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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 5

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Receipts

1,566 head

▲ 1,121 vs last sale 445▼ 320 vs year ago 1,886 · −17.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 400 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower over 400 lbs 1.00-5.00 higher than last weeks light test. Feeder heifers mostly 1.00-6.00 higher. Feeder bulls mixed with the better 300-350 lbs 18.00 lower the 400-450 lbs 20.00 higher other classes steady to 6.00 higher. 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 $147.31/cwt on 544 head.

Average price

$147.31

544 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$789

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$62.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.24

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	152.64	826	367
Medium and Large 1-2	522	145.45	759	66
Medium and Large 2	499	135.86	678	96
Medium and Large 3	522	108.43	566	7thin
Medium and Large 2-3	807	90.00	726	8thin

One grade step is worth $62.64/cwt here — about $100 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 sale544 hd

147.31

—

AR average10 barns · 2,198 hd

143.07

+4.24

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

Every lot

88 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	196.86/cwt	186.00–221.00	636	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	334	168.12/cwt	160.00–185.00	562	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	169.41/cwt	152.00–178.00	649	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	739	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	193.22/cwt	187.00–198.00	754	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	161.13/cwt	140.00–170.00	686	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	189.90/cwt	179.00–199.00	815	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	459	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	624	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	176.86/cwt	163.00–187.00	849	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	151.38/cwt	142.00–160.00	730	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	877	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	170.30/cwt	159.00–183.00	889	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	148.69/cwt	140.00–163.00	782	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	550	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	638	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	169.90/cwt	159.00–175.00	968	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	160.22/cwt	154.00–164.00	937	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	598	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	801	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	959	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	161.09/cwt	155.00–164.00	1,012	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	630	147.33/cwt	144.00–149.00	928	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	158.45/cwt	154.00–163.00	1,044	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	661	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	925	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	143.88/cwt	135.00–150.00	961	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	994	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	149.10/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,063	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	722	137.02/cwt	135.00–138.00	989	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	768	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,060	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	860	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,075	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,159	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	151.27/cwt	150.00–155.00	492	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	160.79/cwt	156.00–169.00	539	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	168.97/cwt	157.00–174.00	630	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	142.37/cwt	130.00–156.00	545	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	399	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	622	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	151.41/cwt	149.00–155.00	639	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	164.51/cwt	154.00–172.00	702	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	432	142.93/cwt	129.00–150.00	617	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	530	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	135.09/cwt	125.00–140.00	639	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	159.61/cwt	148.00–166.00	773	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	718	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	493	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	542	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	780	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	140.58/cwt	135.00–147.00	724	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	572	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	154.37/cwt	144.00–160.00	810	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	142.06/cwt	140.00–146.00	805	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	149.52/cwt	140.00–153.00	849	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	571	135.14/cwt	130.00–138.00	772	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	586	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	619	126.37/cwt	120.00–130.00	782	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	144.33/cwt	140.00–148.00	909	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	907	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	122.91/cwt	115.00–131.00	821	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	143.03/cwt	139.00–147.00	957	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	675	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	608	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	858	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	139.45/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,015	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	875	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	774	117.87/cwt	108.00–121.00	912	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Guaranteed Open	807	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	726	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,014	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	923	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	831	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	935	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	316	196.31/cwt	185.00–216.00	620	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	173.66/cwt	155.00–193.00	564	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	382	160.76/cwt	140.00–175.00	614	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	383	194.04/cwt	184.00–208.00	743	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	422	189.80/cwt	169.00–204.00	801	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	437	151.96/cwt	140.00–160.00	664	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	161.69/cwt	155.00–167.00	766	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	476	142.84/cwt	130.00–152.00	680	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	155.90/cwt	150.00–163.00	812	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	141.61/cwt	140.00–147.00	751	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	147.49/cwt	141.00–161.00	830	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	142.09/cwt	141.00–143.00	820	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	577	131.07/cwt	120.00–143.00	756	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	595	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	827	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	145.61/cwt	138.00–152.00	896	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	132.10/cwt	120.00–139.00	816	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	675	139.23/cwt	137.00–141.00	940	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	715	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	972	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	780	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	905	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	790	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	869	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	3

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 Aug 5, 2021

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

Receipts 1,566Last week 445Year ago 1,886

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	432	129.00–150.00	142.93
17	—	473	125.00–140.00	135.09
2	—	668	115.00–131.00	122.91
1	—	715	120.00	120.00
4	—	325	150.00–155.00	151.27
7	—	515	135.00–147.00	140.58
5	—	774	108.00–121.00	117.87
8	—	619	120.00–130.00	126.37
22	—	383	130.00–156.00	142.37
3	—	923	90.00	90.00
9	—	571	130.00–138.00	135.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	399	156.00	156.00
4	—	729	120.00	120.00
8	—	648	140.00	140.00
6	—	513	152.00	152.00
20	—	567	140.00–146.00	142.06
20	—	422	149.00–155.00	151.41
3	—	492	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	935	100.00	100.00
3	—	845	120.00	120.00
91	—	568	140.00–153.00	149.52
37	—	427	154.00–172.00	164.51
35	—	630	140.00–148.00	144.33
16	—	335	156.00–169.00	160.79
64	—	525	144.00–160.00	154.37
48	—	484	148.00–166.00	159.61
33	—	728	130.00–141.00	139.45
25	—	373	157.00–174.00	168.97
11	—	669	139.00–147.00	143.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	119.00	119.00
1	—	675	90.00	90.00
1	—	580	101.00	101.00
2	—	493	110.00	110.00
1	—	520	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	807	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	585	154.00–164.00	160.22
7	—	681	146.00	146.00
8	—	389	190.00	190.00
7	—	516	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	480	163.00–187.00	176.86
38	—	570	159.00–175.00	169.90
7	—	323	186.00–221.00	196.86
53	—	429	179.00–199.00	189.90
9	—	713	146.00–150.00	149.10
6	—	390	187.00–198.00	193.22
2	—	865	134.00	134.00
33	—	659	154.00–163.00	158.45
16	—	628	155.00–164.00	161.09
35	—	522	159.00–183.00	170.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	623	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	661	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	116.00	116.00
5	—	459	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	598	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	482	142.00–160.00	151.38
3	—	334	160.00–185.00	168.12
2	—	768	138.00	138.00
3	—	722	135.00–138.00	137.02
1	—	860	125.00	125.00
25	—	526	140.00–163.00	148.69
8	—	426	140.00–170.00	161.13
3	—	630	144.00–149.00	147.33
3	—	383	152.00–178.00	169.41
8	—	668	135.00–150.00	143.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	577	141.00–143.00	142.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	136.00	136.00
26	—	422	169.00–204.00	189.80
22	—	521	150.00–163.00	155.90
26	—	383	184.00–208.00	194.04
25	—	675	137.00–141.00	139.23
16	—	474	155.00–167.00	161.69
16	—	563	141.00–161.00	147.49
13	—	615	138.00–152.00	145.61
7	—	316	185.00–216.00	196.31
2	—	780	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	645	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
1	—	405	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	618	120.00–139.00	132.10
7	—	530	140.00–147.00	141.61
3	—	810	110.00	110.00
26	—	476	130.00–152.00	142.84
24	—	325	155.00–193.00	173.66
1	—	790	110.00	110.00
14	—	382	140.00–175.00	160.76
11	—	577	120.00–143.00	131.07
10	—	437	140.00–160.00	151.96

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.