Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders 6.00-20.00 lower mostly 10.00-15.00 lower with quality not as good as last week. Buyer activity was weak as we are in the middle of October with all the weather changes. 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 $112.77/cwt on 341 head.

Average price

$112.77

341 head · 477 lb average

Value per head Derived

$538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$22.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.63

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	121.71	555	102
Medium and Large 1-2	472	117.47	554	30
Medium and Large 2	492	108.96	536	183
Medium and Large 3	455	99.16	451	26

One grade step is worth $22.55/cwt here — about $103 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 sale341 hd

112.77

—

AR average9 barns · 1,184 hd

115.41

−2.63

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	1,367	74.46	1,017	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,400	53.48	749	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,138	51.36	584	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	42.48	431	16

Every lot, as filed

115 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	—	376	127.59/cwt	125.00–131.00	480	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	144.81/cwt	141.00–146.00	669	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	164.57/cwt	157.00–168.00	632	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	900	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	121.94/cwt	118.00–124.00	571	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	124.25/cwt	118.00–127.00	536	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	156.75/cwt	140.00–164.00	585	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	126.20/cwt	124.00–129.00	399	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	118.80/cwt	115.00–120.00	746	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	157.23/cwt	144.00–166.00	665	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	114.98/cwt	113.00–117.00	769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	538	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	522	127.43/cwt	123.00–131.00	665	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	680	86.81/cwt	80.00–90.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	113.79/cwt	112.00–116.00	634	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	560	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	139.88/cwt	132.00–146.00	650	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	152.74/cwt	140.00–169.00	661	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	142.77/cwt	135.00–148.00	550	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	567	119.41/cwt	110.00–125.00	677	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	119.33/cwt	110.00–127.00	616	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	450	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	667	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	117.29/cwt	113.00–120.00	611	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	725	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	841	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	521	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	129.34/cwt	129.00–130.00	660	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	771	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	11,827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	125.93/cwt	125.00–127.00	701	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	915	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,863	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,680	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	685	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	740	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	550	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	655	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	5,696	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	54.84/cwt	46.00–61.00	589	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	682	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	430	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,051	789.93/cwt	675.00–985.00	8,302	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	992.59/cwt	975.00–1,010.00	9,976	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,525	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	976	73.04/cwt	56.00–84.00	713	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	9,464	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	689.45/cwt	650.00–750.00	5,812	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	594	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	692.91/cwt	600.00–825.00	7,497	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	615	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	332	1
Bulls	—	—	1,058	66.91/cwt	64.00–70.00	708	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	39.61/cwt	36.00–43.00	397	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,081	46.57/cwt	42.00–48.00	503	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,240	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	682	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	61.41/cwt	57.00–66.00	752	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	34.54/cwt	34.00–36.00	338	4
Bulls	—	—	1,435	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,148	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	53.48/cwt	53.00–54.00	749	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	52.57/cwt	50.00–55.00	607	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	46.61/cwt	45.00–48.00	468	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	358	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	451	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	815	26.00/cwt	26.00–26.00	212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	500	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	418	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	614	92.42/cwt	92.00–93.00	567	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	659.44/cwt	600.00–735.00	7,162	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	388	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	427	2
Bulls	—	—	1,915	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,609	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	528	97.63/cwt	92.00–103.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	555	92.97/cwt	90.00–96.00	516	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	119.84/cwt	110.00–127.00	566	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	103.03/cwt	81.00–108.00	333	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	118.47/cwt	110.00–123.00	616	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	391	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	403	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	700	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	450	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	116.55/cwt	105.00–122.00	497	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	442	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	460	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	127.24/cwt	116.00–140.00	463	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	119.65/cwt	110.00–123.00	678	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	115.14/cwt	109.00–117.00	601	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	117.21/cwt	105.00–120.00	856	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	475	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	117.34/cwt	110.00–120.00	737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	613	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	790	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	116.84/cwt	112.00–118.00	768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	97.15/cwt	94.00–99.00	691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	127.17/cwt	120.00–137.00	612	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	106.22/cwt	98.00–115.00	550	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	797	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	105.03/cwt	99.00–107.00	699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	114.00/cwt	107.00–124.00	376	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	127.73/cwt	114.00–140.00	556	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	145.27/cwt	130.00–150.00	476	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	113.49/cwt	108.00–120.00	422	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	892	101.58/cwt	100.00–108.00	906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	113.82/cwt	106.00–121.00	534	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	718	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	131.42/cwt	118.00–140.00	418	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	102.54/cwt	94.00–110.00	591	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	564	110.41/cwt	100.00–116.00	623	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	103.87/cwt	98.00–109.00	653	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	677	96.66/cwt	96.00–97.00	654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	100.47/cwt	96.00–102.00	718	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	310	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	353	2

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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