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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Oct 21

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

1,383 head

▲ 854 vs last sale 529▲ 415 vs year ago 968 · +42.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 6.00 higher except the better 400-450 lbs 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers 4.00-6.00 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 $126.03/cwt on 424 head.

Average price

$126.03

424 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$34.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.97

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	134.67	672	181
Medium and Large 1-2	667	128.73	858	36
Medium and Large 2	494	121.55	600	172
Medium and Large 3	438	100.54	440	35

One grade step is worth $34.12/cwt here — about $232 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 sale424 hd

126.03

—

AR average6 barns · 1,078 hd

126.99

−0.97

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	193.66/cwt	182.00–205.00	622	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	172.07/cwt	165.00–176.00	571	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	367	160.81/cwt	150.00–170.00	590	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	184.01/cwt	174.00–195.00	685	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	152.58/cwt	140.00–159.00	636	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	166.08/cwt	165.00–168.00	699	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	168.77/cwt	160.00–172.00	727	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	168.31/cwt	152.00–178.00	796	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	156.79/cwt	156.00–158.00	765	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	145.21/cwt	130.00–157.00	712	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	151.25/cwt	149.00–154.00	780	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	155.17/cwt	150.00–160.00	810	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	140.45/cwt	130.00–143.00	754	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	559	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	934	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	129.86/cwt	120.00–134.00	732	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	149.66/cwt	140.00–155.00	858	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	604	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	954	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	823	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	157.41/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,000	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	687	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	962	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	952	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	739	127.24/cwt	126.00–136.00	940	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	147.83/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,129	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	945	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,229	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	327	103.44/cwt	90.00–111.00	338	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	331	125.03/cwt	116.00–135.00	414	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	144.62/cwt	143.00–148.00	482	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	143.23/cwt	139.00–146.00	536	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	132.80/cwt	113.00–144.00	502	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	391	105.17/cwt	98.00–110.00	411	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	424	102.10/cwt	90.00–106.00	433	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	140.43/cwt	127.00–146.00	597	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	129.33/cwt	110.00–135.00	555	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	134.40/cwt	130.00–137.00	630	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	119.13/cwt	105.00–130.00	560	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	474	97.34/cwt	90.00–100.00	461	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	511	96.20/cwt	90.00–100.00	492	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	130.92/cwt	125.00–138.00	677	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	120.71/cwt	119.00–124.00	633	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	119.62/cwt	105.00–126.00	638	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	548	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	658	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	117.63/cwt	105.00–125.00	666	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	129.20/cwt	123.00–136.00	743	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	590	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	617	116.17/cwt	110.00–125.00	717	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	622	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	896	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	649	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	837	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	659	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	824	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	845	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	112.27/cwt	110.00–114.00	750	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	726	134.37/cwt	132.00–135.00	976	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	798	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	930	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	803	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	723	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	907	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	907	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,099	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	967	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	313	178.84/cwt	175.00–183.00	560	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	327	144.76/cwt	140.00–155.00	473	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	359	115.01/cwt	113.00–122.00	413	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	169.20/cwt	160.00–178.00	636	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	388	143.74/cwt	132.00–146.00	558	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	418	140.91/cwt	120.00–150.00	589	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	160.99/cwt	150.00–181.00	686	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	476	155.49/cwt	145.00–160.00	740	28
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	476	132.34/cwt	124.00–142.00	630	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	482	107.74/cwt	100.00–120.00	519	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	519	145.57/cwt	135.00–157.00	756	28
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	523	97.69/cwt	95.00–100.00	511	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	531	125.66/cwt	117.00–140.00	667	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	564	138.57/cwt	132.00–144.00	782	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	122.73/cwt	110.00–130.00	700	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	573	110.29/cwt	103.00–125.00	632	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	613	129.63/cwt	125.00–134.00	795	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	788	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	616	119.32/cwt	116.00–120.00	735	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	642	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	552	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	659	124.41/cwt	110.00–130.00	820	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	112.84/cwt	108.00–120.00	762	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	709	117.49/cwt	110.00–120.00	833	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	723	106.64/cwt	100.00–110.00	771	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	765	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	910	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	765	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	689	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	835	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	868	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	873	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	698	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 Oct 21, 2021

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

Receipts 1,383Last week 529Year ago 968

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 6.00 higher except the better 400-450 lbs 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers 4.00-6.00 lower. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	136.00	136.00
8	—	332	165.00–176.00	172.07
8	—	417	140.00–159.00	152.58
12	—	490	130.00–157.00	145.21
12	—	537	130.00–143.00	140.45
13	—	367	150.00–170.00	160.81
8	—	739	126.00–136.00	127.24
4	—	564	120.00–134.00	129.86
1	—	675	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	635	149.00–158.00	157.41
8	—	321	182.00–205.00	193.66
34	—	573	140.00–155.00	149.66
3	—	687	140.00	140.00
10	—	764	139.00–150.00	147.83
31	—	431	160.00–172.00	168.77
23	—	473	152.00–178.00	168.31
1	—	945	130.00	130.00
22	—	522	150.00–160.00	155.17
12	—	372	174.00–195.00	184.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	559	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	488	156.00–158.00	156.79
20	—	516	149.00–154.00	151.25
19	—	421	165.00–168.00	166.08
4	—	690	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	604	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	610	120.00	120.00
5	—	659	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	128.00	128.00
14	—	575	123.00–136.00	129.20
1	—	775	120.00	120.00
41	—	425	127.00–146.00	140.43
13	—	333	143.00–148.00	144.62
46	—	517	125.00–138.00	130.92
11	—	374	139.00–146.00	143.23
25	—	469	130.00–137.00	134.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	649	129.00	129.00
9	—	524	119.00–124.00	120.71
5	—	1,099	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	617	110.00–125.00	116.17
16	—	331	116.00–135.00	125.03
1	—	760	105.00	105.00
18	—	566	105.00–125.00	117.63
40	—	533	105.00–126.00	119.62
3	—	907	100.00	100.00
26	—	429	110.00–135.00	129.33
1	—	745	100.00	100.00
17	—	378	113.00–144.00	132.80
33	—	470	105.00–130.00	119.13
7	—	668	110.00–114.00	112.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	726	132.00–135.00	134.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	548	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	424	90.00–106.00	102.10
5	—	391	98.00–110.00	105.17
2	—	803	90.00	90.00
10	—	327	90.00–111.00	103.44
7	—	474	90.00–100.00	97.34
1	—	590	100.00	100.00
4	—	511	90.00–100.00	96.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	622	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	659	110.00–130.00	124.41
13	—	613	125.00–134.00	129.63
11	—	376	160.00–178.00	169.20
8	—	709	110.00–120.00	117.49
2	—	765	119.00	119.00
2	—	313	175.00–183.00	178.84
24	—	564	132.00–144.00	138.57
23	—	426	150.00–181.00	160.99
28	—	519	135.00–157.00	145.57
28	—	476	145.00–160.00	155.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	104.00	104.00
20	—	418	120.00–150.00	140.91
7	—	675	108.00–120.00	112.84
3	—	723	100.00–110.00	106.64
2	—	873	80.00	80.00
2	—	765	90.00	90.00
8	—	388	132.00–146.00	143.74
10	—	327	140.00–155.00	144.76
12	—	570	110.00–130.00	122.73
12	—	531	117.00–140.00	125.66
22	—	476	124.00–142.00	132.34
6	—	616	116.00–120.00	119.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	359	113.00–122.00	115.01
3	—	573	103.00–125.00	110.29
3	—	523	95.00–100.00	97.69
3	—	482	100.00–120.00	107.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	613	128.50	128.50

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.