Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2020-04-02

Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Apr 2

● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Receipts

2,156 head

▲ 1,570 vs last sale 586▲ 2,156 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 4.00-12.00 lower instances 25.00 lower on some of the new crop steers and bull calves under 450 lbs. The offering included several new crop calves with some of them being fleshy. 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 $129.92/cwt on 775 head.

Average price

$129.92

775 head · 466 lb average

Value per head Derived

$605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$24.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.53

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	446	138.05	616	253
Medium and Large 1-2	483	130.52	630	283
Medium and Large 2	473	121.11	573	224
Medium and Large 3	376	113.31	426	15thin

One grade step is worth $24.74/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 sale775 hd

129.92

—

AR average8 barns · 1,731 hd

130.45

−0.53

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

Every lot

109 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	319	163.57/cwt	148.00–177.00	522	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	190.29/cwt	181.00–192.00	611	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	528	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	346	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	612	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	354	171.26/cwt	166.00–180.00	606	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	381	153.43/cwt	140.00–161.00	585	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	150.49/cwt	140.00–160.00	576	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	395	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	514	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	160.77/cwt	155.00–165.00	656	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	418	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	585	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	462	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	149.98/cwt	134.00–160.00	633	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	169.37/cwt	166.00–171.00	730	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	444	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	768	77
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	702	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	143.82/cwt	132.00–152.00	679	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	473	143.31/cwt	142.00–144.00	678	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	163.74/cwt	151.00–169.00	788	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	152.87/cwt	146.00–160.00	790	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	139.98/cwt	130.00–145.00	731	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	145.93/cwt	140.00–153.00	778	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	538	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	829	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	757	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	584	128.36/cwt	120.00–135.00	750	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	588	145.00/cwt	138.00–150.00	853	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	139.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	856	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	116.10/cwt	115.00–119.00	741	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	127.89/cwt	125.00–129.00	867	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	679	118.19/cwt	111.00–123.00	803	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	120.83/cwt	117.00–123.00	826	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	767	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	895	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	880	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	777	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	878	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	912	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	816	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	930	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	146.52/cwt	135.00–152.00	470	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	326	135.88/cwt	120.00–143.00	443	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	329	120.56/cwt	110.00–125.00	397	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	348	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	428	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	145.21/cwt	139.00–152.00	526	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	134.36/cwt	130.00–137.00	493	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	126.63/cwt	115.00–136.00	477	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	380	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	490	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	384	105.95/cwt	104.00–110.00	407	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	407	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	448	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	137.40/cwt	134.00–140.00	577	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	422	110.00/cwt	100.00–115.00	464	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	423	111.27/cwt	108.00–113.00	471	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	124.74/cwt	118.00–138.00	529	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	144.89/cwt	136.00–152.00	616	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	457	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	503	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	102.02/cwt	100.00–104.00	469	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	138.19/cwt	133.00–146.00	655	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	131.07/cwt	125.00–137.00	621	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	124.97/cwt	115.00–132.00	596	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	133.61/cwt	127.00–136.00	685	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	131.47/cwt	128.00–134.00	682	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	118.16/cwt	105.00–129.00	620	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	718	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	118.39/cwt	116.00–123.00	675	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	581	112.69/cwt	106.00–120.00	655	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	118.06/cwt	114.00–120.00	727	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	117.37/cwt	117.00–119.00	725	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	111.46/cwt	106.00–114.00	692	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	114.71/cwt	113.00–115.00	755	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	762	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	109.51/cwt	109.00–111.00	745	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	702	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	779	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	100.50/cwt	95.00–106.00	714	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	689	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	801	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	761	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls34 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	303	155.01/cwt	154.00–156.00	470	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	320	151.22/cwt	148.00–160.00	484	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	331	169.81/cwt	169.00–170.00	562	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	339	156.24/cwt	154.00–160.00	530	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	353	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	565	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	359	147.03/cwt	135.00–154.00	528	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	144.96/cwt	140.00–152.00	541	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	158.62/cwt	155.00–162.00	596	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	390	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	433	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	415	141.90/cwt	140.00–146.00	589	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	419	152.22/cwt	145.00–167.00	638	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	419	141.18/cwt	135.00–157.00	592	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	440	134.02/cwt	130.00–136.00	590	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	639	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	454	138.97/cwt	130.00–146.00	631	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	466	150.41/cwt	141.00–160.00	701	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	482	135.71/cwt	123.00–143.00	654	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	126.01/cwt	116.00–130.00	643	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	518	139.94/cwt	127.00–147.00	725	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	544	125.00/cwt	124.00–129.00	680	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	703	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	576	117.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	676	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	579	116.73/cwt	110.00–125.00	676	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	616	111.25/cwt	104.00–118.00	685	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	625	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	588	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	629	118.47/cwt	117.00–120.00	745	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	110.03/cwt	108.00–112.00	732	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	713	111.99/cwt	109.00–115.00	798	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	720	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	763	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	775	102.01/cwt	101.00–109.00	791	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	940	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	724	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 Apr 2, 2020

