Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2022-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 6.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 1.00-8.00 higher. The offering included several weaned calves with some of them Value Added that sold for a premium. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week. About 150 cows and bulls observed today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.53/cwt on 404 head.

Average price

$152.53

404 head · 480 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$298

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

$39.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.53

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	477	157.92	753	274
Medium and Large 1-2	534	152.29	813	49
Medium and Large 2	475	138.47	657	65
Medium and Large 3	385	118.21	455	16thin

One grade step is worth $39.71/cwt here — about $298 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 sale404 hd

152.53

—

AR average10 barns · 1,543 hd

147.00

+5.53

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	—	Low	1,654	114.75	1,898	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,214	79.22	962	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,630	79.00	1,288	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	878	59.92	526	7thin

Every lot, as filed

114 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	195.04/cwt	173.00–205.00	1,030	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	688	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	860	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	166.73/cwt	160.00–180.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	512	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	840	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	375	173.87/cwt	150.00–181.00	652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	152.62/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	205.41/cwt	195.00–227.00	668	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	169.86/cwt	160.00–176.00	562	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	147.17/cwt	130.00–157.00	830	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	455	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	805	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	426	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	746	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	359	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	664	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	448	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	802	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	847	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	168.70/cwt	157.00–178.00	638	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	147.69/cwt	141.00–158.00	769	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	159.39/cwt	148.00–173.00	760	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	147.33/cwt	140.00–157.00	533	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	168.37/cwt	156.00–182.00	719	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	166.50/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	181.96/cwt	173.00–191.00	1,006	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	172.40/cwt	160.00–190.00	638	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	190.34/cwt	176.00–206.00	900	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	191.46/cwt	177.00–210.00	814	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	176.03/cwt	170.00–182.00	741	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	163.55/cwt	150.00–180.00	765	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	146.42/cwt	140.00–153.00	861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	167.75/cwt	160.00–175.00	877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	549	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,027	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	491	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	957	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	463	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	201.89/cwt	190.00–209.00	767	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	588	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	988	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	524	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,069	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	523	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,088	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	482	198.06/cwt	186.00–204.00	955	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,084	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	178.99/cwt	168.00–190.00	863	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	701	132.60/cwt	123.00–135.00	930	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	155.99/cwt	150.00–160.00	891	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	323	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	733	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	379	158.61/cwt	140.00–172.00	601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	890	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	926	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	70.55/cwt	70.00–71.00	864	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	456	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	72.36/cwt	70.00–77.00	672	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	1,288	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	82.02/cwt	80.00–86.00	974	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	77.66/cwt	75.00–79.00	978	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	768	39.49/cwt	39.00–40.00	303	2
Bulls	—	—	1,425	97.22/cwt	96.00–98.00	1,385	2
Bulls	—	—	1,734	125.31/cwt	119.00–131.00	2,173	4
Bulls	—	—	1,672	113.85/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,904	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,247	1,299.07/cwt	900.00–1,450.00	16,199	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,242	1,226.11/cwt	925.00–1,350.00	15,228	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	8,784	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,103	81.10/cwt	75.00–86.00	895	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	905	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,466	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,104.44/cwt	1,075.00–1,125.00	12,756	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	15,330	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	1,189.97/cwt	950.00–1,450.00	16,576	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,342	1,309.25/cwt	900.00–1,600.00	17,570	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,095	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,308	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	940	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	345	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	572	125.31/cwt	120.00–136.00	717	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	412	165.29/cwt	160.00–168.00	681	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	144.99/cwt	136.00–152.00	900	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	326	201.72/cwt	180.00–216.00	658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	121.18/cwt	113.00–130.00	757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	134.18/cwt	119.00–140.00	695	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	147.85/cwt	138.00–160.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	759	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	118.67/cwt	107.00–124.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	472	107.44/cwt	91.00–117.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	319	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	396	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	121.98/cwt	120.00–128.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	411	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	143.75/cwt	132.00–148.00	696	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	596	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	876	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	513	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	805	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	327	146.03/cwt	130.00–159.00	478	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	685	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	897	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	141.85/cwt	130.00–156.00	601	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	457	147.25/cwt	147.00–148.00	673	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	672	136.67/cwt	136.00–137.00	918	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	180.96/cwt	160.00–197.00	773	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	167.68/cwt	148.00–180.00	543	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	163.22/cwt	150.00–184.00	847	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	183.08/cwt	170.00–196.00	705	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	733	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	140.82/cwt	131.00–161.00	659	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	159.88/cwt	150.00–170.00	679	2

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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