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

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 10
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Receipts
1,885 head
▲ 351 vs last sale 1,534▲ 1,885 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 5.00 higher except the plainer 500-550 lbs 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.33/cwt on 461 head.
Average price
$149.33
461 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$853
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$333
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.05
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501157.84791221
Medium and Large 1-2694144.651,004148
Medium and Large 2550136.7675389
Medium and Large 3363126.004583thin
One grade step is worth $31.84/cwt here — about $333 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 sale461 hd
149.33
—
AR average9 barns · 1,624 hd
140.28
+9.05
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

86 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2310151.97/cwt150.00–160.004715
Steers—Medium and Large 3340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
Steers—Medium and Large 2370158.00/cwt158.00–158.005854
Steers—Medium and Large 1371182.78/cwt166.00–191.0067829
Steers—Medium and Large 3375124.00/cwt124.00–124.004652
Steers—Medium and Large 1425166.79/cwt151.00–174.0070945
Steers—Medium and Large 2430147.28/cwt140.00–151.0063311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed469174.00/cwt174.00–174.008166
Steers—Medium and Large 1474160.82/cwt151.00–165.0076243
Steers—Medium and Large 2474145.30/cwt135.00–150.006899
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489153.00/cwt153.00–153.007489
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503150.00/cwt150.00–150.0075518
Steers—Medium and Large 1517154.49/cwt150.00–159.0079921
Steers—Medium and Large 2525136.88/cwt129.00–145.0071916
Steers—Medium and Large 1557144.89/cwt139.00–146.0080726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568138.20/cwt134.00–140.0078519
Steers—Medium and Large 2581132.78/cwt125.00–138.0077111
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614134.26/cwt126.00–139.0082432
Steers—Medium and Large 2615129.84/cwt119.00–136.0079917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664145.00/cwt145.00–145.009637
Steers—Medium and Large 1665147.84/cwt145.00–148.0098319
Steers—Medium and Large 2668125.00/cwt125.00–125.008352
Steers—Medium and Large 2709125.52/cwt125.00–127.008908
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2744136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,01211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added772147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,14167
Steers—Medium and Large 2774127.96/cwt120.00–130.009905
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2817135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,10317
Steers—Medium and Large 2825100.00/cwt100.00–100.008251
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314129.04/cwt120.00–131.004058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326142.53/cwt134.00–156.0046512
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333108.06/cwt98.00–118.003609
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389142.75/cwt138.00–148.0055537
Heifers—Medium and Large 3390111.00/cwt111.00–111.004331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2392127.23/cwt120.00–133.004997
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427138.10/cwt131.00–142.0059025
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427123.02/cwt111.00–130.0052516
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428100.00/cwt100.00–100.004282
Heifers—Medium and Large 3470108.55/cwt100.00–115.005108
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472121.29/cwt115.00–131.0057235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480137.92/cwt134.00–141.0066237
Heifers—Medium and Large 3516100.24/cwt90.00–105.0051715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518126.46/cwt115.00–132.0065528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518120.38/cwt116.00–125.0062426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528115.30/cwt108.00–125.006099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563124.02/cwt118.00–128.0069847
Heifers—Medium and Large 357097.28/cwt89.00–106.005542
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571116.67/cwt104.00–122.0066612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586121.00/cwt120.00–124.0070916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned604122.00/cwt122.00–122.007374
Heifers—Medium and Large 3610111.00/cwt111.00–111.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Full610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625128.43/cwt121.00–133.0080322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626113.60/cwt109.00–120.0071127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657121.66/cwt121.00–123.007993
Heifers—Medium and Large 367096.00/cwt96.00–96.006431
Heifers—Medium and Large 2689117.85/cwt109.00–120.0081214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007052
Heifers—Medium and Large 378594.00/cwt94.00–94.007381
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330145.25/cwt133.00–173.0047913
Bulls—Medium and Large 3331119.85/cwt110.00–130.003976
Bulls—Medium and Large 1341181.94/cwt170.00–188.0062010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367158.01/cwt155.00–161.005806
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed374122.00/cwt122.00–122.004567
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377135.56/cwt132.00–141.005117
Bulls—Medium and Large 3378122.00/cwt122.00–122.004612
Bulls—Medium and Large 3424116.40/cwt110.00–126.004947
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425155.64/cwt146.00–171.0066121
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435135.38/cwt126.00–144.005898
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467146.96/cwt145.00–149.006866
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477137.11/cwt127.00–142.0065416
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524141.75/cwt133.00–151.0074330
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533129.13/cwt117.00–136.0068820
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535110.02/cwt102.00–115.005898
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571135.63/cwt125.00–147.0077430
Bulls—Medium and Large 2581123.50/cwt116.00–136.0071815
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy595112.00/cwt112.00–112.006661
Bulls—Medium and Large 3598119.00/cwt119.00–119.007122
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613127.49/cwt124.00–131.0078223
Bulls—Medium and Large 2618120.27/cwt115.00–121.007438
Bulls—Medium and Large 1669122.96/cwt120.00–125.008234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2690116.47/cwt115.00–117.0080411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1726110.73/cwt110.00–116.008048
Bulls—Medium and Large 2777104.06/cwt90.00–110.008097
Bulls—Medium and Large 1915103.93/cwt100.00–108.009512
Bulls—Medium and Large 293580.00/cwt80.00–80.007482

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.