Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2021-12-16

Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2021-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 16

● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Receipts

1,376 head

▼ 984 vs last sale 2,360▼ 988 vs year ago 2,364 · −41.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mixed with the 450-500 lbs and the better 300-350 lbs and 550-600 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher all other classes steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 13.00 lower mostly 2.00-6.00 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 $145.06/cwt on 405 head.

Average price

$145.06

405 head · 473 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$37.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.37

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	152.21	719	226
Medium and Large 1-2	464	146.42	679	72
Medium and Large 2	488	131.38	641	92
Medium and Large 3	439	114.70	503	15thin

One grade step is worth $37.51/cwt here — about $216 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 sale405 hd

145.06

—

AR average9 barns · 1,872 hd

142.69

+2.37

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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	313	168.39/cwt	150.00–180.00	527	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	213.37/cwt	200.00–226.00	670	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	198.75/cwt	191.00–206.00	737	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	716	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	120.35/cwt	117.00–128.00	457	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	169.36/cwt	150.00–178.00	645	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	195.43/cwt	184.00–205.00	840	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	432	170.97/cwt	160.00–181.00	739	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	811	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	192.59/cwt	181.00–198.00	901	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	163.46/cwt	158.00–177.00	798	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Full	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	179.99/cwt	176.00–184.00	889	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	164.37/cwt	164.00–165.00	845	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	176.99/cwt	169.00–184.00	940	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	156.84/cwt	140.00–164.00	834	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	167.36/cwt	155.00–174.00	956	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	136.57/cwt	131.00–145.00	789	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	157.56/cwt	150.00–162.00	915	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	158.04/cwt	153.00–163.00	955	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	944	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	984	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	140.34/cwt	140.00–141.00	926	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	691	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,078	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	987	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,051	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,023	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,053	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,216	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	863	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,122	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,171	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,160	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,264	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	156.66/cwt	153.00–160.00	508	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	328	117.38/cwt	109.00–126.00	385	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	331	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	497	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	336	137.24/cwt	134.00–145.00	461	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	151.54/cwt	145.00–155.00	574	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	135.84/cwt	130.00–145.00	516	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	161.76/cwt	154.00–176.00	626	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	412	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	503	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	136.64/cwt	127.00–146.00	567	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	150.83/cwt	145.00–154.00	629	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	158.18/cwt	150.00–164.00	664	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	148.02/cwt	146.00–150.00	687	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	150.00/cwt	144.00–156.00	713	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	470	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	139.27/cwt	122.00–144.00	666	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	128.88/cwt	120.00–137.00	669	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	150.63/cwt	140.00–157.00	783	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	785	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	139.56/cwt	136.00–142.00	773	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	124.70/cwt	114.00–130.00	722	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	136.94/cwt	133.00–139.00	796	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	608	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	882	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	787	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	134.67/cwt	134.00–135.00	831	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	620	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	670	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	632	124.24/cwt	120.00–127.00	785	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	138.97/cwt	135.00–141.00	882	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	117.69/cwt	114.00–124.00	783	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	792	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	833	103.98/cwt	98.00–110.00	866	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	940	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	940	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	313	194.36/cwt	191.00–198.00	608	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	328	159.81/cwt	148.00–171.00	524	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	367	161.45/cwt	139.00–177.00	593	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	372	183.60/cwt	170.00–191.00	683	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	397	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	516	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	428	157.99/cwt	140.00–177.00	676	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	431	186.61/cwt	175.00–193.00	804	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	175.06/cwt	169.00–195.00	837	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	481	151.52/cwt	138.00–164.00	729	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	795	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	522	161.11/cwt	150.00–166.00	841	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	528	101.59/cwt	100.00–105.00	536	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	140.95/cwt	130.00–145.00	747	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	550	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	649	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	569	130.09/cwt	120.00–139.00	740	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	153.52/cwt	142.00–165.00	889	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	613	124.59/cwt	117.00–132.00	764	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	147.75/cwt	140.00–151.00	909	28
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	655	144.98/cwt	142.00–148.00	950	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	683	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	683	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	700	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	945	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	776	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	776	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	783	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	940	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	940	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	931	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 Dec 16, 2021

