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Benton County Sale Barn

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

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 12

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Receipts

2,703 head

▼ 546 vs last sale 3,249▲ 2,703 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 under 500 lbs mostly steady to 5.00 higher over 500 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher except the 300-350 lb and 400-450 lb 2.00-4.00 lower. Cows and bulls not reported 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 $135.03/cwt on 688 head.

Average price

$135.03

688 head · 483 lb average

Value per head Derived

$652

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$33.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.43

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	479	139.21	667	409
Medium and Large 1-2	482	135.06	651	144
Medium and Large 2	493	124.43	614	120
Medium and Large 3	496	105.41	522	15thin

One grade step is worth $33.80/cwt here — about $145 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 sale688 hd

135.03

—

AR average10 barns · 2,583 hd

126.60

+8.43

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

Every lot

93 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	313	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	541	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	317	162.12/cwt	150.00–170.00	514	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	186.36/cwt	172.00–192.00	600	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	376	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	692	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	155.25/cwt	142.50–165.00	587	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	180.43/cwt	172.00–186.00	687	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	400	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	464	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	178.22/cwt	166.00–186.00	747	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	154.03/cwt	149.00–159.00	682	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	172.26/cwt	162.00–174.00	801	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	158.19/cwt	154.00–169.00	736	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	152.72/cwt	140.00–162.00	728	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	139.58/cwt	130.00–144.00	724	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	155.06/cwt	144.00–157.00	808	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	156.81/cwt	155.00–158.00	823	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	149.91/cwt	143.00–155.00	838	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	139.21/cwt	139.00–140.00	785	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	136.25/cwt	132.00–143.00	790	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	609	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	843	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	142.02/cwt	140.00–143.50	873	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	147.18/cwt	146.00–148.00	910	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	138.09/cwt	137.00–139.00	855	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	134.86/cwt	124.00–140.00	842	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	914	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	132.85/cwt	130.00–133.00	870	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	657	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	854	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	693	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	901	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	726	128.71/cwt	125.00–130.00	934	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	778	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	949	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	794	128.86/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,023	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	840	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	924	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	910	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,092	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	144.84/cwt	140.00–151.00	479	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	134.58/cwt	127.00–138.00	455	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	480	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	354	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	496	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	145.09/cwt	138.00–150.00	537	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	129.79/cwt	120.00–137.00	480	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	146.74/cwt	140.00–150.00	622	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	145.52/cwt	142.00–147.00	621	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	133.16/cwt	124.00–139.00	578	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	457	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	686	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	142.81/cwt	133.00–147.00	677	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	136.28/cwt	135.00–138.00	651	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	128.62/cwt	120.00–138.00	615	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	480	109.35/cwt	107.00–110.00	525	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	136.38/cwt	129.00–140.00	704	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	126.95/cwt	123.00–132.00	670	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	121.26/cwt	115.00–128.00	645	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	705	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	117.44/cwt	110.00–120.00	680	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	605	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	817	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	620	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	558	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	123.03/cwt	119.00–125.00	780	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	117.83/cwt	117.00–118.00	748	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	635	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	635	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	637	111.38/cwt	110.00–117.00	709	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	771	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	112.36/cwt	109.00–115.00	762	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	703	107.65/cwt	105.00–109.00	757	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	786	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	733	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	792	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	828	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	662	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	320	170.40/cwt	169.00–173.00	545	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	349	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	506	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	152.75/cwt	140.00–166.00	573	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	379	174.27/cwt	168.00–182.00	660	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	153.22/cwt	145.00–159.00	644	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	424	111.93/cwt	110.00–120.00	475	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	428	165.87/cwt	154.00–171.00	710	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	148.47/cwt	147.00–150.00	646	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	145.29/cwt	140.00–148.00	683	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	154.49/cwt	143.00–160.00	729	47
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	534	144.35/cwt	140.00–152.00	771	34
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	535	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	717	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	574	134.46/cwt	129.00–140.00	772	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	602	134.43/cwt	133.00–135.00	809	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	627	119.85/cwt	110.00–125.00	751	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	667	110.41/cwt	110.00–114.00	736	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	726	123.70/cwt	119.00–126.50	898	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	771	108.41/cwt	106.00–110.00	836	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	810	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	842	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	845	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	845	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	928	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	835	2

