04/cwt	146.00–172.00	718	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	133.61/cwt	128.00–144.00	704	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	966	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	159.42/cwt	150.00–177.00	738	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	130.60/cwt	126.00–137.00	764	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	881	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	151.75/cwt	147.00–158.00	789	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	163.70/cwt	150.00–171.00	620	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	145.53/cwt	139.00–150.00	611	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	116.89/cwt	110.00–120.00	485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	121.19/cwt	117.00–125.00	648	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	775	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	128.29/cwt	123.00–137.00	668	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	121.06/cwt	119.00–125.00	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	102.14/cwt	98.00–106.00	482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	821	118.30/cwt	110.00–125.00	971	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,009	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	171.79/cwt	165.00–181.00	720	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	140.40/cwt	130.00–150.00	674	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	799.90/cwt	785.00–810.00	8,703	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,194	2
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	738	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	347	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	55.44/cwt	50.00–58.00	562	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,022	56.76/cwt	56.00–59.00	580	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,656	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	1,197.50/cwt	1,160.00–1,235.00	13,268	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,355.57/cwt	1,200.00–1,400.00	17,622	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,465	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,475	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	14,160	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	11,231	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	852.98/cwt	800.00–910.00	11,029	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	188.98/cwt	180.00–207.00	624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	172.28/cwt	150.00–182.00	574	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	196.33/cwt	190.00–205.00	626	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	778	116.66/cwt	112.00–120.00	908	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	561	132.14/cwt	127.00–145.00	741	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	110.13/cwt	103.00–114.00	754	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	329	125.48/cwt	122.00–127.00	413	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	119.99/cwt	116.00–124.00	850	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	429	139.27/cwt	130.00–146.00	597	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	378	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	461	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	513	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	638	118.89/cwt	109.00–122.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	114.17/cwt	110.00–119.00	708	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	136.04/cwt	126.00–145.00	516	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	123.45/cwt	123.00–124.00	838	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	135.35/cwt	127.00–145.00	635	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	715	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	129.16/cwt	117.00–136.00	541	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	148.03/cwt	140.00–155.00	551	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	646	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	908	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	726	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	124.31/cwt	112.00–130.00	584	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	524	130.20/cwt	120.00–136.00	682	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	161.88/cwt	154.00–173.00	693	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	727	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	120.68/cwt	108.00–128.00	698	28

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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