Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2020-11-05

Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-05

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

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Receipts

1,901 head

▲ 1,788 vs last sale 113▼ 539 vs year ago 2,440 · −22.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders sharply higher than last very light test being mostly 5.00-15.00 higher instances 20.00 higher than two weeks ago. Quality and condition of most cattle was good. Had good buyer attendance with active bidding. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.91/cwt on 578 head.

Average price

$153.91

578 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$16.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.59

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	516	157.13	811	460
Medium and Large 1-2	685	142.67	978	48
Medium and Large 2	481	140.41	675	70

One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about $136 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 sale578 hd

153.91

—

AR average8 barns · 1,112 hd

146.32

+7.59

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

Every lot

92 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	156.58/cwt	150.00–170.00	506	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	191.92/cwt	181.00–202.00	637	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	180.33/cwt	167.00–196.00	673	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	153.75/cwt	137.00–167.00	577	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	186.83/cwt	185.00–187.00	757	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	148.73/cwt	130.00–155.00	638	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	167.86/cwt	158.00–177.00	722	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	158.93/cwt	157.00–160.00	696	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	139.13/cwt	130.00–150.00	654	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	162.85/cwt	151.00–170.00	769	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Gaunt	505	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	843	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	153.10/cwt	139.00–164.00	790	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	132.53/cwt	125.00–137.00	704	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	138.69/cwt	134.00–141.00	753	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	126.67/cwt	122.00–130.00	713	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	139.27/cwt	131.00–146.00	811	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	684	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	128.95/cwt	123.00–137.00	790	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	141.07/cwt	136.00–144.00	866	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	134.41/cwt	126.00–141.00	839	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	118.08/cwt	111.00–125.00	789	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	136.44/cwt	132.00–140.00	913	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	703	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	998	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	940	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	891	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	135.82/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,040	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	790	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	964	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	875	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,181	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	312	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	337	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	153.30/cwt	139.00–160.00	487	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	327	131.42/cwt	120.00–140.00	430	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	148.94/cwt	139.00–161.00	573	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	132.38/cwt	125.00–138.00	510	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	127.73/cwt	117.00–135.00	534	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	143.31/cwt	134.00–158.00	616	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	136.63/cwt	128.00–141.00	596	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	458	93.99/cwt	92.00–98.00	430	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	647	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	138.45/cwt	130.00–152.00	659	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	120.70/cwt	106.00–128.00	579	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	501	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	626	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	131.77/cwt	123.00–146.00	688	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	123.13/cwt	119.00–139.00	646	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	528	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	528	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	114.50/cwt	101.00–121.00	607	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	109.11/cwt	104.00–113.00	624	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	119.88/cwt	114.00–130.00	688	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	575	99.01/cwt	98.00–100.00	569	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	707	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	112.18/cwt	110.00–115.00	692	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	111.46/cwt	105.00–115.00	696	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	635	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	667	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	709	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	103.67/cwt	103.00–109.00	703	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	115.71/cwt	111.00–118.00	795	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	807	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	725	100.00/cwt	97.00–103.00	725	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	741	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	860	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	683	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	759	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	941	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	788	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	733	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	801	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	817	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	869	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	321	145.80/cwt	130.00–167.00	468	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	181.26/cwt	169.00–190.00	589	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	370	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	407	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	153.92/cwt	150.00–160.00	577	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	148.60/cwt	138.00–154.00	557	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	382	169.79/cwt	154.00–175.00	649	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	416	145.90/cwt	136.00–156.00	607	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	418	168.96/cwt	158.00–180.00	706	42
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	470	155.63/cwt	146.00–168.00	731	41
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	486	137.69/cwt	128.00–143.00	669	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	495	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	540	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	514	141.57/cwt	135.00–157.00	728	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	539	125.43/cwt	122.00–131.00	676	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	129.77/cwt	126.00–136.00	737	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	576	115.55/cwt	105.00–128.00	666	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	117.49/cwt	108.00–125.00	726	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	619	128.15/cwt	119.00–138.00	793	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	117.86/cwt	115.00–123.00	741	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	661	127.62/cwt	124.00–135.00	844	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	111.34/cwt	107.00–115.00	744	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	670	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	683	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	703	106.51/cwt	105.00–108.00	749	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	724	116.62/cwt	114.00–128.00	844	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	780	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	702	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	782	126.43/cwt	115.00–129.00	989	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	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 Nov 5, 2020