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

Receipts 1,376Last week 2,360Year ago 2,364

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	475	144.00–156.00	150.00
17	—	387	154.00–176.00	161.76
14	—	554	136.00–142.00	139.56
63	—	520	140.00–157.00	150.63
1	—	665	127.00	127.00
23	—	324	153.00–160.00	156.66
52	—	420	150.00–164.00	158.18
3	—	635	135.00–141.00	138.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	331	150.00	150.00
13	—	379	145.00–155.00	151.54
9	—	581	133.00–139.00	136.94
21	—	417	145.00–154.00	150.83
9	—	617	134.00–135.00	134.67
6	—	538	146.00	146.00
8	—	464	146.00–150.00	148.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	608	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	110.00	110.00
3	—	412	122.00	122.00
1	—	475	99.00	99.00
2	—	620	108.00	108.00
4	—	328	109.00–126.00	117.38
2	—	385	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	665	114.00–124.00	117.69
16	—	380	130.00–145.00	135.84
4	—	336	134.00–145.00	137.24
11	—	478	122.00–144.00	139.27
1	—	940	100.00	100.00
4	—	632	120.00–127.00	124.24
6	—	579	114.00–130.00	124.70
26	—	415	127.00–146.00	136.64
13	—	519	120.00–137.00	128.88
1	—	720	110.00	110.00
2	—	833	98.00–110.00	103.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	625	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	850	143.00	143.00
10	—	691	156.00	156.00
55	—	571	155.00–174.00	167.36
6	—	604	153.00–163.00	158.04
36	—	430	184.00–205.00	195.43
19	—	314	200.00–226.00	213.37
15	—	371	191.00–206.00	198.75
38	—	468	181.00–198.00	192.59
50	—	531	169.00–184.00	176.99
1	—	1,160	109.00	109.00
1	—	730	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	432	160.00–181.00	170.97
9	—	532	140.00–164.00	156.84
1	—	810	130.00	130.00
3	—	660	140.00–141.00	140.34
1	—	705	140.00	140.00
7	—	578	131.00–145.00	136.57
13	—	488	158.00–177.00	163.46
4	—	313	150.00–180.00	168.39
1	—	775	132.00	132.00
3	—	863	130.00	130.00
4	—	381	150.00–178.00	169.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	117.00–128.00	120.35
1	—	445	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	192.00	192.00
7	—	436	186.00	186.00
6	—	494	176.00–184.00	179.99
4	—	1,105	106.00	106.00
11	—	514	164.00–165.00	164.37
18	—	635	155.00	155.00
13	—	581	150.00–162.00	157.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	478	169.00–195.00	175.06
25	—	579	142.00–165.00	153.52
24	—	522	150.00–166.00	161.11
22	—	372	170.00–191.00	183.60
21	—	431	175.00–193.00	186.61
1	—	830	110.00	110.00
28	—	615	140.00–151.00	147.75
2	—	655	142.00–148.00	144.98
2	—	313	191.00–198.00	194.36
2	—	700	135.00	135.00
2	—	783	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	776	100.00	100.00
5	—	569	120.00–139.00	130.09
1	—	655	120.00	120.00
15	—	367	139.00–177.00	161.45
3	—	940	99.00	99.00
2	—	613	117.00–132.00	124.59
4	—	328	148.00–171.00	159.81
19	—	481	138.00–164.00	151.52
14	—	428	140.00–177.00	157.99
10	—	530	130.00–145.00	140.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	100.00–105.00	101.59
2	—	683	100.00	100.00
1	—	550	118.00	118.00
3	—	397	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	482	165.00	165.00

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.