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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 3

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

2,500 head

▼ 996 vs last sale 3,496▼ 749 vs year ago 3,249 · −23.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeders steady to 8.00 higher mostly 2.00-6.00 higher. Quality and condition of most cattle good with several large groups in the offering. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

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 $135.94/cwt on 873 head.

Average price

$135.94

873 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$264

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

$29.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.95

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	140.38	750	607
Medium and Large 1-2	574	129.80	745	105
Medium and Large 2	513	125.15	643	140
Medium and Large 3	440	110.43	486	21

One grade step is worth $29.95/cwt here — about $264 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 sale873 hd

135.94

—

AR average9 barns · 2,295 hd

130.99

+4.95

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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	327	173.06/cwt	160.00–183.00	566	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	201.65/cwt	185.00–215.00	661	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	348	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	630	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	450	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	363	163.26/cwt	156.00–170.00	593	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	196.00/cwt	176.00–203.00	760	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	411	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	744	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	182.95/cwt	175.00–191.00	783	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	153.05/cwt	150.00–156.00	655	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	171.95/cwt	166.00–180.00	813	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	152.13/cwt	142.00–161.00	720	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	158.56/cwt	147.50–169.00	756	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	802	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	481	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	529	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	485	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	664	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	164.50/cwt	155.00–170.00	849	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	138.79/cwt	130.00–157.00	734	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	152.85/cwt	148.00–164.00	813	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	538	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	829	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	548	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	811	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	149.72/cwt	145.00–157.00	853	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	126.97/cwt	118.00–140.00	739	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	142.74/cwt	139.00–146.00	848	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	142.53/cwt	139.00–146.00	877	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	779	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	640	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	877	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	845	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	659	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	850	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	133.10/cwt	130.00–139.00	888	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	711	132.29/cwt	121.00–132.50	941	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	975	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	876	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	138.14/cwt	135.00–138.50	1,051	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	791	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	989	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	805	134.83/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,085	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	985	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	985	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	140.01/cwt	128.00–150.00	465	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	162.96/cwt	150.00–170.00	544	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	138.00/cwt	135.00–140.00	506	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	161.37/cwt	146.00–172.00	610	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	387	117.42/cwt	112.00–120.00	454	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	585	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	133.78/cwt	130.00–142.00	565	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	152.79/cwt	144.00–161.00	646	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	434	110.89/cwt	110.00–119.00	481	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	444	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	644	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	668	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	107.24/cwt	100.00–115.00	502	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	142.67/cwt	135.00–149.00	676	101
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	127.67/cwt	124.00–135.00	619	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	135.23/cwt	132.00–139.00	709	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	127.07/cwt	112.00–131.00	667	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	140.34/cwt	132.00–145.00	738	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	534	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	758	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	692	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	128.30/cwt	123.00–137.00	729	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	116.83/cwt	114.00–121.00	678	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	114.72/cwt	109.00–117.00	703	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	619	123.85/cwt	115.00–124.00	767	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	748	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	639	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	875	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	836	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	674	112.16/cwt	107.00–114.00	756	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	701	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	953	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	703	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	815	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	794	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	707	105.33/cwt	105.00–106.00	745	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	724	132.33/cwt	125.00–133.50	958	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	774	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	813	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	836	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	844	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	843	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	927	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	808	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	159.29/cwt	147.00–169.00	518	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	376	150.62/cwt	140.00–160.00	566	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	385	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	716	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	428	157.62/cwt	154.00–161.00	675	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	178.52/cwt	176.00–181.00	768	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	458	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	586	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	164.16/cwt	152.00–172.00	778	36
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	483	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	691	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	149.29/cwt	140.00–156.00	781	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	600	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	133.89/cwt	127.00–140.00	760	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	618	126.69/cwt	123.00–136.00	783	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	735	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	650	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	741	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	119.42/cwt	114.00–128.00	794	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	768	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	799	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 3, 2020

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

Receipts 2,500Last week 3,496Year ago 3,249

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	415	141.00	141.00
7	—	836	101.00	101.00
4	—	563	123.00	123.00
11	—	467	143.00	143.00
20	—	524	132.00–139.00	135.23
13	—	623	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	701	136.00	136.00
8	—	639	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	444	145.00	145.00
16	—	534	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	568	123.00–137.00	128.30
83	—	423	144.00–161.00	152.79
68	—	378	146.00–172.00	161.37
1	—	785	110.00	110.00
96	—	526	132.00–145.00	140.34
2	—	703	113.00	113.00
4	—	843	110.00	110.00
23	—	334	150.00–170.00	162.96
16	—	658	127.00	127.00
101	—	474	135.00–149.00	142.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	605	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	703	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	619	115.00–124.00	123.85
15	—	774	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	724	125.00–133.50	132.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	674	107.00–114.00	112.16
5	—	367	135.00–140.00	138.00
24	—	525	112.00–131.00	127.07
16	—	485	124.00–135.00	127.67
10	—	332	128.00–150.00	140.01
32	—	580	114.00–121.00	116.83
28	—	422	130.00–142.00	133.78
9	—	613	109.00–117.00	114.72
3	—	707	105.00–106.00	105.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	112.00–120.00	117.42
10	—	434	110.00–119.00	110.89
8	—	468	100.00–115.00	107.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	680	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	722	135.00	135.00
6	—	805	131.00–138.00	134.83
80	—	516	155.00–170.00	164.50
42	—	761	135.00–138.50	138.14
24	—	388	176.00–203.00	196.00
42	—	615	139.00–146.00	142.53
88	—	428	175.00–191.00	182.95
78	—	473	166.00–180.00	171.95
9	—	667	130.00–139.00	133.10
18	—	328	185.00–215.00	201.65
80	—	570	145.00–157.00	149.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	480	167.00	167.00
13	—	538	154.00	154.00
7	—	411	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	532	148.00–164.00	152.85
54	—	477	147.50–169.00	158.56
6	—	791	125.00	125.00
6	—	348	181.00	181.00
15	—	594	139.00–146.00	142.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	711	121.00–132.50	132.29
12	—	640	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	548	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	363	156.00–170.00	163.26
20	—	473	142.00–161.00	152.13
1	—	650	130.00	130.00
1	—	985	100.00	100.00
2	—	428	150.00–156.00	153.05
11	—	582	118.00–140.00	126.97
11	—	529	130.00–157.00	138.79
9	—	327	160.00–183.00	173.06
2	—	730	120.00	120.00
2	—	623	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	125.00	125.00
4	—	481	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	659	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	119.00	119.00
2	—	483	143.00	143.00
2	—	550	109.00	109.00
10	—	376	140.00–160.00	150.62
1	—	650	114.00	114.00
6	—	428	154.00–161.00	157.62
4	—	325	147.00–169.00	159.29
1	—	510	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	618	123.00–136.00	126.69
30	—	523	140.00–156.00	149.29
19	—	665	114.00–128.00	119.42
11	—	430	176.00–181.00	178.52
2	—	768	104.00	104.00
1	—	385	186.00	186.00
36	—	474	152.00–172.00	164.16
15	—	568	127.00–140.00	133.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	680	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	458	128.00	128.00

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.