Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2023-08-17

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 17
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Receipts
1,227 head
138 vs last sale 1,365 418 vs year ago 809 · +51.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 3.00-10.00 higher with the better 300-400 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher and a few 750-800 lbs 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 7.00 higher mostly 4.00-6.00 higher. Supply was average with good demand. 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 $246.20/cwt on 492 head.
Average price
$246.20
492 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,264
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$473
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$65.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.38
vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505258.781,306281
Medium and Large 1-2573246.091,41051
Medium and Large 2521228.291,188141
Medium and Large 3431193.2983219thin
One grade step is worth $65.48/cwt here — about $473 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 sale492 hd
246.20
AR average8 barns · 1,731 hd
236.81
+9.38
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1524262.29/cwt246.00–273.001,37437
HeifersMedium and Large 2710214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,51911
HeifersMedium and Large 1778202.51/cwt201.00–204.001,5762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added607247.88/cwt244.00–250.001,50517
HeifersMedium and Large 1480265.91/cwt246.00–278.001,27670
HeifersMedium and Large 1374274.52/cwt262.00–285.001,02732
SteersMedium and Large 3530215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1401
HeifersMedium and Large 1425270.39/cwt258.00–279.001,14925
SteersMedium and Large 1569279.23/cwt264.00–290.001,58925
SteersMedium and Large 3463210.00/cwt210.00–210.009722
SteersMedium and Large 1472298.74/cwt277.00–325.001,41049
SteersMedium and Large 1425302.06/cwt287.00–318.001,28440
SteersMedium and Large 2328288.34/cwt277.00–301.009466
HeifersMedium and Large 1683230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5713
SteersMedium and Large 2575250.41/cwt234.00–258.001,4409
SteersMedium and Large 2384278.02/cwt275.00–282.001,0685
SteersMedium and Large 3328255.19/cwt250.00–260.008372
SteersMedium and Large 3682215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4663
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6725
SteersMedium and Large 1372316.25/cwt290.00–335.001,17635
SteersMedium and Large 2527255.91/cwt241.00–271.001,34927
SteersMedium and Large 2420265.00/cwt260.00–275.001,1133
SteersMedium and Large 2710237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,6831
SteersMedium and Large 2478254.53/cwt240.00–267.001,2176
SteersMedium and Large 1516289.40/cwt280.00–298.001,49318
SteersMedium and Large 2677242.48/cwt236.00–247.001,6424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494270.00/cwt269.00–271.001,33410
SteersMedium and Large 1775248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,9227
SteersMedium and Large 1730248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8101
SteersMedium and Large 2627240.33/cwt230.00–250.001,5073
SteersMedium and Large 2773220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7012
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added646274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7707
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,5352
SteersMedium and Large 1322333.34/cwt311.00–350.001,07319
SteersMedium and Large 1612269.69/cwt259.00–286.001,65112
BullsMedium and Large 1463274.43/cwt265.00–302.001,27147
BullsMedium and Large 1530256.86/cwt250.00–266.001,36120
BullsMedium and Large 1716230.18/cwt220.00–235.001,6485
BullsMedium and Large 1678237.11/cwt235.00–240.001,6088
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added371327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,2137
BullsMedium and Large 1383302.16/cwt282.00–317.001,15720
BullsMedium and Large 3484239.35/cwt182.00–264.001,1589
BullsMedium and Large 2576223.04/cwt204.00–241.001,28510
BullsMedium and Large 2730217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5841
BullsMedium and Large 2476246.40/cwt227.00–264.001,17312
BullsMedium and Large 1800200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 1569251.05/cwt246.00–261.001,42833
BullsMedium and Large 2423234.47/cwt221.00–255.009928
BullsMedium and Large 3425211.00/cwt211.00–211.008972
BullsMedium and Large 1616244.80/cwt236.00–256.001,50812
BullsMedium and Large 1416284.37/cwt280.00–287.001,18316
BullsMedium and Large 1310303.51/cwt297.00–307.009413
BullsMedium and Large 2660225.08/cwt220.00–230.001,4862
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy730181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3211
BullsMedium and Large 2378261.63/cwt243.00–275.009894
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy552246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3583
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy705201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4172
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy483240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1593
BullsMedium and Large 2305270.00/cwt270.00–270.008241
HeifersMedium and Large 3422203.22/cwt200.00–207.008583
BullsMedium and Large 2526228.53/cwt211.00–246.001,20210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open767222.79/cwt209.00–227.001,70912
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open900192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,7281
HeifersMedium and Large 3481193.21/cwt180.00–210.009296
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy485220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0671
HeifersMedium and Large 2465236.54/cwt229.00–247.001,10018
HeifersMedium and Large 2Fleshy521200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0424
HeifersMedium and Large 2378243.27/cwt224.00–256.0092015
HeifersMedium and Large 2324244.44/cwt222.00–260.007929
HeifersMedium and Large 2618208.84/cwt197.00–220.001,2917
HeifersMedium and Large 21,033155.51/cwt153.00–158.001,6064
HeifersMedium and Large 2513233.16/cwt217.00–240.001,19617
HeifersMedium and Large 3373194.07/cwt183.00–210.007248
HeifersMedium and Large 2683214.01/cwt211.00–217.001,4627
HeifersMedium and Large 1570251.47/cwt240.00–260.001,43333
HeifersMedium and Large 2571226.60/cwt217.00–240.001,29423
HeifersMedium and Large 1616242.36/cwt229.00–253.001,49332
HeifersMedium and Large 1705217.06/cwt213.00–225.001,5303
HeifersMedium and Large 3523175.54/cwt167.00–184.009182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589242.91/cwt240.00–244.001,43120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508248.47/cwt245.00–250.001,26214
HeifersMedium and Large 1320275.11/cwt260.00–290.0088023
HeifersMedium and Large 2427240.40/cwt229.00–248.001,02724

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.