Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2023-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs mostly 7.00-15.00 lower with the better 300-350 lbs 25.00 lower and over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Supply heavy with moderate demand. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $249.10/cwt on 575 head.

Average price

$249.10

575 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,224

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$359

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

$64.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.12

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	485	260.89	1,264	274
Medium and Large 1-2	495	256.09	1,267	155
Medium and Large 2	512	226.42	1,159	113
Medium and Large 3	462	196.00	905	33

One grade step is worth $64.89/cwt here — about $359 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 sale575 hd

249.10

—

AR average10 barns · 3,687 hd

237.98

+11.12

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

117 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 2	—	985	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	360.00/cwt	339.00–381.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	312.31/cwt	287.00–321.00	1,309	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	299.29/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,431	28
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,189	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	278.58/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,042	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,017	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	224.90/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	258.82/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,367	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	296	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	944	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	729	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,786	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	490	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,318	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	462	209.41/cwt	193.00–222.00	967	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	251.25/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,565	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	704	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,647	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	444	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,177	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	261.94/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,137	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	522	201.34/cwt	194.00–217.00	1,051	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	265.48/cwt	261.00–282.00	858	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	383	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,034	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	260.90/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,531	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	276.59/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,184	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	221.57/cwt	200.00–226.00	1,259	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	262.08/cwt	248.00–272.00	1,250	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,467	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	292.22/cwt	270.00–299.00	1,514	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	266.84/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,574	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	299.18/cwt	287.00–304.00	1,266	21
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	353	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	748	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	895	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,143	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	555	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,504	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	342	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	359	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,228	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	337.76/cwt	312.00–345.00	1,253	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	281.77/cwt	277.00–289.00	1,609	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	278.19/cwt	264.00–287.00	1,705	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	437	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,350	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	664	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,976	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	279.04/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,180	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	614	246.33/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,512	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	743	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	557	268.96/cwt	252.00–281.00	1,498	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	283.65/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,339	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	572	236.58/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,353	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	226.40/cwt	213.00–240.00	1,311	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	958	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	735	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	628	223.64/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,404	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	444	209.28/cwt	200.00–215.00	929	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	369	207.23/cwt	200.00–210.00	765	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	305	204.59/cwt	180.00–230.00	624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,014	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,673	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	727	225.33/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,638	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	678	240.34/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,630	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	313.32/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,191	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	387	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	271.46/cwt	258.00–292.00	1,428	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	517	231.60/cwt	220.00–247.00	1,197	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	662	215.74/cwt	211.00–230.00	1,428	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	877	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	265.06/cwt	232.00–275.00	1,148	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	253.58/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,428	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	697	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,687	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	631	255.59/cwt	254.00–259.00	1,613	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	252.98/cwt	245.00–265.00	827	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	248.10/cwt	233.00–277.00	1,176	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	250.63/cwt	230.00–290.00	922	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	198.50/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	418	196.36/cwt	173.00–211.00	821	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	372	192.68/cwt	151.00–219.00	717	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	285.39/cwt	271.00–294.00	1,107	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	805	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	249.29/cwt	231.00–260.00	823	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	253.19/cwt	248.00–258.00	1,225	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	374	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,111	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	592	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	263.46/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,386	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	228.34/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,082	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	259.60/cwt	258.00–262.00	1,020	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	250.94/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,563	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	255.54/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,308	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	520	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	509	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,227	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	226.68/cwt	214.00–240.00	1,179	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	265.05/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,129	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	235.28/cwt	219.00–252.00	998	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	267.48/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,006	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	261.20/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,230	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	566	196.82/cwt	184.00–206.00	1,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,399	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	748	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	438	247.24/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,083	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	214.62/cwt	198.00–237.00	1,434	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	240.72/cwt	220.00–260.00	886	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	318.73/cwt	310.00–339.00	1,058	3

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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