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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 4

● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 11 →

Receipts

2,294 head

▲ 384 vs last sale 1,910▲ 736 vs year ago 1,558 · +47.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 6.00 higher except the better 550-600 lbs 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers mixed with the better 300-400 lbs 5.00-6.00 higher and the plainer kind and over 400 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder bulls mostly steady to 3.00 higher except the better 450-550 lbs 2.00-3.00 lower. 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 $137.78/cwt on 798 head.

Average price

$137.78

798 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$710

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$33.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.99

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	144.23	703	427
Medium and Large 1-2	576	134.73	776	245
Medium and Large 2	509	124.93	636	99
Medium and Large 3	423	110.66	468	27

One grade step is worth $33.58/cwt here — about $236 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 sale798 hd

137.78

—

AR average10 barns · 2,724 hd

132.79

+4.99

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

Every lot

99 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	207.44/cwt	195.00–217.00	668	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	337	181.55/cwt	180.00–183.00	612	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	343	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	641	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	364	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	619	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	194.15/cwt	179.00–209.00	718	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	672	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	186.22/cwt	179.00–197.00	791	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	158.07/cwt	140.00–165.00	675	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	462	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	545	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	174.63/cwt	169.00–186.00	833	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	161.88/cwt	146.00–168.00	775	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	495	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	772	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	515	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	798	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	144.99/cwt	139.00–151.00	750	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	830	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	523	165.67/cwt	162.00–174.00	866	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	154.61/cwt	154.00–155.00	826	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	838	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	152.12/cwt	144.00–155.00	878	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	581	139.78/cwt	130.00–146.00	812	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	610	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	610	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	131.32/cwt	126.00–134.00	819	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	146.86/cwt	140.00–148.00	933	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	914	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	141.20/cwt	135.00–147.00	956	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	125.26/cwt	122.00–127.00	849	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	680	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	959	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	137.99/cwt	134.00–143.00	992	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	950	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	767	125.34/cwt	120.00–126.00	961	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	781	131.80/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,029	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,120	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	936	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,142	20
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	320	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	522	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	326	136.92/cwt	130.00–145.00	446	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	327	122.01/cwt	115.00–125.00	399	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	158.91/cwt	151.00–166.00	523	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	373	157.01/cwt	155.00–161.00	586	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	159.87/cwt	146.00–169.00	600	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	138.78/cwt	130.00–145.00	526	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	381	109.91/cwt	96.00–124.00	419	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	408	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	632	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	413	157.55/cwt	148.00–164.00	651	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	417	111.78/cwt	97.00–125.00	466	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	128.79/cwt	120.00–140.00	545	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	152.41/cwt	147.00–157.00	651	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	447	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	653	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	458	150.65/cwt	146.00–154.00	690	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	105.93/cwt	104.00–108.00	496	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	149.44/cwt	140.00–155.00	704	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	145.46/cwt	145.00–146.00	692	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	132.66/cwt	128.00–137.00	637	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	492	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	640	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	504	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	741	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	515	133.25/cwt	128.00–135.00	686	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	138.57/cwt	135.00–146.00	718	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	528	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	130.18/cwt	129.00–133.00	690	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	541	124.07/cwt	120.00–129.00	671	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	563	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	563	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	132.15/cwt	124.00–134.00	752	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	121.01/cwt	110.00–125.00	693	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	127.01/cwt	124.00–129.50	743	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	587	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	699	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	111.24/cwt	100.00–119.00	693	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	125.59/cwt	123.00–127.00	795	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	109.72/cwt	108.00–110.00	733	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	121.55/cwt	120.00–124.00	825	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	683	125.60/cwt	124.00–126.00	858	87
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	866	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	902	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	812	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	324	167.69/cwt	150.00–175.00	543	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	330	195.14/cwt	180.00–212.00	644	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	340	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	381	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	377	180.00/cwt	175.00–190.00	679	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	382	156.32/cwt	140.00–170.00	597	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	395	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	672	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	410	118.93/cwt	116.00–122.00	488	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	422	176.73/cwt	160.00–185.00	746	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	427	144.75/cwt	140.00–152.00	618	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	438	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	670	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	467	149.67/cwt	140.00–155.00	699	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	167.01/cwt	154.00–172.00	788	36
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	499	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	763	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	524	150.70/cwt	144.00–156.00	790	28
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	534	138.45/cwt	127.00–142.00	739	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	573	138.38/cwt	135.00–140.00	793	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	592	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	764	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	617	131.96/cwt	124.00–137.00	814	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	630	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	693	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	675	129.20/cwt	123.00–131.00	872	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	740	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	903	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	805	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	886	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	865	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	908	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 Mar 4, 2021

