Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2022-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Stocker steers under 600 lbs 2.00-15.00 higher mostly 10.00-12.00 higher. Feeder steers over 600 lbs 3.00-4.00 higher. Stocker and feeder heifers steady to 10.00 higher mostly 5.00-7.00 higher. The value added cattle sold for a premium and fleshy unweaned calves sold at a discount. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower on the small amount observed. Not enough slaughter bulls observed for a trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $164.45/cwt on 473 head.

Average price

$164.45

473 head · 486 lb average

Value per head Derived

$800

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

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

$46.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.20

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	483	167.15	808	306
Medium and Large 1-2	509	166.45	848	108
Medium and Large 2	470	151.43	712	50
Medium and Large 3	393	120.96	476	9thin

One grade step is worth $46.19/cwt here — about $332 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 sale473 hd

164.45

—

AR average9 barns · 1,611 hd

157.25

+7.20

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	1,518	110.06	1,670	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	83.78	986	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,380	82.69	1,141	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,023	64.31	658	11

Every lot, as filed

123 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 1Fleshy	—	382	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	726	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	184.35/cwt	178.00–186.00	885	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	428	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	805	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	161.96/cwt	157.00–175.00	922	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,173	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	176.50/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,082	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	355	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	423	173.51/cwt	172.00–175.00	734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	630	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	375	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,309	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	470	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	178.67/cwt	170.00–186.00	752	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	900	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	191.09/cwt	171.00–199.00	1,078	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	160.38/cwt	154.00–171.00	840	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	891	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	172.14/cwt	160.00–179.00	807	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	572	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	898	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	512	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	481	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	837	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	863	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	134.48/cwt	131.00–143.00	842	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	906	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	444	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	804	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	397	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	719	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	516	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	872	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	201.97/cwt	185.00–209.00	1,064	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	216.76/cwt	200.00–228.00	828	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	217.08/cwt	209.00–219.00	723	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	181.55/cwt	170.00–197.00	690	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,106	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	140.98/cwt	139.00–145.00	966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	438	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	907	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,072	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	165.91/cwt	156.00–172.00	1,110	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	173.70/cwt	170.00–189.00	837	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	514	171.10/cwt	159.00–178.00	879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	188.46/cwt	187.00–190.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	501	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,047	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	498	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	209.00/cwt	191.00–220.00	986	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,131	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	179.19/cwt	160.00–191.00	779	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	363	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	817	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	492	220.02/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,082	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	590	188.66/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,113	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	537	213.08/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,144	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	200.02/cwt	190.00–220.00	852	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	158.62/cwt	156.00–159.00	1,232	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	832	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	563	166.74/cwt	165.00–170.00	939	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	187.80/cwt	180.00–193.00	789	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	154.09/cwt	148.00–160.00	978	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	381	197.79/cwt	189.00–207.00	754	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	720	144.55/cwt	142.00–147.00	1,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	158.51/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,048	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	86.99/cwt	82.00–91.00	1,053	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,062	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	754	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	67.90/cwt	64.00–73.00	706	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	85.51/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,130	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	78.45/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,150	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	860	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	499	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	810	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	243	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	962	52.56/cwt	50.00–55.00	506	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	79.01/cwt	74.00–85.00	875	4
Bulls	—	—	1,140	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,231	1
Bulls	—	—	1,840	117.12/cwt	113.00–121.00	2,155	2
Bulls	—	—	1,250	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	1,268.59/cwt	1,250.00–1,275.00	13,853	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	105.26/cwt	96.00–115.00	853	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	884	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,081	981.07/cwt	825.00–1,175.00	10,605	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	15,469	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	10,453	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,198	1,111.98/cwt	1,000.00–1,275.00	13,322	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,439	1,511.77/cwt	1,425.00–1,550.00	21,754	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	1,107.74/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	10,557	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,044	84.32/cwt	66.00–96.00	880	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	90.85/cwt	90.00–92.00	1,099	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,638	1,523.68/cwt	1,400.00–1,675.00	24,958	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,098.49/cwt	975.00–1,200.00	11,809	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	1,155.76/cwt	900.00–1,350.00	14,100	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	167.68/cwt	150.00–186.00	646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	412	161.17/cwt	149.00–177.00	664	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	468	163.65/cwt	160.00–166.00	766	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	780	123.01/cwt	122.00–124.00	959	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	170.48/cwt	151.00–180.00	566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	326	120.68/cwt	118.00–125.00	393	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	115.95/cwt	103.00–129.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	431	173.97/cwt	173.00–175.00	750	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	397	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	499	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	848	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	142.92/cwt	139.00–145.00	938	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	149.20/cwt	140.00–158.00	543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	905	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	154.15/cwt	146.00–160.00	879	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	172.76/cwt	169.00–177.00	655	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	149.52/cwt	146.00–151.00	804	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	151.64/cwt	145.00–160.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	430	135.30/cwt	130.00–138.00	582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	146.47/cwt	144.00–149.00	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	550	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	188.57/cwt	180.00–192.00	585	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	692	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	934	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	151.48/cwt	142.00–156.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	159.93/cwt	153.00–170.00	510	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	395	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	200.78/cwt	190.00–209.00	653	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	193.89/cwt	189.00–199.00	905	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	503	152.99/cwt	150.00–156.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	340	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	425	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	756	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,036	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	184.34/cwt	172.00–202.00	960	15

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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