Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2019-12-05

Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2019-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 5

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

3,249 head

▼ 381 vs last sale 3,630▲ 3,249 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeders steady to 9.00 higher mostly 3.00-8.00 higher with some thin fleshed calves selling for a 10.00-15.00 premium. Cows and bulls not reported due to time. Feeder report based on about 2000 cattle observed.

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 $136.10/cwt on 697 head.

Average price

$136.10

697 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$34.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.36

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	458	141.53	649	428
Medium and Large 1-2	449	137.19	616	86
Medium and Large 2	502	124.12	624	170
Medium and Large 3	429	106.77	458	13thin

One grade step is worth $34.77/cwt here — about $190 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 sale697 hd

136.10

—

AR average7 barns · 2,079 hd

129.74

+6.36

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

Every lot

96 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	181.28/cwt	178.00–189.00	582	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	323	195.33/cwt	190.00–197.50	631	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	544	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	181.22/cwt	170.00–187.00	685	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	157.60/cwt	150.00–165.00	599	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	393	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	703	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	394	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	745	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	414	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	797	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	418	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	669	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	151.87/cwt	144.00–157.00	645	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	174.96/cwt	164.00–184.00	747	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	438	181.93/cwt	178.00–185.00	797	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	574	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	145.89/cwt	139.00–153.00	675	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	170.36/cwt	161.00–178.00	794	118
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	167.98/cwt	167.00–169.00	790	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	159.49/cwt	155.00–164.00	834	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	535	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	797	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	139.51/cwt	136.00–144.00	749	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	541	152.94/cwt	152.00–154.00	827	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	552	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	856	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	142.02/cwt	140.00–143.00	797	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	149.47/cwt	141.00–159.00	852	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	140.11/cwt	136.00–141.00	799	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	147.93/cwt	140.00–152.00	910	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	139.62/cwt	136.00–141.00	871	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	132.75/cwt	129.00–134.00	838	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	883	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	145.01/cwt	140.00–150.50	959	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	132.29/cwt	127.00–135.00	878	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	683	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	922	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	723	130.35/cwt	129.00–131.00	942	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,056	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	791	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,151	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,160	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,235	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	315	107.97/cwt	106.00–110.00	340	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	324	140.54/cwt	138.00–142.50	455	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	148.85/cwt	140.00–157.50	493	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	130.46/cwt	120.00–137.00	437	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	351	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	544	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	112.00/cwt	110.00–114.00	398	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	144.07/cwt	137.00–149.00	530	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	376	130.00/cwt	122.00–135.00	489	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	387	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	546	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	618	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	426	151.40/cwt	150.00–154.00	645	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	148.77/cwt	138.00–156.00	635	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	431	134.88/cwt	127.00–139.00	581	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	442	100.67/cwt	100.00–102.00	445	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	138.67/cwt	136.00–140.00	618	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	658	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	469	111.51/cwt	110.00–112.00	523	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	140.44/cwt	129.00–145.00	663	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	126.59/cwt	117.00–135.00	609	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	518	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	134.55/cwt	125.00–139.00	698	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	120.79/cwt	115.00–127.00	629	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	128.89/cwt	120.00–135.00	683	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	125.26/cwt	124.00–128.00	720	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	118.01/cwt	110.00–121.00	680	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	667	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	754	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	614	119.76/cwt	115.00–124.00	735	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	764	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	119.10/cwt	115.00–122.00	752	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	110.02/cwt	105.00–115.00	718	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	123.11/cwt	122.00–124.00	817	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	877	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	107.29/cwt	100.00–115.00	778	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	150.10/cwt	145.00–155.00	485	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	328	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	623	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	341	169.68/cwt	166.00–182.00	579	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	360	154.04/cwt	151.00–157.00	555	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	381	176.18/cwt	160.00–185.00	671	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	387	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	708	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	164.51/cwt	154.00–175.00	707	41
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	609	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	452	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	701	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	471	140.36/cwt	135.00–147.00	661	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	156.68/cwt	146.00–168.00	741	66
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	512	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	753	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	522	146.60/cwt	140.00–151.00	765	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	135.82/cwt	134.00–140.00	713	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	759	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	572	136.20/cwt	131.00–142.00	779	46
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	581	126.75/cwt	117.00–130.00	736	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	623	117.47/cwt	115.00–120.00	732	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	134.13/cwt	128.00–140.00	838	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	666	129.89/cwt	128.00–132.00	865	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	124.19/cwt	122.00–129.00	882	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	773	116.79/cwt	109.00–119.00	903	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	982	125.29/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,230	3

