Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs mostly 4.00-10.00 lower with more unweaned calves in the offering. Feeder heifers 1.00-7.00 higher. Had some value added cattle that sold for a premium. The supply was moderate and demand good on most classes of cattle. Slaughter cows were 2.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00-7.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.07/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −135.01 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.

Average price

$266.07

154 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$392

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

$91.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.15

vs AR average

−5.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	271.59	1,450	47
Medium and Large 1-2	549	269.13	1,478	82
Medium and Large 2	541	251.36	1,359	23
Medium and Large 3	588	180.00	1,058	2thin

One grade step is worth $91.59/cwt here — about $392 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.79, low $350.40, median $401.08 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale154 hd

266.07

—

AR average7 barns · 382 hd

259.92

+6.15

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−5.84

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.08

−135.01

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	—	Low	1,686	133.83	2,257	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	117.41	1,716	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,148	111.09	1,275	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,015	92.08	935	36

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)	1,060	$1,447	18
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$1,628	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,015	$1,631	2thin

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	334.82/cwt	323.00–349.00	1,600	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	392.37/cwt	350.00–413.00	1,448	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,004	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	276.85/cwt	274.00–284.00	1,683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	900–950	931	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	386.33/cwt	360.00–409.00	1,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	365	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	277.53/cwt	250.00–292.00	1,024	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	275.28/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	392	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	390	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,151	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	283.41/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,080	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	274.29/cwt	230.00–300.00	1,306	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,535	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,447.26/head	1,150.00–1,700.00	1,447	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,615	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	272.96/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,479	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	252.02/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,464	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,763	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,468	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,630.73/head	1,500.00–1,775.00	1,631	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	108.53/cwt	100.00–124.00	1,105	14
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	1,627.79/head	1,225.00–2,025.00	1,628	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	110.99/cwt	102.00–117.00	1,202	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	263.40/cwt	254.00–274.00	1,496	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	249.30/cwt	239.00–265.00	1,660	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	232.02/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,687	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,603	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	512	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,475	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,075	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	290.16/cwt	267.00–300.00	949	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	312.93/cwt	270.00–330.00	1,324	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	252.26/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,317	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	277.15/cwt	250.00–289.00	1,172	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	231.82/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	249.96/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,425	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	280.82/cwt	274.00–287.00	1,559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	314.82/cwt	295.00–339.00	1,171	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	260.15/cwt	230.00–273.00	1,379	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	305.34/cwt	300.00–311.00	974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	327.45/cwt	307.00–360.00	1,074	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	261.53/cwt	240.00–274.00	1,263	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	285.34/cwt	253.00–317.00	1,355	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	119.67/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,774	25
Bulls	—	—	1,985	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,124	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	66.16/cwt	45.00–76.00	618	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	108.01/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,486	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,139	107.02/cwt	97.00–112.00	1,219	26
Bulls	—	—	1,624	123.51/cwt	115.00–131.00	2,006	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	376	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	643	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	116.97/cwt	113.00–128.00	1,358	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	105.08/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,116	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	96.50/cwt	90.00–100.00	990	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	86.22/cwt	80.00–89.00	853	4
Bulls	—	—	1,698	142.08/cwt	132.00–158.00	2,413	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	242.65/cwt	220.00–291.00	1,053	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	591	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,938	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	315	302.61/cwt	300.00–307.00	953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	330	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	420	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	306.41/cwt	306.00–307.00	1,593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	328.30/cwt	310.00–351.00	1,399	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	635	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	542	236.54/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,282	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	320	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	664	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,587	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	431	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,405	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	279.03/cwt	273.00–282.00	1,766	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	369	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,546	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	345.87/cwt	335.00–357.00	1,159	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	362	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,213	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	313.12/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,490	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	303.61/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,564	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	259.34/cwt	253.00–268.00	1,725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	252.12/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,556	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	310.73/cwt	285.00–333.00	1,311	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	314.32/cwt	292.00–325.00	1,631	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	328.75/cwt	309.00–341.00	1,052	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	280.43/cwt	269.00–290.00	1,461	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	249.12/cwt	232.00–258.00	1,799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	222.98/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	355.20/cwt	330.00–381.00	1,478	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	322.60/cwt	290.00–367.00	1,200	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	297.58/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,393	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	274.38/cwt	250.00–299.00	1,561	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	301.95/cwt	289.00–320.00	1,730	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,085	6

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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