Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2021-12-02

Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 2

● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 9 →

Receipts

3,318 head

▲ 1,165 vs last sale 2,153▲ 818 vs year ago 2,500 · +32.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 3.00-16.00 higher mostly 6.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 8.00 higher, The offering included several groups of weaned calves with some of them Value

Added. Report based on about 1900 cattle in the first part of sale. Cows and bulls not reported.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $177.96/cwt on 787 head.

Average price

$177.96

787 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$546

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

$53.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.10

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	181.44	962	595
Medium and Large 1-2	543	173.51	942	115
Medium and Large 2	488	158.45	774	75
Medium and Large 3	325	128.00	416	2thin

One grade step is worth $53.44/cwt here — about $546 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 sale787 hd

177.96

—

AR average9 barns · 2,857 hd

164.85

+13.10

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

Every lot

109 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	164.77/cwt	160.00–170.00	536	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	325	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	416	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	202.45/cwt	191.00–211.00	674	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	204.00/cwt	190.00–212.00	767	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	168.16/cwt	160.00–170.00	636	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	388	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	857	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	391	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	852	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	407	218.16/cwt	211.00–222.00	888	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	164.20/cwt	151.00–180.00	696	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	200.99/cwt	180.00–215.00	858	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	455	199.66/cwt	192.00–207.00	908	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	467	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	873	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	192.45/cwt	170.00–205.00	901	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	881	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	159.72/cwt	150.00–178.00	783	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	178.16/cwt	171.00–184.00	909	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	515	186.72/cwt	179.00–188.00	962	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	516	163.58/cwt	150.00–169.00	844	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	173.61/cwt	169.00–178.00	910	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	178.55/cwt	168.00–187.00	946	129
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	140.77/cwt	130.00–150.00	795	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	571	173.21/cwt	171.00–175.00	989	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	167.56/cwt	158.00–176.00	970	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	590	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	997	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	961	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	143.34/cwt	140.00–145.00	877	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	163.30/cwt	153.00–164.50	1,008	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,021	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,038	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	160.99/cwt	152.00–165.00	1,019	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,001	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	656	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	991	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,003	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,011	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	673	140.12/cwt	136.00–149.00	943	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,043	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	708	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,012	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,095	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	156.80/cwt	142.00–159.00	1,206	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	835	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,177	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	883	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,289	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,261	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	159.95/cwt	151.00–164.00	501	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	317	151.67/cwt	150.00–155.00	481	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	322	107.57/cwt	100.00–118.00	346	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	326	143.65/cwt	140.00–150.00	468	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Thin Fleshed	328	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	292	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	359	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	398	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	138.48/cwt	120.00–149.00	505	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	365	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	438	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	158.57/cwt	153.00–164.00	582	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	380	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	532	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	151.20/cwt	149.00–158.00	585	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	394	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	552	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	411	112.52/cwt	100.00–120.00	462	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	134.08/cwt	125.00–144.00	563	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	159.58/cwt	145.00–166.00	677	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	148.07/cwt	143.00–158.00	649	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	465	148.34/cwt	140.00–153.00	690	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	142.55/cwt	140.00–151.00	667	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	473	106.83/cwt	100.00–110.00	505	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	138.03/cwt	127.00–145.00	657	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	152.93/cwt	141.00–158.00	731	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	498	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	777	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	503	137.10/cwt	135.00–142.00	690	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	545	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	818	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	150.93/cwt	134.00–157.00	788	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	143.06/cwt	135.00–148.00	764	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	543	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	847	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	128.45/cwt	120.00–135.00	730	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	788	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	140.13/cwt	134.00–145.00	807	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	580	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	638	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	591	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	869	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	830	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	135.26/cwt	134.00–137.00	839	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	129.15/cwt	125.00–133.00	806	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	138.41/cwt	133.00–145.00	871	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	642	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	860	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	643	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	868	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	878	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	969	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	108.03/cwt	106.00–110.00	794	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,057	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	327	163.13/cwt	150.00–180.00	533	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	335	201.45/cwt	200.00–202.00	675	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	356	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	609	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	368	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	754	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	390	186.03/cwt	182.00–189.00	726	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	423	160.48/cwt	150.00–164.00	679	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	428	188.63/cwt	170.00–195.00	807	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	465	114.50/cwt	103.00–126.00	532	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	180.67/cwt	164.00–189.00	853	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	478	139.74/cwt	129.00–150.00	668	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	515	164.98/cwt	153.00–178.00	850	32
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	523	127.63/cwt	120.00–138.00	668	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	583	129.41/cwt	120.00–137.00	754	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	584	154.38/cwt	140.00–164.00	902	41
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	618	125.51/cwt	125.00–126.00	776	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	626	141.95/cwt	133.00–147.00	889	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	675	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	743	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	678	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	881	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	780	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	874	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	793	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	912	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 Dec 2, 2021