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

Receipts 2,294Last week 1,910Year ago 1,558

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	635	140.00–148.00	146.86
36	—	677	135.00–147.00	141.20
11	—	781	124.00–135.00	131.80
25	—	425	179.00–197.00	186.22
13	—	322	195.00–217.00	207.44
28	—	577	144.00–155.00	152.12
32	—	523	162.00–174.00	165.67
22	—	836	134.00	134.00
56	—	719	134.00–143.00	137.99
49	—	477	169.00–186.00	174.63
20	—	936	122.00	122.00
34	—	370	179.00–209.00	194.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	519	160.00	160.00
49	—	680	141.00	141.00
20	—	570	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	635	144.00	144.00
4	—	766	124.00	124.00
10	—	534	154.00–155.00	154.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	187.00	187.00
2	—	515	155.00	155.00
1	—	495	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	767	120.00–126.00	125.34
4	—	337	180.00–183.00	181.55
35	—	479	146.00–168.00	161.88
4	—	624	126.00–134.00	131.32
5	—	364	170.00	170.00
8	—	517	139.00–151.00	144.99
8	—	678	122.00–127.00	125.26
11	—	427	140.00–165.00	158.07
22	—	581	130.00–146.00	139.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	400	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	100.00	100.00
3	—	462	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	492	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	320	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	408	155.00	155.00
16	—	504	147.00	147.00
17	—	458	146.00–154.00	150.65
18	—	373	155.00–161.00	157.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	679	120.00–124.00	121.55
25	—	329	151.00–166.00	158.91
3	—	740	117.00	117.00
89	—	569	124.00–134.00	132.15
84	—	471	140.00–155.00	149.44
64	—	375	146.00–169.00	159.87
56	—	518	135.00–146.00	138.57
43	—	633	123.00–127.00	125.59
37	—	413	148.00–164.00	157.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	530	129.00–133.00	130.18
21	—	585	124.00–129.50	127.01
23	—	785	110.00	110.00
26	—	427	147.00–157.00	152.41
11	—	476	145.00–146.00	145.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	447	146.00	146.00
4	—	515	128.00–135.00	133.25
3	—	587	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	326	130.00–145.00	136.92
12	—	541	120.00–129.00	124.07
16	—	573	110.00–125.00	121.01
8	—	623	100.00–119.00	111.24
19	—	423	120.00–140.00	128.79
10	—	379	130.00–145.00	138.78
7	—	668	108.00–110.00	109.72
3	—	902	90.00	90.00
15	—	480	128.00–137.00	132.66
1	—	715	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	100.00	100.00
6	—	327	115.00–125.00	122.01
3	—	528	100.00	100.00
2	—	468	104.00–108.00	105.93
8	—	417	97.00–125.00	111.78
5	—	381	96.00–124.00	109.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	683	124.00–126.00	125.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	472	154.00–172.00	167.01
2	—	805	110.00	110.00
17	—	617	124.00–137.00	131.96
26	—	422	160.00–185.00	176.73
15	—	675	123.00–131.00	129.20
28	—	524	144.00–156.00	150.70
17	—	330	180.00–212.00	195.14
11	—	377	175.00–190.00	180.00
12	—	573	135.00–140.00	138.38
2	—	740	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	865	105.00	105.00
1	—	630	110.00	110.00
1	—	665	110.00	110.00
1	—	590	130.00	130.00
4	—	534	127.00–142.00	138.45
9	—	467	140.00–155.00	149.67
6	—	427	140.00–152.00	144.75
5	—	324	150.00–175.00	167.69
6	—	382	140.00–170.00	156.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	499	153.00	153.00
7	—	395	170.00	170.00
13	—	592	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	153.00	153.00
1	—	500	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	410	116.00–122.00	118.93
1	—	340	112.00	112.00

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.