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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-04

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

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 11 →

Receipts

1,814 head

▲ 1,277 vs last sale 537▼ 87 vs year ago 1,901 · −4.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00-10.00 higher mostly 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs 10.00-17.00 higher over 500 lbs 6.00-8.00 higher. The offering included several groups of black calves. Good buyer attendance and active bidding. Cows and bulls not reported due to time.

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 $149.70/cwt on 673 head.

Average price

$149.70

673 head · 468 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$49.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.42

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	464	153.39	711	510
Medium and Large 1-2	511	142.76	729	95
Medium and Large 2	444	133.48	593	64
Medium and Large 3	419	103.85	435	4thin

One grade step is worth $49.54/cwt here — about $276 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 sale673 hd

149.70

—

AR average9 barns · 2,284 hd

136.29

+13.42

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

Every lot

83 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	211.51/cwt	199.00–218.00	687	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	439	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	160.15/cwt	150.00–170.00	537	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	163.72/cwt	144.00–176.00	624	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	188.94/cwt	175.00–198.00	724	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	181.50/cwt	173.00–188.00	771	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	159.66/cwt	150.00–171.00	682	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	559	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	172.23/cwt	165.00–188.00	813	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	180.95/cwt	168.00–190.00	867	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	150.78/cwt	130.00–165.00	722	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	493	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	917	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	147.22/cwt	134.00–161.00	773	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	168.69/cwt	159.00–180.00	899	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	161.03/cwt	156.00–167.00	865	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	554	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	842	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	159.65/cwt	146.00–169.00	904	87
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	130.63/cwt	120.00–142.00	751	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	580	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	673	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	935	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	624	153.72/cwt	147.00–160.00	959	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	140.94/cwt	139.00–145.00	887	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	632	139.25/cwt	129.00–143.00	880	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	149.92/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,000	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	696	139.39/cwt	139.00–141.00	970	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	136.23/cwt	133.00–139.00	967	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,025	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,102	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,211	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	164.31/cwt	150.00–175.00	536	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	133.91/cwt	130.00–140.00	439	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	362	103.80/cwt	100.00–111.00	376	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	138.99/cwt	127.00–145.00	516	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	158.92/cwt	148.00–173.00	610	84
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	133.01/cwt	120.00–142.00	555	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	156.11/cwt	143.00–171.00	668	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	441	150.81/cwt	147.00–156.00	665	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	133.20/cwt	120.00–141.00	621	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	142.63/cwt	135.00–152.00	676	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	152.84/cwt	140.00–158.00	732	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	511	161.61/cwt	161.00–162.00	826	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	132.63/cwt	116.00–140.00	684	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	148.93/cwt	139.00–157.00	773	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	139.69/cwt	135.00–148.00	726	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	538	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	737	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	116.63/cwt	114.00–118.00	662	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	140.76/cwt	133.00–146.00	805	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	138.89/cwt	134.00–145.00	856	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	794	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	138.26/cwt	129.00–145.00	919	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	828	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	131.27/cwt	125.00–138.00	944	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	785	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,052	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	828	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	994	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	305	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	342	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	330	177.01/cwt	176.00–179.00	584	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	331	168.54/cwt	151.00–174.00	558	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	366	186.99/cwt	170.00–195.00	684	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	143.11/cwt	140.00–150.00	537	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	415	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	469	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	145.38/cwt	145.00–147.00	618	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	429	169.55/cwt	164.00–180.00	727	35
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	166.09/cwt	154.00–177.00	794	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	479	143.49/cwt	130.00–157.00	687	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	516	158.51/cwt	146.00–166.00	818	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	527	139.75/cwt	134.00–147.00	736	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	566	148.06/cwt	140.00–160.00	838	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	578	127.36/cwt	119.00–135.00	736	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	618	105.06/cwt	100.00–110.00	649	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	621	148.62/cwt	142.00–155.00	923	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	645	128.40/cwt	128.00–130.00	828	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	666	141.37/cwt	132.00–146.00	942	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	731	124.66/cwt	119.00–126.00	911	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	830	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	905	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	890	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	970	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	931	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	315	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	205	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	790	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	316	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 Nov 4, 2021

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

Receipts 1,814Last week 537Year ago 1,901

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	615	152.00	152.00
15	—	537	156.00–167.00	161.03
10	—	554	152.00	152.00
40	—	472	165.00–188.00	172.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	425	173.00–188.00	181.50
2	—	748	137.00	137.00
87	—	566	146.00–169.00	159.65
67	—	533	159.00–180.00	168.69
71	—	479	168.00–190.00	180.95
1	—	810	136.00	136.00
36	—	624	147.00–160.00	153.72
2	—	865	140.00	140.00
69	—	383	175.00–198.00	188.94
15	—	325	199.00–218.00	211.51
13	—	667	144.00–153.00	149.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	525	134.00–161.00	147.22
5	—	632	129.00–143.00	139.25
2	—	335	150.00–170.00	160.15
29	—	479	130.00–165.00	150.78
3	—	575	120.00–142.00	130.63
26	—	427	150.00–171.00	159.66
13	—	381	144.00–176.00	163.72
5	—	696	139.00–141.00	139.39
4	—	710	133.00–139.00	136.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	629	139.00–145.00	140.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	130.00	130.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00
1	—	330	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	493	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	466	120.00–141.00	133.20
9	—	417	120.00–142.00	133.01
1	—	690	120.00	120.00
3	—	568	114.00–118.00	116.63
13	—	371	127.00–145.00	138.99
1	—	640	124.00	124.00
8	—	328	130.00–140.00	133.91
8	—	516	116.00–140.00	132.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	572	133.00–146.00	140.76
100	—	519	139.00–157.00	148.93
93	—	479	140.00–158.00	152.84
43	—	326	150.00–175.00	164.31
8	—	616	134.00–145.00	138.89
118	—	428	143.00–171.00	156.11
84	—	384	148.00–173.00	158.92
7	—	665	129.00–145.00	138.26
7	—	719	125.00–138.00	131.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	785	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	362	100.00–111.00	103.80
1	—	590	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	511	161.00–162.00	161.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	828	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	520	135.00–148.00	139.69
24	—	441	147.00–156.00	150.81
24	—	474	135.00–152.00	142.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	65.00	65.00
1	—	790	40.00	40.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	621	142.00–155.00	148.62
12	—	666	132.00–146.00	141.37
3	—	330	176.00–179.00	177.01
31	—	478	154.00–177.00	166.09
17	—	366	170.00–195.00	186.99
35	—	429	164.00–180.00	169.55
5	—	731	119.00–126.00	124.66
25	—	516	146.00–166.00	158.51
33	—	566	140.00–160.00	148.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	100.00–110.00	105.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	96.00	96.00
2	—	890	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	375	140.00–150.00	143.11
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
14	—	527	134.00–147.00	139.75
5	—	645	128.00–130.00	128.40
12	—	331	151.00–174.00	168.54
5	—	425	145.00–147.00	145.38
2	—	660	125.00	125.00
18	—	479	130.00–157.00	143.49
4	—	578	119.00–135.00	127.36
1	—	830	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	112.00	112.00
1	—	415	113.00	113.00

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.