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 12, 2019

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

Receipts 2,703Last week 3,249Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	516	129.00–140.00	136.38
30	—	331	140.00–151.00	144.84
7	—	564	125.00	125.00
86	—	424	140.00–150.00	146.74
81	—	474	133.00–147.00	142.81
59	—	370	138.00–150.00	145.09
6	—	708	111.00	111.00
3	—	634	119.00–125.00	123.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	343	140.00	140.00
7	—	600	120.00	120.00
7	—	478	135.00–138.00	136.28
5	—	354	140.00	140.00
28	—	427	142.00–147.00	145.52
4	—	676	114.00	114.00
61	—	528	123.00–132.00	126.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	434	124.00–139.00	133.16
15	—	370	120.00–137.00	129.79
11	—	338	127.00–138.00	134.58
3	—	703	105.00–109.00	107.65
2	—	828	80.00	80.00
25	—	532	115.00–128.00	121.26
7	—	579	110.00–120.00	117.44
6	—	678	109.00–115.00	112.36
27	—	478	120.00–138.00	128.62
5	—	637	110.00–117.00	111.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	605	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	733	108.00	108.00
28	—	635	117.00–118.00	117.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	457	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	480	107.00–110.00	109.35
3	—	620	90.00	90.00
1	—	590	97.00	97.00
1	—	360	110.00	110.00
1	—	305	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	624	124.00–140.00	134.86
13	—	317	150.00–170.00	162.12
1	—	840	110.00	110.00
8	—	580	132.00–143.00	136.25
7	—	794	126.00–130.00	128.86
10	—	477	140.00–162.00	152.72
9	—	519	130.00–144.00	139.58
8	—	726	125.00–130.00	128.71
6	—	378	142.50–165.00	155.25
2	—	693	130.00	130.00
2	—	443	149.00–159.00	154.03
1	—	910	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	559	143.00–155.00	149.91
2	—	653	140.00	140.00
47	—	465	162.00–174.00	172.26
26	—	525	155.00–158.00	156.81
18	—	322	172.00–192.00	186.36
56	—	381	172.00–186.00	180.43
33	—	618	146.00–148.00	147.18
30	—	419	166.00–186.00	178.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	615	140.00–143.50	142.02
39	—	564	139.00–140.00	139.21
66	—	465	154.00–169.00	158.19
44	—	521	144.00–157.00	155.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	657	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	778	122.00	122.00
10	—	619	137.00–139.00	138.09
20	—	655	130.00–133.00	132.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	609	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	376	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	313	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	379	168.00–182.00	174.27
8	—	726	119.00–126.50	123.70
5	—	320	169.00–173.00	170.40
3	—	655	120.00	120.00
2	—	928	90.00	90.00
1	—	810	104.00	104.00
30	—	574	129.00–140.00	134.46
29	—	428	154.00–171.00	165.87
14	—	602	133.00–135.00	134.43
47	—	472	143.00–160.00	154.49
34	—	534	140.00–152.00	144.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	627	110.00–125.00	119.85
6	—	470	140.00–148.00	145.29
1	—	575	120.00	120.00
1	—	535	134.00	134.00
19	—	375	140.00–166.00	152.75
10	—	667	110.00–114.00	110.41
7	—	420	145.00–159.00	153.22
5	—	771	106.00–110.00	108.41
4	—	349	145.00	145.00
1	—	845	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	435	147.00–150.00	148.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	110.00–120.00	111.93
1	—	525	110.00	110.00

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.