Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2023-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mixed with the better 300-400 lbs 3.00-14.00 higher over 400 lbs mostly 6.00-12.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly 7.00-14.00 lower. The offering included several groups of unweaned calves. Quality was good to plain. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $246.20/cwt on 607 head.

Average price

$246.20

607 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,399

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$504

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

$54.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.01

vs AR average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	255.34	1,428	344
Medium and Large 1-2	610	237.50	1,450	157
Medium and Large 2	543	232.36	1,262	96
Medium and Large 3	459	201.10	924	10thin

One grade step is worth $54.24/cwt here — about $504 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 sale607 hd

246.20

—

AR average10 barns · 2,182 hd

243.19

+3.01

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

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 3	—	388	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	826	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	202.75/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,442	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	220.70/cwt	214.00–225.00	1,287	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,495	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	220.13/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,418	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	226.73/cwt	226.00–228.00	1,331	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	320.91/cwt	301.00–334.00	1,197	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	279.71/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,303	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	261.48/cwt	247.00–272.00	1,373	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	245.69/cwt	238.00–254.00	1,403	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	341.75/cwt	296.00–365.00	1,080	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	252.96/cwt	244.00–256.00	1,356	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	488	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	548	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,266	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	873	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,659	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	238.90/cwt	229.00–243.00	1,474	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	295.58/cwt	279.00–311.00	1,271	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,575	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	185.83/cwt	170.00–191.00	1,132	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	805	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	729	202.80/cwt	190.00–206.00	1,478	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	577	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,385	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,194	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	647	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,352	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	169.99/cwt	152.00–180.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	340	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	254.13/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,233	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	234.80/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,226	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	267.80/cwt	240.00–300.00	994	14
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	585	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	261.49/cwt	248.00–281.00	1,122	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	209.69/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,394	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	209.30/cwt	192.00–220.00	1,300	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	281.92/cwt	268.00–296.00	959	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,484	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,414	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	483	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,372	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	617	199.72/cwt	189.00–205.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	677	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,557	34
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	541	202.99/cwt	200.00–204.00	1,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	665	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	573	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,427	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	730	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,599	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	660	230.31/cwt	216.00–233.00	1,520	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	224.63/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,384	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	758	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,630	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,085	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	705	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	408	192.26/cwt	183.00–211.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	191.32/cwt	187.00–196.00	1,192	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	689	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,275	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	570	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,112	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	212.13/cwt	211.00–218.00	1,332	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	222.43/cwt	211.00–230.00	1,286	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	250.57/cwt	229.00–259.00	1,300	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	260.48/cwt	245.00–274.00	1,229	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	276.75/cwt	259.00–295.00	1,184	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	855	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	800	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,280	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	321.43/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,070	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	909	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,273	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	247.49/cwt	230.00–263.00	1,079	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	249.21/cwt	230.00–261.00	807	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	570	153.16/cwt	140.00–160.00	873	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	211.10/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,117	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	374	236.45/cwt	220.00–261.00	884	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	682	179.59/cwt	161.00–185.00	1,225	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	466	219.53/cwt	211.00–226.00	1,023	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	187.30/cwt	180.00–212.00	1,084	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	290.53/cwt	270.00–301.00	1,075	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	428	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	425	152.61/cwt	141.00–160.00	649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	365	166.30/cwt	140.00–180.00	607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	515	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	458	167.93/cwt	160.00–170.00	769	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	234.26/cwt	224.00–244.00	979	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	198.00/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,247	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	205.39/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,179	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	709	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	164.10/cwt	130.00–170.00	771	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	323	153.39/cwt	147.00–167.00	495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	675	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,242	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	189.67/cwt	169.00–200.00	884	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	186.87/cwt	169.00–204.00	974	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	754	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,470	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	473	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	998	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	206.52/cwt	190.00–221.00	874	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	164.30/cwt	140.00–184.00	1,027	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	160.31/cwt	140.00–183.00	1,082	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	176.32/cwt	160.00–186.00	998	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	211.08/cwt	180.00–230.00	690	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	573	147.02/cwt	140.00–151.00	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	385	159.47/cwt	150.00–180.00	614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	212.12/cwt	180.00–231.00	783	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	240.38/cwt	233.00–253.00	901	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	228.31/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,055	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	190.49/cwt	180.00–199.00	1,152	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	234.37/cwt	230.00–236.00	787	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	201.17/cwt	188.00–210.00	1,074	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	147.43/cwt	139.00–169.00	1,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	220.39/cwt	205.00–228.00	1,137	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	245.36/cwt	236.00–254.00	810	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,252	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	221.74/cwt	215.00–226.00	927	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	218.23/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,052	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	493	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	536	187.08/cwt	165.00–204.00	1,003	9

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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