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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2020-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 10

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Receipts

2,759 head

▲ 259 vs last sale 2,500▲ 56 vs year ago 2,703 · +2.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders mostly 2.00-6.00 lower with the better 300-350 lb steers and 500-550 steers and the better 500-550 heifers 10.00-12.00 lower. Report based on the observation of about 2000 cattle. 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 $130.95/cwt on 824 head.

Average price

$130.95

824 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$649

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$31.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.73

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	461	139.80	645	320
Medium and Large 1-2	540	129.96	702	258
Medium and Large 2	495	122.27	606	215
Medium and Large 3	474	108.07	512	31

One grade step is worth $31.73/cwt here — about $132 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 sale824 hd

130.95

—

AR average9 barns · 3,442 hd

129.22

+1.73

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

Every lot

83 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	188.75/cwt	182.00–199.00	625	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	166.45/cwt	150.00–177.00	558	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	345	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	400	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	165.87/cwt	150.00–173.00	607	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	185.17/cwt	178.00–199.00	689	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	379	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	493	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	149.05/cwt	140.00–159.00	629	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	179.26/cwt	168.00–188.00	760	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	168.60/cwt	158.00–178.00	781	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	149.11/cwt	142.00–155.00	714	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	162.08/cwt	156.00–164.00	778	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	154.46/cwt	149.00–161.00	802	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	137.71/cwt	135.00–150.00	726	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	147.77/cwt	140.00–155.00	789	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	142.72/cwt	139.00–144.00	801	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	142.30/cwt	136.00–150.00	805	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	129.62/cwt	121.00–135.00	743	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	139.43/cwt	136.00–142.00	880	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	130.05/cwt	123.00–133.00	821	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	643	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	849	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	662	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	662	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	129.22/cwt	129.00–130.00	862	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	131.03/cwt	130.00–132.00	881	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	723	118.99/cwt	117.00–127.00	860	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	979	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	992	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	154.94/cwt	151.00–160.00	504	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	358	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	137.11/cwt	130.00–144.00	452	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	366	116.43/cwt	110.00–119.00	426	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	133.15/cwt	120.00–145.00	490	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	154.89/cwt	148.00–164.00	592	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	419	105.33/cwt	101.00–110.00	441	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	149.42/cwt	141.00–164.00	631	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	129.06/cwt	122.00–136.00	552	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	138.94/cwt	136.00–145.00	599	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	453	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	498	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	136.65/cwt	131.00–144.00	633	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	131.62/cwt	131.00–134.00	627	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	123.28/cwt	114.00–130.00	591	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	126.73/cwt	123.00–131.00	660	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	125.17/cwt	123.00–128.00	657	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	118.83/cwt	110.00–125.00	626	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	558	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	670	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	124.59/cwt	120.00–128.00	700	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	113.95/cwt	105.00–119.00	650	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	626	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	708	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	614	110.31/cwt	105.00–115.00	677	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	123.13/cwt	120.00–124.00	763	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	623	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	586	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	644	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	747	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	676	109.27/cwt	102.00–113.00	739	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	848	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	717	105.70/cwt	100.00–110.00	758	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	750	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	773	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	928	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	328	176.02/cwt	168.00–185.00	577	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	340	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	401	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	343	153.27/cwt	140.00–165.00	526	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	372	176.76/cwt	162.00–187.00	658	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	378	147.95/cwt	130.00–160.00	559	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	418	170.01/cwt	160.00–179.00	711	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	149.71/cwt	138.00–158.00	645	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	154.01/cwt	148.00–162.00	728	62
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	473	140.30/cwt	133.00–144.00	664	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	498	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	488	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	126.71/cwt	124.00–130.00	663	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	524	143.11/cwt	137.00–152.00	750	65
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	131.79/cwt	120.00–136.00	750	54
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	610	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	641	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	626	125.72/cwt	119.00–132.00	787	36
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	631	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	694	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	663	121.01/cwt	119.00–124.00	802	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	728	117.26/cwt	115.00–119.00	854	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	791	114.43/cwt	114.00–116.00	905	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	800	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	928	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	848	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	763	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 10, 2020

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

Receipts 2,759Last week 2,500Year ago 2,703

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	431	136.00–145.00	138.94
80	—	525	123.00–128.00	125.17
3	—	595	119.00	119.00
24	—	476	131.00–134.00	131.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	610	130.00	130.00
14	—	773	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	119.00	119.00
55	—	463	131.00–144.00	136.65
38	—	325	151.00–160.00	154.94
59	—	382	148.00–164.00	154.89
23	—	620	120.00–124.00	123.13
59	—	521	123.00–131.00	126.73
51	—	422	141.00–164.00	149.42
22	—	562	120.00–128.00	124.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	644	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	110.00	110.00
2	—	623	94.00	94.00
6	—	419	101.00–110.00	105.33
11	—	580	108.00	108.00
5	—	366	110.00–119.00	116.43
4	—	325	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	614	105.00–115.00	110.31
46	—	428	122.00–136.00	129.06
40	—	479	114.00–130.00	123.28
44	—	527	110.00–125.00	118.83
16	—	676	102.00–113.00	109.27
15	—	570	105.00–119.00	113.95
14	—	330	130.00–144.00	137.11
4	—	750	100.00	100.00
20	—	368	120.00–145.00	133.15
3	—	717	100.00–110.00	105.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	523	124.00–130.00	126.71
1	—	565	125.00	125.00
25	—	431	138.00–158.00	149.71
9	—	473	133.00–144.00	140.30
2	—	725	110.00	110.00
4	—	378	130.00–160.00	147.95
13	—	343	140.00–165.00	153.27
2	—	848	90.00	90.00
1	—	635	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	626	119.00–132.00	125.72
19	—	418	160.00–179.00	170.01
62	—	473	148.00–162.00	154.01
54	—	569	120.00–136.00	131.79
9	—	328	168.00–185.00	176.02
8	—	728	115.00–119.00	117.26
7	—	791	114.00–116.00	114.43
65	—	524	137.00–152.00	143.11
25	—	372	162.00–187.00	176.76
7	—	663	119.00–124.00	121.01
2	—	800	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	340	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	631	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	763	130.00	130.00
33	—	480	156.00–164.00	162.08
36	—	534	140.00–155.00	147.77
23	—	561	139.00–144.00	142.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	424	168.00–188.00	179.26
40	—	519	149.00–161.00	154.46
4	—	672	130.00–132.00	131.03
4	—	736	133.00	133.00
43	—	566	136.00–150.00	142.30
39	—	631	136.00–142.00	139.43
31	—	463	158.00–178.00	168.60
22	—	331	182.00–199.00	188.75
17	—	372	178.00–199.00	185.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	667	129.00–130.00	129.22
2	—	643	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	116.00	116.00
5	—	379	130.00	130.00
3	—	662	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	335	150.00–177.00	166.45
11	—	631	123.00–133.00	130.05
8	—	366	150.00–173.00	165.87
10	—	422	140.00–159.00	149.05
20	—	527	135.00–150.00	137.71
16	—	479	142.00–155.00	149.11
20	—	573	121.00–135.00	129.62
7	—	723	117.00–127.00	118.99

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.