Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Sale not reported last week. Feeder steers steady to 7.00 higher mostly 2.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs steady to 2.00 lower over 450 lbs 1.00-5.00 higher. The offering included a few groups of Value Added cattle that sold for a premium. No trend on cows and bulls not reported two weeks ago.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.52/cwt on 316 head.

Average price

$130.52

316 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$745

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$30.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.21

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	136.05	793	152
Medium and Large 2	518	129.00	668	116
Medium and Large 1-2	717	123.50	885	30
Medium and Large 3	560	105.25	590	18thin

One grade step is worth $30.80/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 sale316 hd

130.52

—

AR average8 barns · 1,800 hd

132.73

−2.21

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	1,238	87.00	1,077	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,423	71.59	1,019	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,195	66.69	797	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,076	56.48	608	12

Every lot, as filed

104 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 2	—	676	113.77/cwt	110.00–118.00	769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	158.61/cwt	146.00–167.00	674	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	136.24/cwt	130.00–140.00	576	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	127.89/cwt	120.00–132.00	670	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	782	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	158.23/cwt	154.00–165.00	600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	704	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	972	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	711	153.07/cwt	152.00–153.50	1,088	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	813.01/cwt	800.00–825.00	9,496	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	165.51/cwt	163.00–169.00	957	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	716	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	172.32/cwt	168.00–183.00	805	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	150.80/cwt	146.00–160.00	992	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	166.34/cwt	165.00–167.00	712	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	181.28/cwt	180.00–184.00	765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	123.02/cwt	120.00–125.00	877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	135.41/cwt	128.00–141.00	769	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	188.31/cwt	184.00–192.00	716	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	778	139.99/cwt	135.00–141.00	1,089	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	519	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	929	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	939	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	855	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,009	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	619	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	942	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	126.91/cwt	124.00–128.00	853	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	166.63/cwt	155.00–174.00	961	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	138.99/cwt	137.00–143.00	1,002	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	766	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	935	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	160.17/cwt	150.00–170.00	745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	112.66/cwt	110.00–118.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	140.40/cwt	134.00–151.00	723	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	613	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	864	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	171.19/cwt	163.00–177.00	873	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	787	114.75/cwt	111.00–116.00	903	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	894	839.30/cwt	625.00–1,000.00	7,503	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	184.67/cwt	174.00–190.00	563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	840	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,075	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,071	1,117.19/cwt	925.00–1,275.00	11,965	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	14,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	794.51/cwt	675.00–925.00	7,691	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	796	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	7,443	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,192	857.66/cwt	775.00–900.00	10,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	640	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,082	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	949.01/cwt	900.00–985.00	11,606	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	833	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	7,497	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	72.95/cwt	69.00–76.00	558	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,234	1,090.17/cwt	1,000.00–1,225.00	13,453	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,073	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	658.82/cwt	650.00–700.00	7,128	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	649	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	837	4
Bulls	—	—	1,238	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,077	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,076	56.48/cwt	56.00–58.00	608	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	71.59/cwt	70.00–72.00	1,019	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	69.62/cwt	67.00–73.00	852	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	60.53/cwt	58.00–64.00	686	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,403	1,137.17/cwt	1,125.00–1,150.00	15,954	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,097	1,211.32/cwt	1,150.00–1,225.00	13,288	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	559	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	146.28/cwt	135.00–150.00	614	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	391	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	508	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,249	74.09/cwt	73.00–76.00	925	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	596	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	650	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	403	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	639	98.66/cwt	90.00–105.00	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	121.21/cwt	120.00–129.00	759	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	896.36/cwt	850.00–935.00	10,998	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	343	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	429	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	138.12/cwt	127.00–145.00	714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	141.69/cwt	135.00–144.00	897	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	589	124.41/cwt	118.00–126.00	733	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	150.66/cwt	140.00–159.00	806	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	518	99.74/cwt	90.00–110.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	130.79/cwt	120.00–141.00	624	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	146.97/cwt	142.00–157.00	703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	144.60/cwt	136.00–155.00	833	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	137.71/cwt	130.00–150.00	521	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	144.19/cwt	142.00–146.00	610	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	463	138.13/cwt	130.00–150.00	640	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	632	141.17/cwt	130.00–149.00	892	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	145.97/cwt	140.00–150.00	676	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,115	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	146.45/cwt	135.00–152.00	845	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	686	135.43/cwt	130.00–138.00	929	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	878	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	126.75/cwt	125.00–129.00	805	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	533	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	372	155.49/cwt	146.00–165.00	578	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	128.34/cwt	124.00–130.00	721	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	127.61/cwt	120.00–137.00	801	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	514	154.74/cwt	144.00–159.00	795	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	516	133.64/cwt	130.00–135.00	690	18

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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