Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2021-07-08

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Jul 8
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Receipts
1,964 head
▲ 983 vs last sale 981▼ 437 vs year ago 2,401 · −18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and bulls steady to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 2.00-7.00 higher with the better 400-450 lbs 11.00 higher. Supply was heavy and demand good. Cow and bulls not reported due to time.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.45/cwt on 776 head.
Average price
$145.45
776 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$342
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.28
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518147.30762463
Medium and Large 1-2586146.65859219
Medium and Large 2501133.7067093
Medium and Large 3350120.004201thin
One grade step is worth $27.30/cwt here — about $342 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 sale776 hd
145.45
—
AR average7 barns · 1,627 hd
140.17
+5.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

96 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330164.77/cwt160.00–170.005442
Steers—Medium and Large 1338195.00/cwt195.00–195.0065910
Steers—Medium and Large 2360161.49/cwt157.00–167.005813
Steers—Medium and Large 1364187.48/cwt182.00–199.0068230
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377183.00/cwt183.00–183.006909
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy380171.84/cwt168.00–174.006538
Steers—Medium and Large 1417180.45/cwt177.00–185.0075210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed418190.00/cwt190.00–190.0079416
Steers—Medium and Large 2425165.58/cwt155.00–172.0070416
Steers—Medium and Large 2464151.18/cwt143.00–157.007015
Steers—Medium and Large 1471178.17/cwt169.00–184.0083951
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496165.00/cwt165.00–165.008184
Steers—Medium and Large 1513173.48/cwt160.00–180.0089060
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed525185.00/cwt185.00–185.0097110
Steers—Medium and Large 2530153.82/cwt142.00–159.0081514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568158.19/cwt150.00–165.0089953
Steers—Medium and Large 1573168.21/cwt160.00–175.0096474
Steers—Medium and Large 2575145.00/cwt145.00–145.008343
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy598153.00/cwt153.00–153.009153
Steers—Medium and Large 1623158.85/cwt150.00–167.0099046
Steers—Medium and Large 2628143.18/cwt136.00–149.0089913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636152.26/cwt150.00–159.0096823
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned637146.00/cwt146.00–146.009303
Steers—Medium and Large 1674150.07/cwt138.00–155.001,01129
Steers—Medium and Large 2685142.00/cwt142.00–142.009731
Steers—Medium and Large 1721147.21/cwt140.00–150.001,06111
Steers—Medium and Large 1753139.15/cwt135.00–140.001,0486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780136.17/cwt136.00–137.001,06218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed786148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,16315
Steers—Medium and Large 1808140.00/cwt136.00–144.001,1315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2851135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,14919
Steers—Medium and Large 2885110.00/cwt110.00–110.009741
Steers—Medium and Large 1901142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,28462
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318158.19/cwt150.00–166.0050317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324137.90/cwt130.00–150.004479
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350120.00/cwt120.00–120.004201
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374136.26/cwt130.00–146.005107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379159.85/cwt153.00–167.0060634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed393167.00/cwt167.00–167.006566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added393162.00/cwt162.00–162.006374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed402166.00/cwt166.00–166.006673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed403170.00/cwt170.00–170.006854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419150.72/cwt150.00–152.006328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424155.55/cwt147.00–164.0066068
Heifers—Medium and Large 2429139.10/cwt130.00–145.0059720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed458157.87/cwt156.00–159.0072327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475150.07/cwt145.00–159.0071362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480138.86/cwt130.00–142.0066714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2514136.83/cwt130.00–141.0070311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522137.51/cwt135.00–142.0071813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523147.99/cwt139.00–157.00774100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added530151.00/cwt151.00–151.008005
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open558134.00/cwt134.00–134.007485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566139.56/cwt139.00–141.0079015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571140.53/cwt133.00–144.0080271
Heifers—Medium and Large 2579129.78/cwt120.00–140.0075111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added589139.00/cwt139.00–139.0081914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618136.84/cwt132.00–139.0084643
Heifers—Medium and Large 2618130.50/cwt130.00–131.008064
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open628131.42/cwt129.00–134.008254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open629147.50/cwt147.50–147.50928117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open629143.00/cwt143.00–143.0089919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2663116.36/cwt109.00–124.007712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669136.34/cwt132.00–138.0091215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2708106.45/cwt102.00–111.007542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726130.58/cwt118.00–133.0094811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open740129.00/cwt129.00–129.0095516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2767105.67/cwt100.00–112.008103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783125.20/cwt116.00–130.0098010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2930100.00/cwt100.00–100.009301
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332174.22/cwt170.00–184.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2335155.77/cwt140.00–170.005229
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373175.79/cwt166.00–181.0065629
Bulls—Medium and Large 2376148.32/cwt140.00–156.005588
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418173.95/cwt162.00–180.0072722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424150.75/cwt135.00–160.0063915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426158.00/cwt158.00–158.006737
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473167.29/cwt153.00–177.0079140
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy477148.56/cwt148.00–150.007097
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480147.40/cwt132.00–154.0070813
Bulls—Medium and Large 3505110.00/cwt110.00–110.005562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1512160.33/cwt150.00–169.0082148
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532138.99/cwt129.00–146.007399
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy535147.00/cwt147.00–147.007862
Bulls—Medium and Large 2571135.64/cwt133.00–138.0077516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574147.22/cwt143.00–155.0084528
Bulls—Medium and Large 2622132.27/cwt126.00–137.0082316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1631140.87/cwt139.00–148.0088910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675136.58/cwt132.00–140.009227
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2707126.00/cwt126.00–126.008917
Bulls—Medium and Large 1727127.14/cwt121.00–131.009248
Bulls—Medium and Large 2734110.00/cwt110.00–110.008077
Bulls—Medium and Large 2763107.51/cwt105.00–110.008202
Bulls—Medium and Large 1778122.02/cwt120.00–126.009493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1800117.00/cwt117.00–117.009363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1855116.00/cwt116.00–116.009921

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.