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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-17

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 17

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

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Receipts

1,511 head

▼ 374 vs last sale 1,885▲ 1,511 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 4.00 higher except the better 500-600 lbs and 650-700 lbs 1.00-4.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 5.00 lower except the better 500-600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher and the plainer 600-650 lbs 5.00 higher. Feeder bulls steady to 5.00 higher instances 10.00 higher. Cows and bulls not reported today due to time.

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 $125.14/cwt on 445 head.

Average price

$125.14

445 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$621

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$31.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.74

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	506	130.19	658	213
Medium and Large 1-2	505	125.30	633	77
Medium and Large 2	480	119.88	576	142
Medium and Large 3	452	98.87	447	13thin

One grade step is worth $31.32/cwt here — about $211 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 sale445 hd

125.14

—

AR average8 barns · 1,471 hd

122.40

+2.74

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

Every lot

98 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	196.85/cwt	192.00–202.00	640	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	167.37/cwt	162.00–173.00	549	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	359	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	445	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	182.35/cwt	172.00–184.00	700	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	634	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	418	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	500	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	165.11/cwt	160.00–168.00	708	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	143.72/cwt	138.00–150.00	622	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	163.57/cwt	158.00–168.00	752	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	538	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	144.64/cwt	140.00–149.00	699	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	514	141.06/cwt	130.00–147.00	725	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	150.16/cwt	146.00–154.00	779	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	531	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	868	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	143.71/cwt	140.00–148.00	828	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	134.29/cwt	131.00–137.00	776	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	138.22/cwt	134.50–142.50	815	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	891	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	612	136.78/cwt	136.00–138.00	837	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	615	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	947	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	134.32/cwt	130.00–138.00	834	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	922	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	917	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	146.33/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,004	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	143.23/cwt	141.00–144.00	1,023	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,076	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	983	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,180	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	129.37/cwt	110.00–133.00	413	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	140.42/cwt	136.00–146.00	461	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	297	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	136.92/cwt	134.00–141.00	509	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	126.16/cwt	120.00–139.00	473	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	378	103.36/cwt	94.00–110.00	391	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	397	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	516	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	122.25/cwt	120.00–127.00	517	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	136.76/cwt	131.00–143.00	580	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	435	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	444	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	568	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	100.00/cwt	90.00–110.00	470	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	471	120.16/cwt	110.00–133.00	566	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	130.01/cwt	128.00–134.00	614	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	129.05/cwt	125.00–137.00	613	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	119.50/cwt	118.00–120.00	619	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	93.74/cwt	84.00–99.00	486	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	520	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	692	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	521	119.22/cwt	118.00–120.00	621	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	129.62/cwt	120.00–136.00	679	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	528	116.70/cwt	111.00–122.00	616	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	112.66/cwt	107.00–120.00	643	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	575	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	857	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	123.99/cwt	121.00–126.00	713	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	578	116.66/cwt	115.00–118.00	674	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	580	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	722	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	118.46/cwt	115.00–124.00	731	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	121.22/cwt	118.00–122.00	755	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	124.73/cwt	119.00–126.00	790	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	123.73/cwt	122.00–125.00	784	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	665	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	785	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	123.69/cwt	121.00–125.00	835	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	117.91/cwt	112.00–124.00	796	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	119.40/cwt	115.00–124.00	868	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	112.56/cwt	101.00–121.00	822	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	838	85.49/cwt	83.00–88.00	716	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	943	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	849	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	318	189.33/cwt	169.00–200.00	602	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	322	143.15/cwt	137.00–150.00	461	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	134.30/cwt	127.00–146.00	497	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	373	125.43/cwt	122.00–129.00	468	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	378	159.37/cwt	145.00–171.00	602	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	613	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	424	156.09/cwt	150.00–160.00	662	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	135.86/cwt	120.00–145.00	586	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	435	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	435	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	463	106.25/cwt	99.00–120.00	492	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	464	138.13/cwt	130.00–142.00	641	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	471	147.58/cwt	139.00–156.00	695	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	513	103.53/cwt	100.00–106.00	531	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	135.26/cwt	134.00–136.00	713	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	529	142.16/cwt	135.00–147.00	752	55
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	534	131.62/cwt	118.00–137.00	703	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	548	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	762	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	573	122.60/cwt	120.00–125.00	702	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	138.45/cwt	125.00–144.00	796	51
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	123.48/cwt	122.00–125.00	753	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	636	132.77/cwt	119.00–136.00	844	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	638	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	606	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	662	130.49/cwt	121.00–135.00	864	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	664	115.77/cwt	110.00–121.00	769	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	706	123.28/cwt	115.00–129.00	870	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	930	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	860	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	826	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	960	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	912	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	960	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	816	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 17, 2019

