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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2022-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 3

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Feb 17Mar 3Mar 10 →

Receipts

2,107 head

▲ 1,729 vs last sale 378▼ 187 vs year ago 2,294 · −8.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Sale closed last week due to weather. Feeder steers and heifers uneven mostly steady to 5.00 lower than light test two weeks ago. The offering included several groups of weaned cattle.

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 $164.23/cwt on 662 head.

Average price

$164.23

662 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$51.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.54

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	169.98	799	457
Medium and Large 1-2	542	157.49	854	121
Medium and Large 2	542	143.82	779	80
Medium and Large 3	547	118.76	649	4thin

One grade step is worth $51.22/cwt here — about $150 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 sale662 hd

164.23

—

AR average8 barns · 2,180 hd

155.69

+8.54

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

Every lot

98 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	324	210.79/cwt	208.00–213.00	683	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	218.43/cwt	212.00–226.00	723	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	365	234.98/cwt	228.00–242.00	858	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	215.22/cwt	201.00–227.00	809	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	191.84/cwt	180.00–200.00	729	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	180.21/cwt	160.00–190.00	755	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	213.37/cwt	205.00–224.00	917	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	442	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,012	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	452	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	963	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	180.68/cwt	171.00–200.00	833	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	211.88/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,011	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	203.97/cwt	203.00–205.00	975	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	489	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,056	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,102	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	203.34/cwt	189.00–210.00	1,049	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,034	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	536	185.52/cwt	183.00–187.00	994	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	179.74/cwt	179.00–182.00	965	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	553	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	912	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,028	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	567	186.44/cwt	184.00–189.00	1,057	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	180.89/cwt	172.00–192.00	1,038	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	945	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	175.61/cwt	162.00–180.00	1,087	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	641	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,147	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	641	152.19/cwt	145.00–154.00	976	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	166.56/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,121	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,046	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	682	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,112	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	712	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,132	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,145	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	154.85/cwt	144.00–161.00	1,177	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	144.36/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,184	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	869	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,234	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	161.70/cwt	159.00–168.00	517	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	183.15/cwt	174.00–191.00	597	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	329	190.50/cwt	188.00–195.00	627	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	353	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	618	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	179.76/cwt	169.00–188.00	674	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	159.44/cwt	140.00–170.00	606	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	178.50/cwt	172.00–183.00	757	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	430	180.28/cwt	179.00–181.00	775	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	433	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	736	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	155.08/cwt	147.00–170.00	678	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	446	170.86/cwt	169.00–175.00	762	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	463	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	806	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	469	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	774	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	171.93/cwt	162.00–182.00	808	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	163.69/cwt	160.00–169.00	787	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	156.24/cwt	149.00–163.00	753	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	162.23/cwt	149.00–166.00	834	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	517	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	801	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	525	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	872	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	161.03/cwt	159.00–164.00	852	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	142.86/cwt	135.00–154.00	759	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	536	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	922	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	156.60/cwt	149.00–163.00	875	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	139.49/cwt	138.00–140.00	795	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	115.02/cwt	114.00–116.00	665	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	149.16/cwt	140.00–154.00	874	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	147.42/cwt	145.00–151.00	905	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	138.64/cwt	135.00–142.00	860	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	655	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	688	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,018	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	126.74/cwt	112.00–134.00	843	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	140.15/cwt	137.00–143.00	938	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	925	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	696	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	967	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	132.48/cwt	130.00–135.00	941	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	791	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	949	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	820	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	902	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	585	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	334	210.74/cwt	204.00–216.00	704	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	208.92/cwt	201.00–215.00	786	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	381	169.56/cwt	159.00–195.00	646	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	385	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	762	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	170.85/cwt	165.00–180.00	736	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	432	194.55/cwt	186.00–212.00	840	30
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	443	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	806	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	175.29/cwt	157.00–185.00	824	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	896	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	194.20/cwt	179.00–209.00	922	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	488	177.66/cwt	176.00–180.00	867	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	521	186.97/cwt	174.00–195.00	974	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	541	157.41/cwt	150.00–160.00	852	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	164.32/cwt	150.00–174.00	945	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	577	151.28/cwt	133.00–158.00	873	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	634	154.18/cwt	150.00–156.00	978	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	667	150.53/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,004	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	710	143.96/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,022	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	760	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,056	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,012	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	630	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	378	11