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 Dec 5, 2019

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

Receipts 3,249Last week 3,630Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	537	136.00–144.00	139.51
4	—	664	127.00–135.00	132.29
3	—	723	129.00–131.00	130.35
2	—	338	161.00	161.00
18	—	570	136.00–141.00	140.11
18	—	425	144.00–157.00	151.87
14	—	631	129.00–134.00	132.75
2	—	463	139.00–153.00	145.89
2	—	380	150.00–165.00	157.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	140.00–150.50	145.01
21	—	570	141.00–159.00	149.47
25	—	321	178.00–189.00	181.28
26	—	615	140.00–152.00	147.93
39	—	427	164.00–184.00	174.96
1	—	895	138.00	138.00
4	—	765	138.00	138.00
1	—	800	145.00	145.00
40	—	523	155.00–164.00	159.49
40	—	378	170.00–187.00	181.22
118	—	466	161.00–178.00	170.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	130.00	130.00
1	—	445	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	541	152.00–154.00	152.94
16	—	470	167.00–169.00	167.98
12	—	561	140.00–143.00	142.02
6	—	642	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	624	136.00–141.00	139.62
6	—	683	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	394	189.00	189.00
71	—	791	145.50	145.50
22	—	552	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	414	192.50	192.50
40	—	323	190.00–197.50	195.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	438	178.00–185.00	181.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	160.00	160.00
2	—	535	149.00	149.00
4	—	393	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	331	140.00–157.50	148.85
32	—	575	124.00–128.00	125.26
2	—	603	125.00	125.00
3	—	707	124.00	124.00
9	—	664	122.00–124.00	123.11
41	—	472	129.00–145.00	140.44
62	—	368	137.00–149.00	144.07
71	—	519	125.00–139.00	134.55
134	—	427	138.00–156.00	148.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	446	136.00–140.00	138.67
31	—	530	120.00–135.00	128.89
6	—	460	143.00	143.00
5	—	626	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	105.00–115.00	110.02
9	—	725	100.00–115.00	107.29
13	—	376	122.00–135.00	130.00
16	—	431	127.00–139.00	134.88
39	—	521	115.00–127.00	120.79
23	—	481	117.00–135.00	126.59
21	—	631	115.00–122.00	119.10
21	—	576	110.00–121.00	118.01
19	—	335	120.00–137.00	130.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	614	115.00–124.00	119.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	426	150.00–154.00	151.40
21	—	505	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	351	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	324	138.00–142.50	140.54
12	—	400	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	387	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	442	100.00–102.00	100.67
2	—	518	100.00	100.00
2	—	355	110.00–114.00	112.00
2	—	315	106.00–110.00	107.97
4	—	469	110.00–112.00	111.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	666	128.00–132.00	129.89
16	—	710	122.00–129.00	124.19
14	—	625	128.00–140.00	134.13
9	—	773	109.00–119.00	116.79
7	—	341	166.00–182.00	169.68
3	—	982	124.00–128.00	125.29
41	—	430	154.00–175.00	164.51
32	—	522	140.00–151.00	146.60
30	—	381	160.00–185.00	176.18
66	—	473	146.00–168.00	156.68
46	—	572	131.00–142.00	136.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	190.00	190.00
11	—	387	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	452	155.00	155.00
12	—	538	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	581	117.00–130.00	126.75
10	—	471	135.00–147.00	140.36
5	—	525	134.00–140.00	135.82
3	—	323	145.00–155.00	150.10
2	—	623	115.00–120.00	117.47
2	—	435	140.00	140.00
2	—	360	151.00–157.00	154.04

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.