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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Jan 14

● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Jan 7Jan 14Jan 21 →

Receipts

2,420 head

▲ 480 vs last sale 1,940▲ 2,420 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls mostly 1.00-7.00 lower with the better 300-400 lbs 12.00-20.00 lower and the better 550-600 lb steers 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 5.00 lower with the better 350-450 lbs 10.00-12.00 lower. Had some groups of Value Added cattle that sold at a premium. 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 $129.37/cwt on 809 head.

Average price

$129.37

809 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$226

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

$25.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.78

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	132.09	736	486
Medium and Large 1-2	517	130.12	673	180
Medium and Large 2	514	119.83	616	136
Medium and Large 3	479	106.59	510	7thin

One grade step is worth $25.49/cwt here — about $226 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 sale809 hd

129.37

—

AR average9 barns · 2,675 hd

128.59

+0.78

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

Every lot

95 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	329	166.39/cwt	160.00–170.00	547	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	180.90/cwt	174.00–185.00	610	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	359	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	714	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	362	177.72/cwt	166.00–181.00	643	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	163.94/cwt	152.00–174.00	613	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	395	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	474	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	419	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	767	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	154.65/cwt	146.00–160.00	657	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	171.50/cwt	163.00–176.00	734	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	168.32/cwt	165.00–170.00	724	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	148.56/cwt	140.00–150.00	685	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	164.65/cwt	158.00–170.00	771	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	158.62/cwt	152.00–165.00	758	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	812	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	512	136.97/cwt	130.00–144.00	701	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	156.01/cwt	150.00–160.00	822	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	143.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	768	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	548	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	745	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	147.95/cwt	135.00–150.00	827	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	570	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	661	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	127.65/cwt	125.00–130.00	730	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	136.00/cwt	134.00–140.00	801	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	140.39/cwt	133.00–143.00	866	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	621	127.47/cwt	123.00–131.00	792	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	874	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	133.24/cwt	129.00–136.00	833	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	672	123.05/cwt	120.00–125.00	827	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	686	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	858	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	696	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	926	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	130.60/cwt	129.00–131.00	934	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	117.62/cwt	115.00–123.00	845	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	938	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	805	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,030	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	984	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	890	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,095	62
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	318	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	502	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	156.65/cwt	147.00–171.00	515	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	132.33/cwt	128.00–139.00	437	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	361	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	509	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	373	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	565	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	144.43/cwt	140.00–150.00	539	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	136.26/cwt	128.00–143.00	521	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	111.58/cwt	105.00–118.00	430	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	144.57/cwt	133.00–150.00	617	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	429	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	652	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	127.45/cwt	120.00–142.00	547	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	434	136.07/cwt	135.00–140.00	591	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	135.45/cwt	129.00–147.00	637	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	129.05/cwt	126.00–132.00	612	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	122.64/cwt	115.00–127.00	585	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	485	142.77/cwt	135.00–144.50	692	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	118.35/cwt	110.00–124.00	626	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	530	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	562	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	533	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	733	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	130.26/cwt	125.00–135.00	696	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	121.57/cwt	120.00–123.00	650	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	111.90/cwt	106.00–118.00	639	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	546	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	125.12/cwt	115.00–128.00	722	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	592	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	793	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	696	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	105.59/cwt	100.00–115.00	653	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	119.43/cwt	117.00–122.00	746	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	644	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	805	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	107.82/cwt	100.00–110.00	728	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	692	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	837	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	692	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	789	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	711	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	860	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	791	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	723	99.88/cwt	95.00–109.00	722	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	769	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	877	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	900	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	810	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	322	143.66/cwt	133.00–155.00	463	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	331	170.43/cwt	166.00–177.00	564	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	373	167.04/cwt	160.00–170.00	623	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	374	148.92/cwt	140.00–160.00	557	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	167.69/cwt	158.00–174.00	714	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	151.50/cwt	140.00–156.00	659	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	153.62/cwt	147.00–164.00	728	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	479	132.18/cwt	130.00–139.00	633	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	520	129.15/cwt	124.00–136.00	672	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	528	140.19/cwt	133.00–150.00	740	38
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	571	130.55/cwt	125.00–143.00	745	43
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	576	119.59/cwt	110.00–125.00	689	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	616	126.42/cwt	122.00–132.00	779	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	635	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	699	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	676	117.58/cwt	115.00–120.00	795	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	713	115.49/cwt	114.00–118.00	823	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	825	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	825	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 Jan 14, 2021

