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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2022-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Aug 4

● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Jul 28Aug 4Aug 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

793 head

▲ 88 vs last sale 705▼ 773 vs year ago 1,566 · −49.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

165 head

▲ 55 vs last sale 110▼ 68 vs year ago 233 · −29.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 20▼ 100 vs year ago 150 · −66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly 5.00-7.00 higher with the better 550-600 lbs 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 3.00-7.00 higher. Breaker and boner cows 15.00-20.00 higher lean cows 7.00-11.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 14.00 higher.

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 $157.53/cwt on 289 head.

Average price

$157.53

289 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$47.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.14

vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	481	163.04	785	176
Medium and Large 1-2	581	154.08	895	34
Medium and Large 2	495	150.19	744	71
Medium and Large 3	486	115.95	563	8thin

One grade step is worth $47.10/cwt here — about $222 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 sale289 hd

157.53

—

AR average9 barns · 1,548 hd

153.39

+4.14

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,639	114.82	1,881	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,405	86.79	1,219	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,183	84.66	1,002	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	983	62.35	613	55

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,077	$1,046	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	912	$806	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,085	$775	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	665	$650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,041	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,248	$1,013	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$775	1thin

Every lot

102 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	216.27/cwt	207.00–227.00	595	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	174.30/cwt	168.00–181.00	566	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	339	220.73/cwt	220.00–221.00	748	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	181.13/cwt	170.00–195.00	672	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	205.24/cwt	204.00–208.00	770	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	408	198.57/cwt	189.00–215.00	810	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	165.02/cwt	160.00–170.00	701	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	195.71/cwt	183.00–209.00	912	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	169.45/cwt	160.00–178.00	812	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	506	195.02/cwt	191.00–198.00	987	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	174.79/cwt	159.00–180.00	918	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	192.20/cwt	178.00–197.00	1,072	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	160.09/cwt	150.00–169.00	911	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	748	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	183.28/cwt	177.00–190.00	1,142	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	993	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,100	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	156.42/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,029	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	168.91/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,120	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	745	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	961	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,134	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	765	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	964	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,341	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	908	134.63/cwt	124.00–140.00	1,222	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	284	171.16/cwt	168.00–172.00	486	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	165.43/cwt	160.00–174.00	554	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	156.50/cwt	150.00–163.00	524	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	151.68/cwt	140.00–159.00	561	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	169.93/cwt	164.00–179.00	637	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	648	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	418	126.53/cwt	120.00–130.00	529	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	149.81/cwt	139.00–160.00	629	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	165.23/cwt	160.00–174.00	701	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	166.29/cwt	159.00–176.00	778	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	532	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	766	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	152.41/cwt	136.00–160.00	732	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	498	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	867	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	163.13/cwt	155.00–168.00	855	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	526	148.04/cwt	140.00–153.00	779	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	162.96/cwt	154.00–167.00	913	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	158.99/cwt	149.00–161.00	900	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	139.49/cwt	130.00–146.00	802	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	600	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	618	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	961	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	141.72/cwt	140.00–145.00	886	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	146.15/cwt	144.00–149.00	916	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	963	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	671	131.52/cwt	130.00–136.00	882	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	690	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	697	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	719	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,114	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	145.64/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,054	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	957	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,057	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,018	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	321	175.49/cwt	151.00–197.00	563	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	339	204.93/cwt	200.00–212.00	695	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	364	201.12/cwt	196.00–213.00	732	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	366	177.50/cwt	160.00–197.00	650	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	424	162.84/cwt	160.00–170.00	690	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	184.89/cwt	177.00–201.00	788	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	472	167.31/cwt	150.00–177.00	790	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	178.31/cwt	177.00–180.00	845	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	477	123.16/cwt	119.00–131.00	587	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	495	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	856	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	531	170.80/cwt	164.00–174.00	907	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	562	163.42/cwt	159.00–168.00	918	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	569	147.07/cwt	130.00–170.00	837	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	605	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	835	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	162.87/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,010	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	672	152.02/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,022	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	735	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,022	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	775	139.14/cwt	122.00–150.00	1,078	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	780	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	577	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	903	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	632	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,078	90.49/cwt	85.00–98.00	975	3
Bulls	—	—	1,529	108.90/cwt	99.00–117.00	1,665	11
Bulls	—	—	1,819	123.45/cwt	116.00–135.00	2,246	16
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	718	30.40/cwt	20.00–40.00	218	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	897	35.37/cwt	20.00–40.00	317	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	935	59.06/cwt	50.00–66.00	552	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,012	72.98/cwt	67.00–79.00	739	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,154	81.67/cwt	78.00–89.00	942	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,176	79.30/cwt	75.00–86.00	933	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,180	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	850	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,191	90.29/cwt	87.00–99.00	1,075	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,320	81.63/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,078	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,461	90.38/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,320	7
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	797	74.94/cwt	57.00–99.00	597	20
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	912	805.67/head	550.00–925.00	806	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,077	1,046.40/head	825.00–1,225.00	1,046	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,041	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,220	78.32/cwt	76.00–79.00	956	4
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,085	1,041.13/head	900.00–1,150.00	1,041	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,445	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	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 Aug 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 793Last week 705Year ago 1,566