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 Mar 3, 2022

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

Receipts 2,107Last week 378Year ago 2,294

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	375	169.00–188.00	179.76
37	—	559	149.00–163.00	156.60
30	—	326	174.00–191.00	183.15
57	—	514	149.00–166.00	162.23
83	—	424	172.00–183.00	178.50
2	—	710	130.00–135.00	132.48
12	—	669	137.00–143.00	140.15
26	—	614	145.00–151.00	147.42
76	—	470	162.00–182.00	171.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	661	154.00	154.00
14	—	329	188.00–195.00	190.50
5	—	463	174.00	174.00
4	—	536	172.00	172.00
20	—	430	179.00–181.00	180.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	525	166.00	166.00
12	—	696	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	155.00	155.00
3	—	433	170.00	170.00
4	—	469	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	105.00	105.00
2	—	578	114.00–116.00	115.02
1	—	375	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	320	159.00–168.00	161.70
7	—	665	112.00–134.00	126.74
11	—	482	149.00–163.00	156.24
1	—	820	110.00	110.00
9	—	437	147.00–170.00	155.08
4	—	570	138.00–140.00	139.49
13	—	380	140.00–170.00	159.44
5	—	620	135.00–142.00	138.64
14	—	791	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
8	—	531	135.00–154.00	142.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	446	169.00–175.00	170.86
20	—	529	159.00–164.00	161.03
5	—	680	136.00	136.00
22	—	481	160.00–169.00	163.69
30	—	586	140.00–154.00	149.16
4	—	353	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	331	212.00–226.00	218.43
7	—	739	155.00	155.00
52	—	376	201.00–227.00	215.22
25	—	673	165.00–168.00	166.56
31	—	574	172.00–192.00	180.89
25	—	516	189.00–210.00	203.34
61	—	619	162.00–180.00	175.61
12	—	760	144.00–161.00	154.85
85	—	477	200.00–218.00	211.88
8	—	820	140.00–147.00	144.36
52	—	430	205.00–224.00	213.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	567	184.00–189.00	186.44
12	—	712	159.00	159.00
9	—	452	213.00	213.00
13	—	641	179.00	179.00
12	—	510	216.00	216.00
15	—	365	228.00–242.00	234.98
11	—	442	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	165.00	165.00
8	—	536	183.00–187.00	185.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	537	179.00–182.00	179.74
1	—	340	180.00	180.00
12	—	380	180.00–200.00	191.84
5	—	641	145.00–154.00	152.19
2	—	580	163.00	163.00
1	—	675	155.00	155.00
8	—	419	160.00–190.00	180.21
6	—	461	171.00–200.00	180.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	522	198.00	198.00
5	—	869	142.00	142.00
9	—	324	208.00–213.00	210.79
8	—	478	203.00–205.00	203.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	489	216.00	216.00
16	—	565	182.00	182.00
10	—	682	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	139.00	139.00
30	—	432	186.00–212.00	194.55
5	—	634	150.00–156.00	154.18
1	—	920	110.00	110.00
1	—	805	125.00	125.00
5	—	710	140.00–145.00	143.96
31	—	521	174.00–195.00	186.97
8	—	376	201.00–215.00	208.92
9	—	667	143.00–153.00	150.53
5	—	334	204.00–216.00	210.74
24	—	575	150.00–174.00	164.32
22	—	475	179.00–209.00	194.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	488	176.00–180.00	177.66
3	—	385	198.00	198.00
2	—	443	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	431	165.00–180.00	170.85
10	—	381	159.00–195.00	169.56
10	—	577	133.00–158.00	151.28
16	—	470	157.00–185.00	175.29
5	—	541	150.00–160.00	157.41
2	—	325	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	189.00	189.00

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.