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

Receipts 3,318Last week 2,153Year ago 2,500

Added. Report based on about 1900 cattle in the first part of sale. Cows and bulls not reported.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	427	180.00–215.00	200.99
55	—	468	170.00–205.00	192.45
1	—	700	149.00	149.00
62	—	579	158.00–176.00	167.56
1	—	835	141.00	141.00
35	—	769	142.00–159.00	156.80
1	—	660	152.00	152.00
18	—	333	191.00–211.00	202.45
30	—	633	152.00–165.00	160.99
3	—	883	146.00	146.00
1	—	970	130.00	130.00
129	—	530	168.00–187.00	178.55
33	—	376	190.00–212.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	483	182.50	182.50
31	—	510	171.00–184.00	178.16
5	—	665	152.00	152.00
5	—	735	149.00	149.00
9	—	593	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	143.00	143.00
3	—	612	140.00–145.00	143.34
6	—	565	130.00–150.00	140.77
13	—	490	150.00–178.00	159.72
6	—	673	136.00–149.00	140.12
21	—	424	151.00–180.00	164.20
11	—	378	160.00–170.00	168.16
10	—	516	150.00–169.00	163.58
2	—	325	160.00–170.00	164.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	617	153.00–164.50	163.30
2	—	590	169.00	169.00
7	—	650	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	388	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	391	218.00	218.00
28	—	524	169.00–178.00	173.61
7	—	633	164.00	164.00
8	—	656	151.00	151.00
13	—	467	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	571	171.00–175.00	173.21
19	—	619	165.00	165.00
9	—	407	211.00–222.00	218.16
30	—	455	192.00–207.00	199.66
56	—	515	179.00–188.00	186.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	394	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	156.00	156.00
41	—	498	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	521	157.00	157.00
3	—	615	135.00	135.00
33	—	465	140.00–153.00	148.34
5	—	591	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
1	—	380	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	322	100.00–118.00	107.57
4	—	411	100.00–120.00	112.52
1	—	560	110.00	110.00
3	—	473	100.00–110.00	106.83
2	—	365	120.00	120.00
2	—	505	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	367	153.00–164.00	158.57
53	—	522	134.00–157.00	150.93
3	—	707	137.00	137.00
79	—	424	145.00–166.00	159.58
58	—	576	134.00–145.00	140.13
21	—	629	133.00–145.00	138.41
15	—	313	151.00–164.00	159.95
39	—	478	141.00–158.00	152.93
2	—	783	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	643	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	359	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	534	135.00–148.00	143.06
51	—	438	143.00–158.00	148.07
7	—	620	134.00–137.00	135.26
35	—	468	140.00–151.00	142.55
7	—	571	138.00	138.00
35	—	387	149.00–158.00	151.20
13	—	317	150.00–155.00	151.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	503	135.00–142.00	137.10
20	—	476	127.00–145.00	138.03
30	—	420	125.00–144.00	134.08
4	—	624	125.00–133.00	129.15
2	—	735	106.00–110.00	108.03
12	—	568	120.00–135.00	128.45
6	—	326	140.00–150.00	143.65
14	—	365	120.00–149.00	138.48
1	—	665	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	335	200.00–202.00	201.45
1	—	710	130.00	130.00
5	—	390	182.00–189.00	186.03
27	—	472	164.00–189.00	180.67
41	—	584	140.00–164.00	154.38
3	—	678	130.00	130.00
32	—	515	153.00–178.00	164.98
19	—	428	170.00–195.00	188.63
2	—	793	115.00	115.00
8	—	626	133.00–147.00	141.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	780	112.00	112.00
12	—	327	150.00–180.00	163.13
5	—	356	171.00	171.00
5	—	478	129.00–150.00	139.74
1	—	675	110.00	110.00
6	—	523	120.00–138.00	127.63
4	—	583	120.00–137.00	129.41
9	—	423	150.00–164.00	160.48
2	—	618	125.00–126.00	125.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	103.00–126.00	114.50

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.