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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 18

● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Nov 11Nov 18Dec 2 →

Receipts

2,153 head

▼ 671 vs last sale 2,824▼ 1,343 vs year ago 3,496 · −38.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers mostly steady to 4.00 higher except the better 300-350 lbs and 700-750 lbs 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 2.00 higher except the better heifers over 450 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. The offering included several groups of good quality weaned calves. 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 $142.79/cwt on 700 head.

Average price

$142.79

700 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$37.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.68

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	146.90	735	441
Medium and Large 1-2	500	142.60	713	122
Medium and Large 2	457	132.09	603	123
Medium and Large 3	416	108.94	454	14thin

One grade step is worth $37.96/cwt here — about $281 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 sale700 hd

142.79

—

AR average10 barns · 2,424 hd

135.11

+7.68

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

Every lot

94 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	198.08/cwt	192.00–202.00	650	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	329	173.31/cwt	160.00–180.00	570	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	449	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	367	204.93/cwt	203.00–211.00	752	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	197.54/cwt	175.00–207.00	739	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	392	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	666	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	187.55/cwt	181.00–199.00	795	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	161.72/cwt	158.00–170.00	686	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	765	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	455	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	183.64/cwt	170.00–193.00	865	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	161.91/cwt	150.00–173.00	769	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	173.74/cwt	167.00–180.00	834	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	159.71/cwt	156.00–162.00	838	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	170.77/cwt	164.00–180.00	900	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	529	183.58/cwt	183.00–184.00	971	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	868	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	163.71/cwt	161.00–168.00	933	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	574	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	878	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	157.51/cwt	152.00–160.00	917	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	134.77/cwt	130.00–145.00	784	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	155.31/cwt	149.00–160.00	952	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	621	144.70/cwt	142.00–153.00	899	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,027	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	637	135.39/cwt	130.00–141.00	862	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,031	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	140.99/cwt	140.00–142.00	952	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	143.37/cwt	143.00–143.50	976	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	690	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	980	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	703	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	984	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	149.67/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,111	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,137	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	774	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,169	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	158.88/cwt	150.00–165.00	504	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	336	141.48/cwt	130.00–147.00	475	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	340	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	374	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	156.21/cwt	148.00–167.00	598	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	138.52/cwt	120.00–145.00	531	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	388	108.26/cwt	101.00–116.00	420	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	147.96/cwt	144.00–151.00	580	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	151.62/cwt	145.00–158.00	635	134
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	149.02/cwt	147.00–151.00	633	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	132.95/cwt	120.00–145.00	565	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	431	109.67/cwt	101.00–115.00	473	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	153.01/cwt	142.00–159.00	710	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	108.48/cwt	100.00–116.00	504	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	133.44/cwt	125.00–142.00	631	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	147.25/cwt	144.00–150.00	705	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	497	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	775	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	642	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	147.61/cwt	137.00–158.00	773	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	138.99/cwt	135.00–144.00	730	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	129.07/cwt	120.00–136.00	678	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	548	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	548	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	139.94/cwt	133.00–148.00	782	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	124.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	710	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	133.77/cwt	130.00–138.00	777	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	768	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	133.11/cwt	129.00–140.00	821	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	621	143.32/cwt	141.00–147.00	890	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	655	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	865	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	864	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	128.68/cwt	120.00–131.00	930	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	726	104.99/cwt	102.00–110.00	762	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	761	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,005	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	826	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,024	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	324	186.90/cwt	170.00–198.00	606	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	328	145.21/cwt	140.00–151.00	476	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	414	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	371	151.72/cwt	140.00–160.00	563	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	386	174.50/cwt	165.00–180.00	674	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	400	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	524	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	407	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	627	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	422	168.44/cwt	160.00–179.00	711	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	429	144.87/cwt	142.00–150.00	621	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	467	172.34/cwt	167.00–182.00	805	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	484	140.88/cwt	130.00–150.00	682	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	490	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	519	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	774	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	166.81/cwt	158.00–173.00	886	33
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	538	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	592	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	574	149.25/cwt	136.00–161.00	857	49
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	577	126.50/cwt	125.00–127.00	730	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	624	139.72/cwt	132.00–146.00	872	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	645	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	832	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	655	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	760	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	671	136.80/cwt	130.00–143.00	918	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	931	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	789	123.24/cwt	118.00–126.00	972	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	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 18, 2021

