Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 2.00-7.00 higher over 600 lbs 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder bulls mostly 1.00-5.00 higher. Had some large groups of fancy reputation calves and some value added calves that sold for a premium. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were not observed.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.19/cwt on 803 head.

Average price

$143.19

803 head · 478 lb average

Value per head Derived

$684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$37.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.19

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	468	147.73	691	569
Medium and Large 1-2	546	136.79	747	97
Medium and Large 2	475	130.31	618	127
Medium and Large 3	444	110.59	491	10thin

One grade step is worth $37.14/cwt here — about $200 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 sale803 hd

143.19

—

AR average9 barns · 1,597 hd

136.00

+7.19

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	1,705	94.00	1,603	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,192	64.50	769	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,422	63.79	907	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	57.96	582	13

Every lot, as filed

121 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 1-2	—	570	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	817	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	136.74/cwt	135.00–140.00	768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	160.36/cwt	156.00–166.00	765	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,019	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	192.17/cwt	190.00–195.00	650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	147.62/cwt	139.00–155.00	630	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	902	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	131.00/cwt	130.00–133.00	862	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	163.18/cwt	154.00–169.00	759	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	172.08/cwt	164.00–183.00	730	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	189.11/cwt	177.00–201.00	683	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	140.78/cwt	135.00–148.00	676	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	149.93/cwt	142.00–152.50	847	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	611	134.93/cwt	126.00–139.00	824	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	124.23/cwt	120.00–129.00	765	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	150.59/cwt	145.00–163.00	572	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.83/cwt	151.00–164.00	745	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	169.44/cwt	158.00–182.00	713	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	152.72/cwt	150.00–160.00	811	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	148.27/cwt	140.00–154.00	780	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	134.98/cwt	130.00–142.00	705	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	816	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	967	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	643	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	129.39/cwt	117.00–136.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	702	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	522	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	679	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	137.23/cwt	130.00–145.00	800	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	142.93/cwt	141.00–148.00	679	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	177.20/cwt	166.00–182.00	666	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	150.51/cwt	133.00–159.00	710	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	142.00/cwt	139.00–146.00	819	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	761	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	135.00/cwt	132.00–136.00	896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	983	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	154.25/cwt	150.00–160.00	504	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	157.73/cwt	150.00–168.00	803	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	588	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	393	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	684	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,090	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	120.67/cwt	120.00–122.00	805	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	334	204.94/cwt	203.00–211.00	684	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	906	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	411	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	629	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	354	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	559	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	128.62/cwt	125.00–132.00	741	39
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	1,034.63/cwt	875.00–1,150.00	14,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	806	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	328	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	577	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	427	196.75/cwt	196.75–196.75	840	101
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	800.88/cwt	650.00–950.00	9,490	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	141.85/cwt	139.00–148.00	896	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	71.77/cwt	57.00–79.00	657	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	505	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	848	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,256	1,099.78/cwt	1,000.00–1,175.00	13,813	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	56.59/cwt	52.00–59.00	569	7
Bulls	—	—	1,705	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,603	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	63.34/cwt	61.00–65.00	687	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	64.45/cwt	63.00–66.00	935	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,333	61.82/cwt	61.00–63.00	824	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	65.80/cwt	63.00–73.00	805	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,210.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,210.00	16,940	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	540	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	319	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	60.76/cwt	59.00–62.00	669	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	843	52.01/cwt	48.00–56.00	438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	315	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	428	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,319	64.89/cwt	63.00–66.00	856	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	440	112.53/cwt	110.00–115.00	495	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,217	919.80/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	11,194	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	68.95/cwt	67.00–70.00	715	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	859.09/cwt	810.00–900.00	9,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	360	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	841.95/cwt	835.00–850.00	7,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	691	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	760	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	520	108.96/cwt	108.00–110.00	567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	326	165.34/cwt	158.00–176.00	539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	456	113.48/cwt	111.00–116.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	115.29/cwt	110.00–120.00	726	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	420	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	487	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	140.29/cwt	130.00–144.00	595	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	839	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	889	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	109.52/cwt	108.00–111.00	737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	155.74/cwt	142.00–164.00	668	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	93.09/cwt	90.00–99.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	580	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	684	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	896	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	711	123.20/cwt	117.00–124.00	876	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	679	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	179.48/cwt	171.00–182.00	607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	134.67/cwt	134.00–136.00	846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	758	94.56/cwt	90.00–105.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	723	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	882	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	594	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	796	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	519	123.81/cwt	120.00–130.00	643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	112.50/cwt	111.00–114.00	883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	164.68/cwt	162.00–166.00	734	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	140.25/cwt	130.00–147.00	530	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	482	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	145.18/cwt	138.00–150.00	697	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	438	152.31/cwt	150.00–160.00	667	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	144.09/cwt	133.00–151.00	471	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	119.63/cwt	111.00–122.00	756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	117.65/cwt	109.00–122.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	165.41/cwt	154.00–175.00	554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	397	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	141.90/cwt	130.00–150.00	752	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	123.40/cwt	110.00–135.00	638	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	129.27/cwt	120.00–135.00	622	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	491	121.97/cwt	110.00–126.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	380	147.16/cwt	140.00–155.00	559	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	169.45/cwt	155.00–173.00	629	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	722	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	794	5

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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