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

Receipts 1,901Last week 113Year ago 2,440

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	669	132.00–140.00	136.44
85	—	472	151.00–170.00	162.85
39	—	430	158.00–177.00	167.86
36	—	614	136.00–144.00	141.07
18	—	766	130.00–141.00	135.82
8	—	729	129.00	129.00
28	—	332	181.00–202.00	191.92
80	—	582	131.00–146.00	139.27
46	—	516	139.00–164.00	153.10
33	—	373	167.00–196.00	180.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	703	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	875	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	505	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	624	126.00–141.00	134.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	405	185.00–187.00	186.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	123.00–137.00	128.95
1	—	790	122.00	122.00
2	—	668	111.00–125.00	118.08
3	—	563	122.00–130.00	126.67
5	—	375	137.00–167.00	153.75
10	—	323	150.00–170.00	156.58
11	—	470	130.00–150.00	139.13
14	—	531	125.00–137.00	132.53
1	—	860	110.00	110.00
16	—	429	130.00–155.00	148.73
1	—	730	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	134.00–141.00	138.69
14	—	438	157.00–160.00	158.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	514	135.00–157.00	141.57
9	—	724	114.00–128.00	116.62
15	—	619	119.00–138.00	128.15
24	—	382	154.00–175.00	169.79
26	—	568	126.00–136.00	129.77
42	—	418	158.00–180.00	168.96
13	—	782	115.00–129.00	126.43
1	—	825	120.00	120.00
41	—	470	146.00–168.00	155.63
13	—	325	169.00–190.00	181.26
6	—	661	124.00–135.00	127.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	605	115.00	115.00
8	—	375	150.00–160.00	153.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	115.00–123.00	117.86
8	—	668	107.00–115.00	111.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	618	108.00–125.00	117.49
2	—	703	105.00–108.00	106.51
27	—	486	128.00–143.00	137.69
7	—	375	138.00–154.00	148.60
1	—	670	102.00	102.00
11	—	321	130.00–167.00	145.80
7	—	576	105.00–128.00	115.55
13	—	539	122.00–131.00	125.43
7	—	416	136.00–156.00	145.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	108.00–110.00	109.00
1	—	370	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	90.00	90.00
3	—	687	111.00–118.00	115.71
6	—	708	114.00	114.00
30	—	522	123.00–146.00	131.77
42	—	318	139.00–160.00	153.30
51	—	385	139.00–161.00	148.94
74	—	430	134.00–158.00	143.31
94	—	476	130.00–152.00	138.45
49	—	574	114.00–130.00	119.88
1	—	615	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	617	110.00–115.00	112.18
2	—	675	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	585	122.00	122.00
9	—	501	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	759	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	801	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	108.00	108.00
3	—	458	92.00–98.00	93.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	741	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	418	117.00–135.00	127.73
13	—	480	106.00–128.00	120.70
7	—	327	120.00–140.00	131.42
2	—	788	93.00	93.00
18	—	624	105.00–115.00	111.46
13	—	678	103.00–109.00	103.67
19	—	530	101.00–121.00	114.50
11	—	385	125.00–138.00	132.38
12	—	572	104.00–113.00	109.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	459	141.00	141.00
27	—	525	119.00–139.00	123.13
18	—	436	128.00–141.00	136.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	97.00–103.00	100.00
3	—	528	100.00	100.00
1	—	750	91.00	91.00
2	—	575	98.00–100.00	99.01

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.