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

Receipts 2,153Last week 2,824Year ago 3,496

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	617	129.00–140.00	133.11
12	—	723	120.00–131.00	128.68
3	—	680	127.00	127.00
54	—	524	137.00–158.00	147.61
42	—	559	133.00–148.00	139.94
20	—	317	150.00–165.00	158.88
23	—	383	148.00–167.00	156.21
68	—	464	142.00–159.00	153.01
134	—	419	145.00–158.00	151.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	425	147.00–151.00	149.02
29	—	479	144.00–150.00	147.25
28	—	525	135.00–144.00	138.99
12	—	392	144.00–151.00	147.96
31	—	581	130.00–138.00	133.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	621	141.00–147.00	143.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	497	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	761	132.00	132.00
9	—	826	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	120.00	120.00
2	—	548	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	388	101.00–116.00	108.26
5	—	431	101.00–115.00	109.67
1	—	340	110.00	110.00
3	—	465	100.00–116.00	108.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	655	132.00	132.00
3	—	522	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	675	115.00	115.00
5	—	726	102.00–110.00	104.99
15	—	525	120.00–136.00	129.07
10	—	572	120.00–130.00	124.08
39	—	383	120.00–145.00	138.52
2	—	605	127.00	127.00
11	—	336	130.00–147.00	141.48
16	—	425	120.00–145.00	132.95
19	—	473	125.00–142.00	133.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	149.00	149.00
59	—	527	164.00–180.00	170.77
44	—	471	170.00–193.00	183.64
63	—	424	181.00–199.00	187.55
11	—	681	143.00–143.50	143.37
19	—	374	175.00–207.00	197.54
30	—	570	161.00–168.00	163.71
15	—	742	149.00–151.00	149.67
24	—	328	192.00–202.00	198.08
26	—	613	149.00–160.00	155.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	140.00	140.00
10	—	424	158.00–170.00	161.72
7	—	475	150.00–173.00	161.91
1	—	760	125.00	125.00
12	—	582	130.00–145.00	134.77
3	—	392	170.00	170.00
3	—	329	160.00–180.00	173.31
2	—	675	140.00–142.00	140.99
6	—	525	156.00–162.00	159.71
5	—	637	130.00–141.00	135.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	100.00	100.00
1	—	335	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	574	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	425	180.00	180.00
17	—	582	152.00–160.00	157.51
5	—	529	164.00	164.00
27	—	480	167.00–180.00	173.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	367	203.00–211.00	204.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	529	183.00–184.00	183.58
14	—	661	156.00	156.00
9	—	774	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	690	142.00	142.00
4	—	621	142.00–153.00	144.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	630	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	671	130.00–143.00	136.80
18	—	624	132.00–146.00	139.72
11	—	386	165.00–180.00	174.50
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
33	—	531	158.00–173.00	166.81
31	—	422	160.00–179.00	168.44
29	—	467	167.00–182.00	172.34
5	—	789	118.00–126.00	123.24
49	—	574	136.00–161.00	149.25
25	—	324	170.00–198.00	186.90
1	—	705	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	160.00	160.00
3	—	407	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	142.00–150.00	144.87
3	—	655	116.00	116.00
2	—	328	140.00–151.00	145.21
5	—	484	130.00–150.00	140.88
1	—	645	129.00	129.00
14	—	371	140.00–160.00	151.72
4	—	577	125.00–127.00	126.50
1	—	530	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	110.00	110.00
1	—	400	131.00	131.00
2	—	360	115.00	115.00
1	—	490	106.00	106.00

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.