Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2019-10-03

Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 3

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Receipts

1,534 head

▲ 432 vs last sale 1,102▲ 1,534 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 mostly steady to 2.00 higher with some 650-750 lb yearlings 5.00-6.00 higher and the plainer bulls over 550 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 lower except the better 450-650 lb 2.00-3.00 higher. Cows and bulls not reported today due to time. Total receipts 1791 including 257 cows and bulls.

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 $126.08/cwt on 471 head.

Average price

$126.08

471 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$27.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.12

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	132.20	702	229
Medium and Large 1-2	657	125.77	826	55
Medium and Large 2	519	119.07	618	182
Medium and Large 3	522	104.40	545	5thin

One grade step is worth $27.80/cwt here — about $157 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 sale471 hd

126.08

—

AR average9 barns · 2,042 hd

124.96

+1.12

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

Every lot

87 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	449	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	152.67/cwt	140.00–160.00	582	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	674	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	402	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	539	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	162.41/cwt	146.00–168.00	687	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	145.11/cwt	130.00–150.00	618	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	721	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	159.77/cwt	155.00–168.00	757	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	142.07/cwt	133.00–150.00	689	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	147.85/cwt	146.00–149.00	761	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	142.16/cwt	130.00–148.00	736	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	152.12/cwt	145.00–161.00	791	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	861	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	605	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	794	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	132.91/cwt	120.00–140.00	755	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	145.27/cwt	140.00–156.00	827	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	574	113.29/cwt	112.00–116.00	650	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	597	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	961	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	147.79/cwt	140.00–153.00	900	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	127.83/cwt	120.00–132.00	784	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	845	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	127.00/cwt	120.00–133.00	784	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	667	134.92/cwt	128.00–141.00	900	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	961	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	888	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	143.66/cwt	139.00–152.00	1,016	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	839	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,040	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	318	128.13/cwt	120.00–136.00	407	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	139.55/cwt	136.00–143.00	514	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	125.40/cwt	120.00–136.00	461	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	134.79/cwt	127.00–138.00	573	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	123.65/cwt	113.00–132.00	526	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	433	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	481	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	473	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	568	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	134.28/cwt	130.00–140.00	638	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	122.26/cwt	114.00–130.00	591	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	498	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	642	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	736	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	117.97/cwt	115.00–125.00	622	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	131.96/cwt	126.00–134.00	699	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	615	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	129.61/cwt	122.00–135.00	739	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	572	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	789	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	115.54/cwt	110.00–120.00	661	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	582	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	582	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	597	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	645	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	116.35/cwt	114.00–123.00	719	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	800	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	670	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	764	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	125.04/cwt	116.00–130.00	845	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	835	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	113.93/cwt	100.00–120.00	775	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	708	123.84/cwt	119.00–125.50	877	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	729	107.75/cwt	100.00–117.00	785	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	941	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	829	80.25/cwt	78.00–87.00	665	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	835	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	313	118.32/cwt	114.00–125.00	370	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	327	132.11/cwt	121.00–145.00	432	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	341	182.56/cwt	175.00–184.00	623	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	378	100.81/cwt	97.00–105.00	381	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	379	140.83/cwt	130.00–150.00	534	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	152.60/cwt	145.00–164.00	641	39
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	421	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	467	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	136.00/cwt	125.00–147.00	578	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	474	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	616	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	480	149.46/cwt	146.00–168.00	717	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	137.33/cwt	124.00–143.00	659	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	141.68/cwt	127.00–151.00	738	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	535	127.23/cwt	120.00–134.00	681	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	134.18/cwt	127.00–138.00	763	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	577	124.27/cwt	106.00–132.00	717	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	593	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	629	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	616	112.71/cwt	109.00–120.00	694	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	121.56/cwt	120.00–124.00	768	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	663	124.28/cwt	116.00–126.00	824	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	680	114.64/cwt	112.00–116.00	780	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	715	118.94/cwt	113.00–122.00	850	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	900	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	765	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 Oct 3, 2019

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

Receipts 1,534Last week 1,102Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	485	133.00–150.00	142.07
17	—	568	120.00–140.00	132.91
15	—	381	140.00–160.00	152.67
13	—	518	130.00–148.00	142.16
12	—	667	128.00–141.00	134.92
5	—	426	130.00–150.00	145.11
3	—	613	120.00–132.00	127.83
1	—	705	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	402	134.00	134.00
1	—	545	111.00	111.00
1	—	345	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	574	112.00–116.00	113.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	515	146.00–149.00	147.85
9	—	617	137.00	137.00
7	—	839	124.00	124.00
6	—	563	141.00	141.00
6	—	471	153.00	153.00
5	—	677	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	617	120.00–133.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	597	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	707	139.00–152.00	143.66
18	—	474	155.00–168.00	159.77
16	—	569	140.00–156.00	145.27
16	—	520	145.00–161.00	152.12
14	—	423	146.00–168.00	162.41
5	—	609	140.00–153.00	147.79
2	—	383	176.00	176.00
1	—	300	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	421	111.00	111.00
3	—	593	106.00	106.00
3	—	313	114.00–125.00	118.32
2	—	378	97.00–105.00	100.81
1	—	515	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	474	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	535	120.00–134.00	127.23
21	—	577	106.00–132.00	124.27
19	—	480	124.00–143.00	137.33
17	—	425	125.00–147.00	136.00
16	—	379	130.00–150.00	140.83
11	—	616	109.00–120.00	112.71
3	—	680	112.00–116.00	114.64
3	—	327	121.00–145.00	132.11
1	—	900	85.00	85.00
1	—	775	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	120.00–124.00	121.56
1	—	665	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	420	145.00–164.00	152.60
32	—	480	146.00–168.00	149.46
21	—	569	127.00–138.00	134.18
21	—	521	127.00–151.00	141.68
11	—	341	175.00–184.00	182.56
6	—	663	116.00–126.00	124.28
3	—	715	113.00–122.00	118.94
1	—	800	100.00	100.00
1	—	775	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	829	78.00–87.00	80.25
34	—	425	113.00–132.00	123.65
28	—	483	114.00–130.00	122.26
25	—	618	114.00–123.00	116.35
19	—	572	110.00–120.00	115.54
15	—	368	120.00–136.00	125.40
13	—	680	100.00–120.00	113.93
13	—	318	120.00–136.00	128.13
12	—	527	115.00–125.00	117.97
10	—	729	100.00–117.00	107.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	597	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	676	116.00–130.00	125.04
16	—	708	119.00–125.50	123.84
10	—	771	122.00	122.00
9	—	395	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	667	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	572	138.00	138.00
12	—	518	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	570	122.00–135.00	129.61
62	—	475	130.00–140.00	134.28
34	—	530	126.00–134.00	131.96
13	—	425	127.00–138.00	134.79
8	—	679	123.00	123.00
4	—	368	136.00–143.00	139.55
1	—	835	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	114.00	114.00
2	—	473	120.00	120.00
1	—	535	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	100.00	100.00
2	—	433	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	498	129.00	129.00

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.