Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2021-06-03

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 3
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,182 head
336 vs last sale 846 236 vs year ago 1,418 · 16.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
44 vs last sale 180 42 vs year ago 178 · 23.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
80 vs last sale 110 20 vs year ago 50 · 40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 1.00-5.00 higher . The offering included several groups of good quality calves. Slaughter cows breakers 3.00-7.00 higher with boner and lean cows 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.52/cwt on 564 head.
Average price
$161.52
564 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$257
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$48.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.58
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547165.11904385
Medium and Large 1-2562157.2288485
Medium and Large 2515153.5079187
Medium and Large 3556116.436477thin
One grade step is worth $48.68/cwt here — about $257 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 sale564 hd
161.52
AR average9 barns · 1,429 hd
154.95
+6.58
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,64496.701,58912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43371.701,02715
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17668.8281057
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00156.7856822

Every lot, as filed

92 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight71830.44/cwt30.00–31.002192
CowsLean 85-90%1,03352.41/cwt48.00–56.005415
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210876.65/cwt825.00–900.0010,6073
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2959985.22/cwt975.00–1,000.009,4485
CowsLean 85-90%1,00966.41/cwt64.00–70.006708
CowsLean 85-90%1,06458.48/cwt55.00–63.006226
HeifersMedium and Large 1570136.37/cwt130.00–139.0077786
BullsMedium and Large 1582148.20/cwt146.00–149.008636
HeifersMedium and Large 1480146.91/cwt142.00–157.0070577
HeifersMedium and Large 1519143.53/cwt136.00–149.0074551
BullsMedium and Large 1715122.57/cwt121.00–129.008765
BullsMedium and Large 1476165.36/cwt160.00–170.007878
SteersMedium and Large 1332197.41/cwt181.00–215.006553
BullsMedium and Large 1633140.89/cwt136.00–143.0089210
BullsMedium and Large 1531156.02/cwt153.00–160.008289
HeifersMedium and Large 1377158.11/cwt150.00–163.0059613
HeifersMedium and Large 1319164.92/cwt154.00–176.005266
SteersMedium and Large 1813124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0082
SteersMedium and Large 1730139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0152
SteersMedium and Large 1567161.07/cwt152.00–170.0091390
SteersMedium and Large 1481173.53/cwt160.00–184.0083546
SteersMedium and Large 1626149.57/cwt144.00–155.0093629
SteersMedium and Large 1414181.01/cwt172.00–187.0074925
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned635146.80/cwt141.00–149.0093234
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added558170.00/cwt170.00–170.0094921
SteersMedium and Large 1781133.76/cwt133.00–134.001,0454
SteersMedium and Large 1373187.58/cwt183.00–193.007004
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added518180.00/cwt180.00–180.0093212
HeifersMedium and Large 1422155.47/cwt148.00–160.0065645
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added523148.19/cwt145.00–149.0077515
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added594136.00/cwt136.00–136.0080810
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added477185.91/cwt185.00–187.0088713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned640120.00/cwt120.00–120.007682
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006465
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added468153.00/cwt153.00–153.0071610
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned688136.72/cwt130.00–140.009418
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned749131.00/cwt131.00–131.009814
BullsMedium and Large 1442172.58/cwt166.00–176.0076313
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open726126.00/cwt126.00–126.009157
HeifersMedium and Large 1621130.86/cwt129.00–132.0081332
HeifersMedium and Large 1725120.00/cwt120.00–120.008703
BullsMedium and Large 1822114.00/cwt114.00–114.009373
BullsMedium and Large 1667136.87/cwt129.00–139.009138
Bulls1,66392.68/cwt87.00–96.001,5415
Bulls1,25072.00/cwt72.00–72.009001
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61566.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13963.39/cwt58.00–67.0072219
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19571.54/cwt69.00–78.0085538
Bulls1,693104.16/cwt97.00–110.001,7636
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5031,299.54/cwt1,275.00–1,325.0019,5322
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24070.00/cwt70.00–70.008681
SteersMedium and Large 3730100.00/cwt100.00–100.007303
SteersMedium and Large 3383136.00/cwt136.00–136.005213
CowsLean 85-90%97044.00/cwt44.00–44.004271
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42072.11/cwt68.00–78.001,02414
HeifersMedium and Large 2483139.36/cwt136.00–145.0067314
SteersMedium and Large 2425163.37/cwt159.00–171.006948
SteersMedium and Large 3550107.00/cwt107.00–107.005891
HeifersMedium and Large 2684116.76/cwt110.00–119.007994
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03872.30/cwt61.00–76.007506
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,088.84/cwt850.00–1,150.0013,4475
HeifersMedium and Large 2703100.00/cwt100.00–100.007036
BullsMedium and Large 2558137.01/cwt135.00–139.007653
BullsMedium and Large 2698124.00/cwt124.00–124.008662
SteersMedium and Large 2775124.00/cwt124.00–124.009611
HeifersMedium and Large 2531130.34/cwt120.00–137.006929
HeifersMedium and Large 2388140.88/cwt126.00–150.005479
HeifersMedium and Large 2578124.39/cwt110.00–129.007197
HeifersMedium and Large 2329148.56/cwt146.00–153.004897
BullsMedium and Large 2372157.78/cwt146.00–161.005875
SteersMedium and Large 2477150.95/cwt136.00–161.007205
SteersMedium and Large 2330177.93/cwt165.00–189.005873
SteersMedium and Large 2519152.50/cwt142.00–161.0079129
SteersMedium and Large 2571147.28/cwt137.00–150.0084113
SteersMedium and Large 2374173.18/cwt169.00–177.0064813
SteersMedium and Large 2636136.90/cwt134.00–139.008718
SteersMedium and Large 2692135.85/cwt135.00–138.009407
HeifersMedium and Large 2435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 2628120.00/cwt120.00–120.007542
BullsMedium and Large 2478152.96/cwt146.00–160.007312
BullsMedium and Large 2415152.00/cwt152.00–152.006312
BullsMedium and Large 2620132.00/cwt132.00–132.008181
BullsMedium and Large 2300162.00/cwt162.00–162.004861
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added594153.00/cwt153.00–153.0090910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2611151.00/cwt151.00–151.0092317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479173.66/cwt160.00–180.0083213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2546163.00/cwt163.00–163.008909
SteersMedium and Large 1-2427169.05/cwt164.00–175.007229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2709137.00/cwt137.00–137.009717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2540133.00/cwt133.00–133.0071811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576153.07/cwt150.00–155.0088220
SteersMedium and Large 1524171.21/cwt163.00–180.0089788

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.