Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2019-08-29

Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-29

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 29

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Aug 22Aug 29Sep 19 →

Receipts

1,356 head

▼ 89 vs last sale 1,445▲ 1,356 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls mixed from 3.00 higher to 4.00 lower generally steady to weak. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 4.00 lower except the 500-650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Cows and bulls not reported today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.78/cwt on 444 head.

Average price

$136.78

444 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$31.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.37

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	140.05	777	130
Medium and Large 1	532	139.37	742	176
Medium and Large 2	476	133.30	634	122
Medium and Large 3	486	108.42	527	16thin

One grade step is worth $31.63/cwt here — about $251 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 sale444 hd

136.78

—

AR average9 barns · 1,266 hd

130.42

+6.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

89 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	178.05/cwt	176.00–182.00	582	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	348	164.66/cwt	164.00–170.00	573	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	171.26/cwt	164.00–173.00	635	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	153.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	646	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	163.70/cwt	159.00–170.00	692	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	152.14/cwt	145.00–155.00	726	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	161.35/cwt	155.00–164.00	773	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	756	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	158.73/cwt	158.00–159.00	838	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	534	149.83/cwt	148.00–151.00	800	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	146.88/cwt	144.00–151.00	830	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	138.64/cwt	130.00–145.00	790	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	145.89/cwt	144.00–147.00	833	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	577	153.30/cwt	153.00–154.00	885	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	619	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	631	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	880	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	861	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	632	140.31/cwt	138.00–141.00	887	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	681	135.97/cwt	134.00–138.00	926	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	699	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,007	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	922	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	986	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	958	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,024	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	883	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	971	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	885	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,195	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	153.20/cwt	148.00–157.00	495	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	112.02/cwt	103.00–120.00	364	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	326	135.40/cwt	128.00–144.00	441	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	351	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	505	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	363	112.41/cwt	100.00–125.00	408	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	149.21/cwt	146.00–153.00	567	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	140.99/cwt	134.00–145.00	543	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	144.66/cwt	139.00–149.00	602	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	134.38/cwt	118.00–141.00	575	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	142.64/cwt	141.00–147.00	613	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	443	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	554	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	143.11/cwt	138.00–150.00	681	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	139.78/cwt	138.00–142.00	667	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	485	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	519	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	489	132.81/cwt	120.00–138.00	649	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	139.25/cwt	138.00–141.00	721	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	524	130.26/cwt	120.00–135.00	683	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	525	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	746	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	139.04/cwt	135.00–142.00	733	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	546	96.78/cwt	96.00–100.00	528	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	746	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	137.44/cwt	133.00–141.00	778	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	107.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	634	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	598	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	861	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	135.89/cwt	133.00–137.00	841	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	131.19/cwt	129.00–133.00	817	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	134.52/cwt	129.00–139.00	842	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	642	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	896	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	871	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	709	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	126.49/cwt	125.00–128.00	873	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	870	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	130.33/cwt	128.00–134.00	951	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	964	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	936	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	961	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	331	163.25/cwt	159.00–176.00	540	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	335	179.50/cwt	173.00–183.00	601	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	369	164.59/cwt	160.00–172.00	607	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	383	149.37/cwt	145.00–160.00	572	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	421	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	547	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	160.13/cwt	154.00–168.00	681	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	149.90/cwt	136.00–158.00	637	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	477	142.65/cwt	130.00–150.00	680	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	481	158.04/cwt	150.00–164.00	760	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	512	150.42/cwt	143.00–157.00	770	28
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	523	118.90/cwt	116.00–122.00	622	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	534	136.38/cwt	125.00–143.00	728	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	538	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	764	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	567	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	720	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	137.46/cwt	129.00–143.00	784	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	585	138.47/cwt	135.00–143.00	810	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	129.39/cwt	124.00–135.00	789	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	626	136.26/cwt	132.00–138.00	853	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	664	133.75/cwt	131.00–136.00	888	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	685	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	891	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	733	126.76/cwt	125.00–131.00	929	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	770	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	920	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	795	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	946	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	815	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	937	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	945	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	851	1

This sale against other markets

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs, AR

Thu Aug 29, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Receipts 1,356Last week 1,445Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	642	139.50	139.50
16	—	598	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	477	138.00–142.00	139.78
19	—	619	133.00–137.00	135.89
14	—	430	141.00–147.00	142.64
10	—	518	138.00–141.00	139.25
4	—	351	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	525	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	527	135.00–142.00	139.04
32	—	626	129.00–139.00	134.52
30	—	566	133.00–141.00	137.44
20	—	380	146.00–153.00	149.21
15	—	416	139.00–149.00	144.66
11	—	476	138.00–150.00	143.11
6	—	730	128.00–134.00	130.33
3	—	755	124.00	124.00
3	—	323	148.00–157.00	153.20
1	—	890	108.00	108.00
1	—	665	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	546	96.00–100.00	96.78
3	—	443	125.00	125.00
2	—	590	105.00–110.00	107.48
2	—	363	100.00–125.00	112.41
2	—	325	103.00–120.00	112.02
1	—	675	105.00	105.00
1	—	485	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	524	120.00–135.00	130.26
27	—	489	120.00–138.00	132.81
25	—	428	118.00–141.00	134.38
18	—	385	134.00–145.00	140.99
10	—	326	128.00–144.00	135.40
6	—	623	129.00–133.00	131.19
2	—	753	128.00	128.00
2	—	690	125.00–128.00	126.49
1	—	830	100.00	100.00
1	—	725	120.00	120.00
1	—	565	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	421	130.00	130.00
5	—	567	127.00	127.00
2	—	523	116.00–122.00	118.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	425	136.00–158.00	149.90
20	—	570	129.00–143.00	137.46
18	—	331	159.00–176.00	163.25
15	—	534	125.00–143.00	136.38
14	—	477	130.00–150.00	142.65
9	—	610	124.00–135.00	129.39
6	—	383	145.00–160.00	149.37
1	—	945	90.00	90.00
1	—	795	119.00	119.00
1	—	685	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	425	154.00–168.00	160.13
29	—	481	150.00–164.00	158.04
28	—	512	143.00–157.00	150.42
15	—	626	132.00–138.00	136.26
11	—	664	131.00–136.00	133.75
11	—	369	160.00–172.00	164.59
10	—	585	135.00–143.00	138.47
5	—	733	125.00–131.00	126.76
4	—	335	173.00–183.00	179.50
2	—	770	119.00–120.00	119.50
1	—	815	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	619	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	477	145.00–155.00	152.14
11	—	570	130.00–145.00	138.64
9	—	348	164.00–170.00	164.66
7	—	681	134.00–138.00	135.97
7	—	632	138.00–141.00	140.31
6	—	534	148.00–151.00	149.83
4	—	420	150.00–160.00	153.92
3	—	385	159.00	159.00
2	—	883	110.00	110.00
1	—	760	126.00	126.00
1	—	720	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	699	144.00	144.00
19	—	577	153.00–154.00	153.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	571	144.00–147.00	145.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	479	155.00–164.00	161.35
9	—	565	144.00–151.00	146.88
9	—	423	159.00–170.00	163.70
9	—	371	164.00–173.00	171.26
7	—	528	158.00–159.00	158.73
4	—	624	141.00	141.00
3	—	327	176.00–182.00	178.05
1	—	885	135.00	135.00
1	—	800	128.00	128.00
1	—	730	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	144.00	144.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.