Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2020-03-12

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 12
● Final120 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,247 head
▼ 311 vs last sale 1,558▲ 1,247 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 200▲ 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 100▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 10.00-20.00 lower with quality and condition not as good as last week. No trend on cows . Slaughter bulls not reported last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.25/cwt on 473 head.
Average price
$126.25
473 head · 486 lb average
Value per head Derived
$614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$37.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.19
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1461133.73617206
Medium and Large 1-2540124.01670142
Medium and Large 2463118.03546116
Medium and Large 348896.284709thin
One grade step is worth $37.45/cwt here — about $147 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 sale473 hd
126.25
—
AR average9 barns · 1,379 hd
128.44
−2.19
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,51879.201,20323
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,36160.7182615
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25056.6370851
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10447.7652742

Every lot

120 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3305115.00/cwt115.00–115.003511
Steers—Medium and Large 1320177.46/cwt171.00–180.0056811
Steers—Medium and Large 2321152.20/cwt132.00–162.0048911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy350140.00/cwt140.00–140.004901
Steers—Medium and Large 1375160.82/cwt150.00–179.0060315
Steers—Medium and Large 2382147.62/cwt136.00–159.0056410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy405146.00/cwt146.00–146.005911
Steers—Medium and Large 1411167.37/cwt162.00–174.0068825
Steers—Medium and Large 2411144.24/cwt128.00–149.005936
Steers—Small and Medium 1435120.00/cwt120.00–120.005222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added436168.00/cwt168.00–168.0073232
Steers—Medium and Large 1468155.36/cwt148.00–165.0072739
Steers—Medium and Large 2483141.91/cwt136.00–146.006859
Steers—Medium and Large 3483109.00/cwt109.00–109.005262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487146.82/cwt146.00–148.0071512
Steers—Medium and Large 1516151.09/cwt148.00–155.0078020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added532157.00/cwt157.00–157.0083521
Steers—Medium and Large 2534139.08/cwt130.00–146.007439
Steers—Medium and Large 1563144.02/cwt141.00–145.0081134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567139.00/cwt139.00–139.0078812
Steers—Medium and Large 2576124.82/cwt120.00–127.007197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580127.61/cwt125.00–135.0074011
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy600101.00/cwt101.00–101.006061
Steers—Medium and Large 1617129.00/cwt129.00–129.007963
Steers—Medium and Large 2621124.74/cwt118.00–126.0077514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631128.57/cwt124.00–130.0081134
Steers—Medium and Large 2675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy698117.00/cwt117.00–117.008173
Steers—Medium and Large 1717116.00/cwt116.00–116.008325
Steers—Medium and Large 2718112.36/cwt107.00–117.0080712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733118.00/cwt118.00–118.008658
Steers—Medium and Large 282591.00/cwt91.00–91.007511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2846104.50/cwt104.50–104.508845
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added310154.00/cwt154.00–154.004775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320139.00/cwt139.00–139.004454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325142.22/cwt136.00–147.0046221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332128.43/cwt118.00–136.0042616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy381131.00/cwt131.00–131.004991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2382119.59/cwt104.00–130.0045720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383142.62/cwt136.00–149.0054633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added394144.00/cwt144.00–144.0056710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411136.06/cwt125.00–142.0055942
Heifers—Medium and Large 3415104.69/cwt99.00–108.004344
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425122.33/cwt108.00–130.0052019
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy44395.00/cwt95.00–95.004212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473119.31/cwt105.00–128.0056424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483132.84/cwt124.00–141.0064230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508127.76/cwt118.00–130.0064930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512132.00/cwt132.00–132.0067620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added518135.00/cwt135.00–135.006999
Heifers—Medium and Large 352491.59/cwt85.00–104.004803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529129.63/cwt119.00–133.5068631
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529114.93/cwt104.00–124.0060821
Heifers—Medium and Large 355088.00/cwt88.00–88.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570120.12/cwt112.00–123.0068556
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575108.33/cwt100.00–114.006236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578123.12/cwt120.00–128.0071224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603114.00/cwt114.00–114.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 361085.00/cwt85.00–85.005191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634110.00/cwt110.00–110.0069716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650108.00/cwt108.00–108.007021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664109.00/cwt109.00–109.007246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1698100.00/cwt100.00–100.006982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2714100.34/cwt99.00–101.007163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy753105.00/cwt105.00–105.007915
Heifers—Medium and Large 281798.08/cwt90.00–102.008013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3320116.00/cwt116.00–116.003711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2329142.83/cwt130.00–151.004707
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy330151.00/cwt151.00–151.004984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333169.33/cwt167.00–172.005645
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376154.75/cwt152.00–160.0058223
Bulls—Medium and Large 2381146.11/cwt120.00–151.0055716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1414154.01/cwt150.00–159.006384
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423136.66/cwt128.00–140.005784
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Fleshy425118.00/cwt118.00–118.005021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy441130.71/cwt130.00–131.005767
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468131.50/cwt116.00–141.0061513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470143.09/cwt137.00–153.0067315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy490137.00/cwt137.00–137.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 2521123.87/cwt115.00–128.006458
Bulls—Medium and Large 1529129.00/cwt127.00–131.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564127.35/cwt125.00–135.007186
Bulls—Medium and Large 2574114.90/cwt102.00–120.0066014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy580115.00/cwt115.00–115.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2605102.00/cwt102.00–102.006171
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy610113.00/cwt113.00–113.006891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628117.61/cwt116.00–118.007395
Bulls—Medium and Large 366090.00/cwt90.00–90.005941
Bulls—Medium and Large 2677111.00/cwt111.00–111.007513
Bulls—Medium and Large 2725101.00/cwt101.00–101.007322
Bulls—Medium and Large 1760101.00/cwt101.00–101.007681
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,14064.55/cwt51.00–71.007365
Bulls——1,53077.77/cwt73.00–84.001,1907
Bulls——1,68386.77/cwt85.00–91.001,46011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight83540.23/cwt37.00–44.003363
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85024.00/cwt24.00–24.002041
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight85853.39/cwt50.00–57.004582
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04442.16/cwt38.00–48.0044010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12833.86/cwt30.00–36.003824
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16853.98/cwt49.00–56.0063020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23255.30/cwt52.00–59.0068136
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28462.18/cwt60.00–69.0079813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33950.00/cwt50.00–50.006704
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34344.62/cwt40.00–48.005992
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35565.89/cwt63.00–70.008939
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43358.85/cwt57.00–61.008432
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,49559.00/cwt59.00–59.008822
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed835625.00/cwt625.00–625.005,2191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,024874.63/cwt800.00–975.008,9564
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20656.47/cwt54.00–60.006814
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,8551
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300831.77/cwt810.00–850.0010,8132
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29301,035.07/cwt960.00–1,075.009,6264
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29951,135.00/cwt1,135.00–1,135.0011,2931
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,030909.08/cwt800.00–1,010.009,3642
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,048881.60/cwt810.00–935.009,2392
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0011,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2051,160.00/cwt1,160.00–1,160.0013,9781
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-287472.83/cwt55.00–90.0063711

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.