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

Receipts 2,420Last week 1,940Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	535	120.00–123.00	121.57
4	—	605	115.00	115.00
23	—	474	126.00–132.00	129.05
4	—	361	141.00	141.00
9	—	692	114.00	114.00
45	—	434	135.00–140.00	136.07
31	—	719	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	318	158.00	158.00
27	—	373	151.50	151.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	769	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	329	147.00–171.00	156.65
18	—	373	140.00–150.00	144.43
53	—	470	129.00–147.00	135.45
30	—	534	125.00–135.00	130.26
39	—	427	133.00–150.00	144.57
21	—	625	117.00–122.00	119.43
53	—	577	115.00–128.00	125.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	533	137.50	137.50
69	—	711	121.00	121.00
37	—	485	135.00–144.50	142.77
30	—	429	152.00	152.00
24	—	644	125.00	125.00
8	—	592	134.00	134.00
71	—	692	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	382	128.00–143.00	136.26
14	—	429	120.00–142.00	127.45
14	—	571	106.00–118.00	111.90
12	—	675	100.00–110.00	107.82
27	—	529	110.00–124.00	118.35
1	—	775	100.00	100.00
1	—	900	90.00	90.00
19	—	477	115.00–127.00	122.64
13	—	618	100.00–115.00	105.59
6	—	330	128.00–139.00	132.33
5	—	723	95.00–109.00	99.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	110.00	110.00
2	—	385	105.00–118.00	111.58
1	—	575	95.00	95.00
3	—	530	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	713	114.00–118.00	115.49
15	—	676	115.00–120.00	117.58
24	—	616	122.00–132.00	126.42
21	—	474	147.00–164.00	153.62
14	—	373	160.00–170.00	167.04
43	—	571	125.00–143.00	130.55
38	—	528	133.00–150.00	140.19
9	—	426	158.00–174.00	167.69
9	—	331	166.00–177.00	170.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	520	124.00–136.00	129.15
1	—	710	110.00	110.00
7	—	435	140.00–156.00	151.50
1	—	635	110.00	110.00
7	—	374	140.00–160.00	148.92
3	—	322	133.00–155.00	143.66
1	—	825	100.00	100.00
10	—	576	110.00–125.00	119.59
4	—	479	130.00–139.00	132.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	624	140.00	140.00
65	—	805	128.00	128.00
42	—	495	164.00	164.00
62	—	890	123.00	123.00
30	—	419	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	337	174.00–185.00	180.90
5	—	715	129.00–131.00	130.60
28	—	527	150.00–160.00	156.01
12	—	617	133.00–143.00	140.39
43	—	559	135.00–150.00	147.95
9	—	696	133.00	133.00
1	—	750	125.00	125.00
44	—	428	163.00–176.00	171.50
2	—	813	121.00	121.00
18	—	362	166.00–181.00	177.72
32	—	468	158.00–170.00	164.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	359	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	686	125.00	125.00
2	—	548	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	570	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	110.00	110.00
1	—	395	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	374	152.00–174.00	163.94
10	—	621	123.00–131.00	127.47
3	—	718	115.00–123.00	117.62
7	—	461	140.00–150.00	148.56
12	—	425	146.00–160.00	154.65
8	—	512	130.00–144.00	136.97
14	—	672	120.00–125.00	123.05
8	—	329	160.00–170.00	166.39
6	—	572	125.00–130.00	127.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	589	134.00–140.00	136.00
19	—	534	140.00–150.00	143.75
26	—	430	165.00–170.00	168.32
49	—	625	129.00–136.00	133.24
35	—	478	152.00–165.00	158.62

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.