Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves mostly 1.00-6.00 lower except 350-400 lb heifers steady to 3.00 higher and 500-600 lb bulls steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough yearlings on offer for a trend. The offering included several new crop calves with some of them fleshy. 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 $133.89/cwt on 178 head.

Average price

$133.89

178 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$30.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.84

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	141.08	675	81
Medium and Large 2	500	130.94	655	62
Medium and Large 1-2	552	125.07	690	29
Medium and Large 3	428	110.11	471	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.96/cwt here — about $204 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 sale178 hd

133.89

—

AR average10 barns · 1,128 hd

134.73

−0.84

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	1,565	85.01	1,330	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,345	67.08	902	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,174	64.00	751	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,004	51.55	518	37

Every lot, as filed

109 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	594	136.96/cwt	126.00–139.00	814	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	149.47/cwt	145.00–154.00	680	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	157.80/cwt	149.00–172.00	579	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	174.37/cwt	166.00–178.00	727	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	340	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	127.37/cwt	124.00–129.00	847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	129.25/cwt	127.00–132.00	732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	134.75/cwt	131.00–139.00	691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	772	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	524	148.73/cwt	140.00–160.00	779	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	158.73/cwt	152.00–166.00	743	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	442	158.20/cwt	158.00–159.00	699	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	398	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	758	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	350	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	406	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	122.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	481	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	697	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	372	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	573	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	733	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	167.50/cwt	167.00–168.00	615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	122.51/cwt	121.00–123.00	953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	662	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	158.47/cwt	156.00–161.00	819	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	998	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	483	152.60/cwt	148.00–154.00	737	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	162.12/cwt	158.00–168.00	692	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	385	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	823	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	741	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	993.61/cwt	985.00–1,000.00	11,605	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	9,373	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,035	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	151.92/cwt	148.00–157.00	646	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	931.28/cwt	875.00–975.00	8,987	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	151.49/cwt	150.00–153.00	520	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,064	594.46/cwt	550.00–675.00	6,325	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	1,003.14/cwt	960.00–1,075.00	12,068	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	58.36/cwt	50.00–67.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	400	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	620	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	57.76/cwt	56.00–63.00	509	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	477	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	696	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	63.93/cwt	53.00–79.00	574	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	870	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	322	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	67.51/cwt	63.00–75.00	814	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	67.08/cwt	63.00–71.00	902	10
Bulls	—	—	1,629	85.66/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,395	10
Bulls	—	—	1,267	71.43/cwt	59.00–78.00	905	5
Bulls	—	—	1,733	97.30/cwt	90.00–102.00	1,686	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	54.65/cwt	50.00–58.00	591	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	740	26.67/cwt	23.00–30.00	197	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	705	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	233	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	34.23/cwt	29.00–40.00	317	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	722	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	42.86/cwt	40.00–46.00	431	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	1,033.29/cwt	850.00–1,175.00	11,604	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,125	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	58.05/cwt	53.00–61.00	652	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	731	50.63/cwt	46.00–55.00	370	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	487	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	731	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	60.54/cwt	59.00–66.00	614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	115.44/cwt	111.00–120.00	444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	106.40/cwt	100.00–113.00	541	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,126	885.21/cwt	750.00–950.00	9,967	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	765	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	345	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	355	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	378	157.62/cwt	145.00–160.00	596	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	128.66/cwt	120.00–133.00	535	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	318	143.17/cwt	136.00–150.00	455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	490	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	632	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	122.33/cwt	120.00–124.00	710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	425	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	308	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	131.58/cwt	125.00–137.00	674	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	433	123.88/cwt	120.00–128.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	422	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	679	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	639	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	786	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	823	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	132.35/cwt	129.00–134.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	155.24/cwt	147.00–160.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	472	127.39/cwt	120.00–131.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	132.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	124.74/cwt	114.00–130.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	114.48/cwt	114.00–116.00	777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	127.63/cwt	117.00–132.00	802	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	457	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	134.96/cwt	130.00–140.00	436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	137.10/cwt	130.00–144.00	658	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	685	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	114.98/cwt	112.00–121.00	701	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1

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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