Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to three weeks ago: Feeder steers and bulls under 600 lbs mostly 2.00-5.00 lower except the better 300-400 lbs 2.00-10.00 higher over 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs mostly 2.00-5.00 higher with the better 400-450 lbs 11.00 higher and 550-650 lbs 3.00-6.00 lower. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.14/cwt on 676 head.

Average price

$154.14

676 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$41.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.26

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	158.21	885	345
Medium and Large 1-2	558	150.80	842	238
Medium and Large 2	497	150.09	745	86
Medium and Large 3	500	116.67	584	7thin

One grade step is worth $41.53/cwt here — about $302 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 sale676 hd

154.14

—

AR average8 barns · 1,753 hd

149.88

+4.26

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	1,115	60.00	669	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,251	47.62	596	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,126	43.36	488	27

Every lot, as filed

123 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 1Value Added	—	318	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	515	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	386	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	157.63/cwt	149.00–169.00	533	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	158.06/cwt	145.00–167.00	602	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	194.73/cwt	179.00–208.00	742	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	201.23/cwt	197.00–213.00	642	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	144.38/cwt	140.00–149.00	826	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	139.74/cwt	131.00–145.00	817	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	132.59/cwt	125.00–143.00	944	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	752	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	925	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	627	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	124.88/cwt	118.00–130.00	703	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	179.06/cwt	169.00–184.00	752	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	137.74/cwt	130.00–146.00	643	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	686	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	486	159.49/cwt	158.00–162.00	775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	135.88/cwt	133.00–138.00	885	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	146.89/cwt	130.00–153.00	774	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	121.32/cwt	115.00–129.00	757	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	579	145.73/cwt	144.00–150.00	844	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	159.03/cwt	156.00–162.00	782	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	132.79/cwt	122.00–136.00	689	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	808	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,010	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	165.86/cwt	157.00–175.00	791	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	163.54/cwt	158.00–169.00	854	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	155.32/cwt	140.00–165.00	660	48
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,299	702.37/cwt	550.00–885.00	9,124	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	735	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	897	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	821	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	131.39/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,021	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	143.66/cwt	137.00–145.00	892	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	9,102	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	1,065.82/cwt	775.00–1,150.00	10,807	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	523	165.24/cwt	164.00–167.00	864	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	323	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	135.01/cwt	133.50–140.00	759	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	482	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	725	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	992	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,052	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	420	166.23/cwt	154.00–169.00	698	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	528	136.06/cwt	132.00–139.00	718	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	467	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	850	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	134.28/cwt	127.00–141.00	974	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	628	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,189	45.47/cwt	44.50–50.00	541	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	38.44/cwt	37.00–40.00	411	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	993	40.65/cwt	39.00–43.00	404	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	48.10/cwt	45.00–52.00	619	29
Bulls	—	—	1,115	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	515	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	110.59/cwt	109.00–118.00	700	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,465	1,000.51/cwt	975.00–1,025.00	14,657	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	854.47/cwt	850.00–860.00	11,176	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,259	50.10/cwt	48.00–54.00	631	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	430	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	507	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	128.09/cwt	120.00–136.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	158.87/cwt	150.00–170.00	682	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,301	668.48/cwt	550.00–800.00	8,697	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,349	53.20/cwt	52.00–54.00	718	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	842	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	328	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	439	155.67/cwt	140.00–160.00	683	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	138.44/cwt	136.00–140.00	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	418	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	117.27/cwt	114.00–120.00	665	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,456	911.44/cwt	735.00–1,035.00	13,271	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	131.28/cwt	130.00–136.00	771	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	489	123.93/cwt	120.00–128.00	606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	469	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	652	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	154.07/cwt	152.00–155.00	821	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	359	140.41/cwt	126.00–146.00	504	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	359	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	538	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	603	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	367	151.88/cwt	141.00–161.00	557	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	136.47/cwt	126.00–142.00	646	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	333	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	513	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	166.69/cwt	160.00–170.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	118.32/cwt	114.00–120.00	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	126.86/cwt	120.00–130.00	594	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	611	144.36/cwt	144.00–145.00	882	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	375	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	585	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	440	177.56/cwt	175.00–179.00	781	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	423	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	168.73/cwt	160.00–180.00	636	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	134.77/cwt	120.00–142.00	438	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	133.48/cwt	125.00–137.00	685	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	458	139.99/cwt	135.00–150.00	641	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	768	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	537	131.35/cwt	121.00–140.00	705	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	634	133.56/cwt	127.00–135.00	847	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	153.64/cwt	139.00–161.00	734	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	118.70/cwt	118.00–119.00	807	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	121.06/cwt	119.00–124.00	751	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	708	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	817	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	898	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	742	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	130.50/cwt	125.00–133.00	630	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	132.88/cwt	126.00–136.00	816	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	141.96/cwt	140.00–143.00	955	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	753	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	715	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	334	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	179.11/cwt	177.00–183.00	693	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	174.62/cwt	172.00–177.00	737	19

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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