Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly steady to 5.00 lower except 400-500 lb heifers steady to 4.00 higher and the better 350-400 lb steers 5.00 higher. Had about 50 tiger stripe and crossbred replacement heifers reported in the feeder report. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls mixed with the high dressing 2.00 higher and the average dressing 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.39/cwt on 418 head.

Average price

$130.39

418 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$33.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.31

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	134.38	675	237
Medium and Large 1-2	654	129.24	845	76
Medium and Large 2	511	124.23	634	96
Medium and Large 3	515	100.74	519	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.64/cwt here — about $156 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

130.39

—

AR average9 barns · 1,465 hd

130.07

+0.31

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	—	High	1,578	91.72	1,447	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,397	64.00	894	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,181	63.30	748	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	980	55.90	548	23

Every lot, as filed

118 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	—	369	148.07/cwt	145.00–152.00	546	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	178.51/cwt	178.00–179.00	575	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	155.17/cwt	153.00–159.00	801	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	138.08/cwt	137.00–140.00	862	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	168.08/cwt	164.00–176.00	686	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	121.70/cwt	117.00–127.00	747	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	132.89/cwt	127.00–138.00	706	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	776	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	781	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	152.11/cwt	148.00–157.00	496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	126.73/cwt	122.00–133.00	720	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	160.15/cwt	156.00–170.00	669	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	119.99/cwt	119.00–121.00	856	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	875	104.50/cwt	100.00–109.00	914	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	144.52/cwt	135.00–156.00	610	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	136.94/cwt	132.00–146.00	642	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	530	143.96/cwt	129.00–150.00	763	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	948	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	939	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	669	121.24/cwt	117.00–124.00	811	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	130.12/cwt	126.00–133.00	796	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	537	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	671	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	137.41/cwt	131.00–141.00	796	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	810	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	667	1,313.41/cwt	825.00–1,500.00	8,760	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	716	1,345.76/cwt	975.00–1,525.00	9,636	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	171.55/cwt	158.00–180.00	643	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	835	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	919	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	491	140.13/cwt	137.00–144.00	688	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	181.36/cwt	176.00–189.00	658	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	133.17/cwt	133.00–134.00	882	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	161.42/cwt	152.00–163.00	757	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	189.59/cwt	182.00–203.00	601	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	763	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	946	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	590	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	144.27/cwt	141.00–150.00	811	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,095	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	65.07/cwt	58.00–80.00	597	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,163	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	465	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	963.31/cwt	775.00–1,375.00	8,728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	618	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	735	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	473	132.98/cwt	127.00–136.00	629	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	835	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	21,750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	877.19/cwt	785.00–1,000.00	8,333	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,069	930.32/cwt	650.00–1,125.00	9,945	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	8,838	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,495	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	64.54/cwt	63.00–66.00	900	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,403	62.00/cwt	61.00–63.00	870	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	59.25/cwt	55.00–63.00	684	14
Bulls	—	—	1,683	97.02/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,633	13
Bulls	—	—	1,444	84.95/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,227	8
Bulls	—	—	1,285	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	989	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,460	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	753	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	65.33/cwt	63.00–71.00	780	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	830	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	481	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	745	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	387	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	47.96/cwt	44.00–52.00	503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	495	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	571	91.16/cwt	87.00–100.00	521	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	55.45/cwt	52.00–58.00	545	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	63.57/cwt	59.00–67.00	625	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	868.90/cwt	685.00–950.00	9,758	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,257	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	490	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	573	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	5,836	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	143.36/cwt	130.00–150.00	609	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	845	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	862	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	122.00/cwt	110.00–128.00	686	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	101.93/cwt	85.00–112.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	530	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	110.79/cwt	110.00–114.00	764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	121.77/cwt	110.00–130.00	648	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	154.35/cwt	143.00–160.00	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	152.02/cwt	144.00–161.00	710	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	782	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	626	1,024.41/cwt	850.00–1,200.00	6,413	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	835	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	11,481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	782	1,556.16/cwt	1,525.00–1,650.00	12,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	575	1,051.70/cwt	725.00–1,200.00	6,047	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	668	110.99/cwt	109.00–114.00	741	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	—	443	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	3,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	779	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	662	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	862	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	129.27/cwt	128.00–130.00	684	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	139.99/cwt	135.00–142.00	742	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	777	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	145.98/cwt	139.00–153.00	540	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	485	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	526	134.18/cwt	124.00–142.00	706	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	143.32/cwt	125.00–147.00	681	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	127.10/cwt	116.00–130.00	616	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	144.07/cwt	139.00–155.00	689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	130.98/cwt	130.00–133.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	118.05/cwt	112.00–123.00	678	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	135.30/cwt	129.00–149.00	417	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	134.51/cwt	128.00–140.00	573	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	127.67/cwt	125.00–129.00	846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	171.80/cwt	160.00–177.00	533	4

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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