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Receipts 2,156Last week 586Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	376	155.00–162.00	158.62
23	—	419	145.00–167.00	152.22
5	—	331	169.00–170.00	169.81
4	—	629	117.00–120.00	118.47
8	—	775	101.00–109.00	102.01
22	—	518	127.00–147.00	139.94
2	—	713	109.00–115.00	111.99
7	—	558	126.00	126.00
21	—	466	141.00–160.00	150.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	339	154.00–160.00	156.24
9	—	353	160.00	160.00
4	—	441	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	130.00	130.00
1	—	625	94.00	94.00
1	—	475	122.00	122.00
3	—	440	130.00–136.00	134.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	940	77.00	77.00
5	—	579	110.00–125.00	116.73
8	—	482	123.00–143.00	135.71
1	—	720	106.00	106.00
5	—	510	116.00–130.00	126.01
8	—	419	135.00–157.00	141.18
2	—	665	108.00–112.00	110.03
6	—	320	148.00–160.00	151.22
14	—	616	104.00–118.00	111.25
31	—	373	140.00–152.00	144.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	111.00	111.00
1	—	440	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	576	115.00–120.00	117.40
20	—	415	140.00–146.00	141.90
14	—	359	135.00–154.00	147.03
2	—	303	154.00–156.00	155.01
13	—	454	130.00–146.00	138.97
10	—	544	124.00–129.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	100.00–104.00	102.02
7	—	329	110.00–125.00	120.56
3	—	423	108.00–113.00	111.27
3	—	384	104.00–110.00	105.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	134.00	134.00
3	—	407	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	702	111.00	111.00
33	—	362	139.00–152.00	145.21
47	—	425	136.00–152.00	144.89
3	—	570	116.00–123.00	118.39
19	—	616	114.00–120.00	118.06
45	—	474	133.00–146.00	138.19
1	—	785	102.00	102.00
7	—	658	113.00–115.00	114.71
38	—	513	127.00–136.00	133.61
50	—	321	135.00–152.00	146.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	348	123.00	123.00
4	—	380	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	367	130.00–137.00	134.36
67	—	519	128.00–134.00	131.47
12	—	680	112.00	112.00
37	—	618	117.00–119.00	117.37
5	—	570	126.00	126.00
34	—	474	125.00–137.00	131.07
96	—	420	134.00–140.00	137.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	457	110.00	110.00
1	—	575	100.00	100.00
5	—	422	100.00–115.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	94.00	94.00
2	—	710	95.00–106.00	100.50
17	—	621	106.00–114.00	111.46
26	—	581	106.00–120.00	112.69
70	—	424	118.00–138.00	124.74
1	—	765	90.00	90.00
13	—	477	115.00–132.00	124.97
19	—	326	120.00–143.00	135.88
34	—	525	105.00–129.00	118.16
4	—	680	109.00–111.00	109.51
28	—	377	115.00–136.00	126.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	346	177.00	177.00
18	—	538	154.00	154.00
77	—	444	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	710	108.00	108.00
12	—	472	132.00–152.00	143.82
13	—	584	120.00–135.00	128.36
9	—	638	115.00–119.00	116.10
12	—	522	130.00–145.00	139.98
21	—	422	134.00–160.00	149.98
9	—	679	111.00–123.00	118.19
13	—	319	148.00–177.00	163.57
26	—	383	140.00–160.00	150.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	142.00–144.00	143.31
2	—	418	140.00	140.00
6	—	381	140.00–161.00	153.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	793	115.00	115.00
27	—	431	166.00–171.00	169.37
53	—	616	130.00–140.00	139.00
2	—	733	120.00	120.00
11	—	678	125.00–129.00	127.89
44	—	354	166.00–180.00	171.26
72	—	481	151.00–169.00	163.74
6	—	321	181.00–192.00	190.29
20	—	517	146.00–160.00	152.87
50	—	588	138.00–150.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	130.00	130.00
16	—	330	160.00	160.00
50	—	684	117.00–123.00	120.83
47	—	533	140.00–153.00	145.93
7	—	816	114.00	114.00
34	—	456	154.00	154.00
44	—	408	155.00–165.00	160.77
5	—	728	123.00	123.00
10	—	777	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	130.00	130.00

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.