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

Receipts 1,511Last week 1,885Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	623	148.00	148.00
13	—	590	134.50–142.50	138.22
28	—	766	140.50	140.50
4	—	650	135.00	135.00
7	—	983	120.00	120.00
11	—	384	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	714	141.00–144.00	143.23
2	—	610	146.00	146.00
2	—	325	192.00–202.00	196.85
14	—	519	146.00–154.00	150.16
12	—	576	140.00–148.00	143.71
11	—	460	158.00–168.00	163.57
11	—	429	160.00–168.00	165.11
7	—	384	172.00–184.00	182.35
9	—	686	146.00–147.00	146.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	621	130.00–138.00	134.32
3	—	578	131.00–137.00	134.29
20	—	514	130.00–147.00	141.06
10	—	483	140.00–149.00	144.64
3	—	433	138.00–150.00	143.72
2	—	395	140.00	140.00
1	—	650	141.00	141.00
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
2	—	328	162.00–173.00	167.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	119.00–120.00	119.50
5	—	359	124.00	124.00
2	—	468	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	615	154.00	154.00
18	—	531	163.50	163.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	612	136.00–138.00	136.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	102.00	102.00
1	—	580	100.00	100.00
1	—	330	90.00	90.00
3	—	470	90.00–110.00	100.00
3	—	378	94.00–110.00	103.36
3	—	518	84.00–99.00	93.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	471	110.00–133.00	120.16
22	—	528	111.00–122.00	116.70
19	—	375	120.00–139.00	126.16
2	—	943	90.00	90.00
4	—	730	101.00–121.00	112.56
6	—	617	115.00–124.00	118.46
13	—	423	120.00–127.00	122.25
14	—	571	107.00–120.00	112.66
19	—	319	110.00–133.00	129.37
2	—	675	112.00–124.00	117.91
2	—	838	83.00–88.00	85.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	675	121.00–125.00	123.69
8	—	633	119.00–126.00	124.73
8	—	328	136.00–146.00	140.42
4	—	727	115.00–124.00	119.40
47	—	424	131.00–143.00	136.76
43	—	524	120.00–136.00	129.62
29	—	575	121.00–126.00	123.99
17	—	372	134.00–141.00	136.92
15	—	472	128.00–134.00	130.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	521	118.00–120.00	119.22
3	—	578	115.00–118.00	116.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	623	118.00–122.00	121.22
1	—	665	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	520	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	397	130.00	130.00
4	—	440	129.00	129.00
7	—	634	122.00–125.00	123.73
8	—	592	122.00	122.00
21	—	518	118.00–120.00	119.50
31	—	475	125.00–137.00	129.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	471	139.00–156.00	147.58
22	—	662	121.00–135.00	130.49
14	—	706	115.00–129.00	123.28
13	—	636	119.00–136.00	132.77
11	—	318	169.00–200.00	189.33
9	—	424	150.00–160.00	156.09
55	—	529	135.00–147.00	142.16
51	—	575	125.00–144.00	138.45
9	—	378	145.00–171.00	159.37
3	—	860	96.00	96.00
1	—	960	95.00	95.00
1	—	750	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	85.00	85.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
15	—	534	118.00–137.00	131.62
13	—	464	130.00–142.00	138.13
10	—	322	137.00–150.00	143.15
8	—	664	110.00–121.00	115.77
2	—	610	122.00–125.00	123.48
2	—	573	120.00–125.00	122.60
25	—	431	120.00–145.00	135.86
19	—	370	127.00–146.00	134.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	527	134.00–136.00	135.26
5	—	423	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	513	100.00–106.00	103.53
3	—	463	99.00–120.00	106.25
2	—	638	95.00	95.00
2	—	373	122.00–129.00	125.43
1	—	435	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	548	139.00	139.00

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.