Slaughter CattleReceipts 165Last week 110Year ago 233

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 20Year ago 150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	370	140.00–159.00	151.68
11	—	480	136.00–160.00	152.41
8	—	420	139.00–160.00	149.81
4	—	671	130.00–136.00	131.52
3	—	625	140.00–145.00	141.72
2	—	335	150.00–163.00	156.50
12	—	575	130.00–146.00	139.49
1	—	725	132.00	132.00
9	—	526	140.00–153.00	148.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	400	162.00	162.00
7	—	476	161.00	161.00
6	—	808	126.00	126.00
10	—	560	154.00–167.00	162.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	724	135.00–152.00	145.64
7	—	627	144.00–149.00	146.15
23	—	524	155.00–168.00	163.13
13	—	335	160.00–174.00	165.43
39	—	468	159.00–176.00	166.29
31	—	375	164.00–179.00	169.93
1	—	755	140.00	140.00
7	—	284	168.00–172.00	171.16
1	—	655	147.00	147.00
16	—	424	160.00–174.00	165.23
23	—	566	149.00–161.00	158.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	498	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	120.00–130.00	126.53
2	—	475	112.00	112.00
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
1	—	600	103.00	103.00
1	—	690	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	719	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	120.00	120.00
1	—	575	130.00	130.00
1	—	765	126.00	126.00
1	—	745	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	558	178.00–197.00	192.20
35	—	466	183.00–209.00	195.71
3	—	375	204.00–208.00	205.24
9	—	623	177.00–190.00	183.28
3	—	838	160.00	160.00
2	—	275	207.00–227.00	216.27
4	—	663	164.00–174.00	168.91
4	—	408	189.00–215.00	198.57
7	—	339	220.00–221.00	220.73
7	—	506	191.00–198.00	195.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	658	140.00–160.00	156.42
13	—	479	160.00–178.00	169.45
3	—	908	124.00–140.00	134.63
5	—	569	150.00–169.00	160.09
1	—	645	154.00	154.00
17	—	525	159.00–180.00	174.79
7	—	371	170.00–195.00	181.13
2	—	325	168.00–181.00	174.30
3	—	425	160.00–170.00	165.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	168.00	168.00
9	—	756	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	903	70.00	70.00
1	—	780	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	562	159.00–168.00	163.42
5	—	672	140.00–161.00	152.02
4	—	775	122.00–150.00	139.14
1	—	735	139.00	139.00
23	—	531	164.00–174.00	170.80
7	—	620	160.00–166.00	162.87
5	—	339	200.00–212.00	204.93
14	—	364	196.00–213.00	201.12
16	—	474	177.00–180.00	178.31
22	—	426	177.00–201.00	184.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	366	160.00–197.00	177.50
1	—	605	138.00	138.00
10	—	472	150.00–177.00	167.31
2	—	525	140.00	140.00
5	—	321	151.00–197.00	175.49
6	—	569	130.00–170.00	147.07
7	—	424	160.00–170.00	162.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	119.00–131.00	123.16

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,320	80.00–83.00	81.63
1	—	1,180	72.00	72.00
7	—	1,461	86.00–94.00	90.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	897	20.00–40.00	35.37
9	—	935	50.00–66.00	59.06
10	—	1,154	78.00–89.00	81.67
22	—	1,012	67.00–79.00	72.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,191	87.00–99.00	90.29
21	—	1,176	75.00–86.00	79.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	718	20.00–40.00	30.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,819	116.00–135.00	123.45
11	—	1,529	99.00–117.00	108.90
3	—	1,078	85.00–98.00	90.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	797	57.00–99.00	74.94

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	665	650.00	650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,077	825.00–1,225.00	1,046.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,085	775.00	775.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,170	89.00	89.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	912	550.00–925.00	805.67
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,220	76.00–79.00	78.32

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	775.00	775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,445	1,250.00	1,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,085	900.00–1,150.00	1,041.13

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.