Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls under 450 lbs mostly 6.00-12.00 lower over 450 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower except the better 550-600 lb steers 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs 2.00-4.00 lower over 450 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Quality and condition of feeders not as good as last week with more unweaned calves in the offering. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.21/cwt on 870 head.

Average price

$142.21

870 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$41.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.32

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	145.46	696	495
Medium and Large 1-2	526	143.89	756	261
Medium and Large 2	509	126.37	643	103
Medium and Large 3	462	103.91	480	11thin

One grade step is worth $41.55/cwt here — about $216 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 sale870 hd

142.21

—

AR average10 barns · 3,575 hd

135.89

+6.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

93 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 1Fleshy	—	434	138.51/cwt	135.00–146.00	601	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	111.51/cwt	109.00–114.00	795	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	166.85/cwt	164.00–173.00	714	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	126.91/cwt	120.00–129.00	796	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	154.94/cwt	145.00–159.00	886	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	160.86/cwt	150.00–163.00	611	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	329	155.70/cwt	139.00–162.00	512	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	744	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	917	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	172.52/cwt	164.00–179.00	811	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	145.10/cwt	142.00–147.00	853	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	130.59/cwt	128.00–132.00	713	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	650	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,005	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	587	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	945	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	156.29/cwt	149.00–167.00	592	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	174.08/cwt	163.00–177.00	722	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	635	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	826	80
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	158.81/cwt	156.00–161.00	684	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	175.45/cwt	167.00–183.00	730	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	181.24/cwt	178.00–190.00	694	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	739	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	861	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	779	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	474	136.05/cwt	135.00–137.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	141.16/cwt	131.00–149.00	741	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	154.04/cwt	150.00–160.00	494	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	135.58/cwt	131.00–139.00	959	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	122.62/cwt	121.00–126.00	828	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	161.82/cwt	157.00–167.00	761	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	153.34/cwt	142.00–160.00	641	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	161.97/cwt	155.00–167.00	836	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	176.18/cwt	170.00–187.00	643	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	672	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	867	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	132.68/cwt	129.00–134.00	763	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	663	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	895	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	146.44/cwt	140.00–150.00	772	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	143.91/cwt	141.00–145.00	892	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	179.42/cwt	177.00–186.00	597	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	895	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	335	175.28/cwt	170.00–181.00	587	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	482	159.39/cwt	146.00–165.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	371	172.02/cwt	170.00–176.00	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	337	166.33/cwt	160.00–175.00	561	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	441	156.34/cwt	145.00–162.00	689	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	387	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	635	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	111.37/cwt	100.00–117.00	690	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	140.81/cwt	120.00–146.00	584	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	111.50/cwt	111.00–112.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	534	135.98/cwt	122.00–143.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	623	122.07/cwt	120.00–124.00	760	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	123.50/cwt	120.00–127.00	797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	164.09/cwt	153.00–175.00	601	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	111.70/cwt	110.00–120.00	632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	761	104.84/cwt	90.00–110.00	798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	96.66/cwt	95.00–100.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	125.98/cwt	120.00–132.00	844	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	136.94/cwt	128.00–146.00	648	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	419	103.34/cwt	100.00–110.00	433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	483	109.75/cwt	108.00–111.00	530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	447	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	729	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	142.72/cwt	134.00–145.00	958	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	139.39/cwt	139.00–141.00	866	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	343	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	421	123.49/cwt	100.00–132.00	520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	171.38/cwt	165.00–176.00	584	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	155.97/cwt	152.00–160.00	802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	957	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	161.97/cwt	159.00–172.00	802	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	—	758	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	834	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	549	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	153.84/cwt	142.00–162.00	734	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	600	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	150.80/cwt	148.00–154.00	585	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	145.82/cwt	138.00–149.00	643	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	134.63/cwt	125.00–146.00	456	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	432	146.65/cwt	141.00–150.00	634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	126.39/cwt	120.00–130.00	666	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	136.73/cwt	133.00–144.00	789	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	130.18/cwt	129.00–135.00	823	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	137.87/cwt	130.00–140.00	798	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	157.48/cwt	141.00–166.00	688	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	142.27/cwt	138.00–144.00	726	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	151.82/cwt	144.00–158.00	706	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	378	140.80/cwt	130.00–145.00	532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	137.17/cwt	120.00–145.00	503	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	137.31/cwt	125.00–141.00	655	14

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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