Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2021-11-04

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 4
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Receipts
1,814 head
1,277 vs last sale 537 87 vs year ago 1,901 · 4.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00-10.00 higher mostly 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 10.00-17.00 higher over 500 lbs 6.00-8.00 higher. The offering included several groups of black calves. Good buyer attendance and active bidding. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.70/cwt on 673 head.
Average price
$149.70
673 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$701
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$276
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$49.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.42
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464153.39711510
Medium and Large 1-2511142.7672995
Medium and Large 2444133.4859364
Medium and Large 3419103.854354thin
One grade step is worth $49.54/cwt here — about $276 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 sale673 hd
149.70
AR average9 barns · 2,284 hd
136.29
+13.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

83 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615152.00/cwt152.00–152.009359
SteersMedium and Large 1425181.50/cwt173.00–188.0077145
SteersMedium and Large 1748137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0252
SteersMedium and Large 2525147.22/cwt134.00–161.0077325
SteersMedium and Large 1566159.65/cwt146.00–169.0090487
SteersMedium and Large 1533168.69/cwt159.00–180.0089967
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned629140.94/cwt139.00–145.008873
SteersMedium and Large 3430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 2466133.20/cwt120.00–141.0062117
SteersMedium and Large 1479180.95/cwt168.00–190.0086771
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added493186.00/cwt186.00–186.009176
SteersMedium and Large 2Fleshy580116.00/cwt116.00–116.006732
HeifersMedium and Large 1572140.76/cwt133.00–146.0080530
SteersMedium and Large 2632139.25/cwt129.00–143.008805
HeifersMedium and Large 2417133.01/cwt120.00–142.005559
SteersMedium and Large 2335160.15/cwt150.00–170.005372
SteersMedium and Large 2479150.78/cwt130.00–165.0072229
SteersMedium and Large 3510110.00/cwt110.00–110.005611
SteersMedium and Large 3330133.00/cwt133.00–133.004391
SteersMedium and Large 2575130.63/cwt120.00–142.007513
SteersMedium and Large 2427159.66/cwt150.00–171.0068226
SteersMedium and Large 2381163.72/cwt144.00–176.0062413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537161.03/cwt156.00–167.0086515
SteersMedium and Large 2696139.39/cwt139.00–141.009705
SteersMedium and Large 1-2554152.00/cwt152.00–152.0084210
SteersMedium and Large 1810136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1021
SteersMedium and Large 2710136.23/cwt133.00–139.009674
SteersMedium and Large 1624153.72/cwt147.00–160.0095936
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472172.23/cwt165.00–188.0081340
SteersMedium and Large 1865140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2112
SteersMedium and Large 1383188.94/cwt175.00–198.0072469
Dairy SteersLarge 331565.00/cwt65.00–65.002051
Dairy SteersLarge 379040.00/cwt40.00–40.003161
SteersMedium and Large 1325211.51/cwt199.00–218.0068715
SteersMedium and Large 1667149.92/cwt144.00–153.001,00013
BullsMedium and Large 1621148.62/cwt142.00–155.009237
BullsMedium and Large 1666141.37/cwt132.00–146.0094212
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned618105.06/cwt100.00–110.006492
BullsMedium and Large 2Fleshy545110.00/cwt110.00–110.006001
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy97096.00/cwt96.00–96.009311
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy890100.00/cwt100.00–100.008902
BullsMedium and Large 1330177.01/cwt176.00–179.005843
BullsMedium and Large 2375143.11/cwt140.00–150.005373
BullsMedium and Large 3305112.00/cwt112.00–112.003421
BullsMedium and Large 2730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
BullsMedium and Large 2527139.75/cwt134.00–147.0073614
BullsMedium and Large 2645128.40/cwt128.00–130.008285
BullsMedium and Large 1478166.09/cwt154.00–177.0079431
BullsMedium and Large 3415113.00/cwt113.00–113.004691
BullsMedium and Large 2331168.54/cwt151.00–174.0055812
BullsMedium and Large 2425145.38/cwt145.00–147.006185
BullsMedium and Large 2660125.00/cwt125.00–125.008252
BullsMedium and Large 2479143.49/cwt130.00–157.0068718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open785134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0528
BullsMedium and Large 2578127.36/cwt119.00–135.007364
BullsMedium and Large 1366186.99/cwt170.00–195.0068417
BullsMedium and Large 1429169.55/cwt164.00–180.0072735
BullsMedium and Large 1731124.66/cwt119.00–126.009115
BullsMedium and Large 1516158.51/cwt146.00–166.0081825
HeifersMedium and Large 3362103.80/cwt100.00–111.003763
BullsMedium and Large 2830109.00/cwt109.00–109.009051
HeifersMedium and Large 1519148.93/cwt139.00–157.00773100
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added511161.61/cwt161.00–162.0082616
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed538137.00/cwt137.00–137.007374
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open828120.00/cwt120.00–120.009944
HeifersMedium and Large 2690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008281
BullsMedium and Large 1566148.06/cwt140.00–160.0083833
HeifersMedium and Large 1479152.84/cwt140.00–158.0073293
HeifersMedium and Large 1326164.31/cwt150.00–175.0053643
HeifersMedium and Large 1616138.89/cwt134.00–145.008568
HeifersMedium and Large 1428156.11/cwt143.00–171.00668118
HeifersMedium and Large 2568116.63/cwt114.00–118.006623
HeifersMedium and Large 3590104.00/cwt104.00–104.006141
HeifersMedium and Large 1384158.92/cwt148.00–173.0061084
HeifersMedium and Large 2371138.99/cwt127.00–145.0051613
HeifersMedium and Large 2640124.00/cwt124.00–124.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 2328133.91/cwt130.00–140.004398
HeifersMedium and Large 1665138.26/cwt129.00–145.009197
HeifersMedium and Large 2516132.63/cwt116.00–140.006848
HeifersMedium and Large 1719131.27/cwt125.00–138.009447
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520139.69/cwt135.00–148.0072639
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2441150.81/cwt147.00–156.0066524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474142.63/cwt135.00–152.0067624

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.