Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-05-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs steady to 14.00 higher not enough over 600 lbs for a trend. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 4.00 higher 500-600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower not enough over 600 lbs for a trend. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls about steady on a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.10/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −144.97 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.

Average price

$256.10

53 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,380

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$408

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

$89.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.98

vs AR average

−20.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	266.37	1,426	35
Medium and Large 1-2	551	243.00	1,339	4thin
Medium and Large 2	542	238.58	1,293	13thin
Medium and Large 3	575	177.00	1,018	1thin

One grade step is worth $89.37/cwt here — about $408 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale53 hd

256.10

—

AR average10 barns · 434 hd

260.08

−3.98

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−20.36

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.08

−144.97

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	1,518	152.54	2,316	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,521	141.93	2,159	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,243	135.00	1,678	111
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,045	121.91	1,274	15

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)	985	$1,699	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,080	$1,375	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$1,689	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,236	$2,250	8
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,445	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,410	$2,250	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	850	$1,252	8

Every lot, as filed

95 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,739	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,236	2,250.28/head	1,800.00–2,600.00	2,250	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,445	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	304.72/cwt	304.00–306.00	1,621	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,327	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	289.68/cwt	289.00–291.00	1,324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,339	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,410	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	268.97/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,275	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	288.44/cwt	284.00–293.00	1,269	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	475	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	268.68/cwt	254.00–276.00	1,540	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,727	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,203	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	306.09/cwt	290.00–314.00	1,589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	331.69/cwt	324.00–357.00	1,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	500	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	360	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	247.35/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	250.63/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,810	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	253.57/cwt	240.00–279.00	1,204	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	321.89/cwt	291.00–352.00	1,394	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	213.25/cwt	200.00–231.00	1,352	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,201	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	282.00/cwt	267.00–297.00	945	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	302.59/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,449	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	240.60/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,261	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	236.87/cwt	221.00–246.00	1,362	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	215.77/cwt	209.00–218.00	1,437	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 3	—	850	1,251.95/head	1,125.00–1,475.00	1,252	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	285.86/cwt	261.00–300.00	1,086	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	278.03/cwt	260.00–294.00	1,154	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	164.38/cwt	163.00–165.00	2,868	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	119.83/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,251	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	129.99/cwt	122.00–138.00	1,382	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	129.80/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,952	8
Bulls	—	—	1,155	129.01/cwt	120.00–143.00	1,490	2
Bulls	—	—	1,428	152.38/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,018	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	147.99/cwt	137.00–153.00	2,264	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	138.55/cwt	133.00–153.00	1,697	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	131.25/cwt	119.00–133.00	1,656	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	361.25/cwt	339.00–381.00	1,301	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	306.05/cwt	301.00–316.00	1,555	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	272.71/cwt	269.00–274.00	1,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	535	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	365.18/cwt	363.00–397.00	1,556	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	324.91/cwt	308.00–338.00	1,673	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	448	285.60/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,279	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	276.64/cwt	274.00–281.00	1,707	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	155.25/cwt	149.00–163.00	1,495	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,698.69/head	1,400.00–2,000.00	1,699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,404	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,754	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	290.13/cwt	268.00–311.00	1,668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	267.81/cwt	256.00–276.00	1,430	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	237.18/cwt	226.00–248.00	1,731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	264.68/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,646	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	138.29/cwt	110.00–161.00	1,270	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,688.55/head	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	284.44/cwt	270.00–314.00	1,334	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	251.50/cwt	249.00–254.00	1,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	345.26/cwt	322.00–383.00	1,637	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,294	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	341.25/cwt	339.00–350.00	1,495	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	396.67/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,277	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	376.21/cwt	359.00–393.00	1,437	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	312.60/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,488	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	320.05/cwt	290.00–331.00	1,773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	321.33/cwt	303.00–347.00	1,231	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,794	1

How this sale compares

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.

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