Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend sale not reported last week. Supply was light and quality was average to plain. Good demand on feeder and slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.16/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −144.95 against this barn's trailing median of $401.11.

Average price

$256.16

84 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$23.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.71

vs AR average

−11.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	263.27	1,461	59
Medium and Large 2	548	239.40	1,311	25

One grade step is worth $23.86/cwt here — about $150 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

25 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.79, low $366.96, median $401.11 across 25 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 sale84 hd

256.16

—

AR average10 barns · 430 hd

256.87

−0.71

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−11.06

This barn, trailing median25 sales

401.11

−144.95

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	1,421	156.92	2,229	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	145.19	2,105	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	139.18	1,794	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	126.56	1,379	25

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)	1,025	$1,699	3thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	144.67/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,499	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	847	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,906	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,185	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,730	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,224	144.82/cwt	137.00–154.00	1,773	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	742	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,416	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	234.91/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,351	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,416	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	317.49/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,222	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,490	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	258.82/cwt	239.00–283.00	1,219	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,699.43/head	1,550.00–1,800.00	1,699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	271.92/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,531	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	340.76/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,281	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	232.10/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,332	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	267.97/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,404	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	265.00/cwt	240.00–281.00	1,399	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,530	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	266.96/cwt	243.00–294.00	1,127	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	270.33/cwt	250.00–288.00	1,160	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	255.87/cwt	232.00–287.00	1,210	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	275.92/cwt	250.00–292.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	288.79/cwt	260.00–297.00	1,115	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	340.54/cwt	323.00–350.00	1,083	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	286.92/cwt	275.00–300.00	932	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	307.99/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,278	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	251.11/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,050	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	226.21/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,563	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,479	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	147.60/cwt	140.00–158.00	2,111	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	136.77/cwt	130.00–139.00	2,079	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	133.71/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,706	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	125.24/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,314	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,183	1
Bulls	—	—	1,610	177.42/cwt	168.00–186.00	2,856	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	963	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	113.10/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,012	3
Bulls	—	—	1,175	136.22/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,601	2
Bulls	—	—	1,433	156.96/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,249	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	144.14/cwt	139.00–156.00	1,881	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,171	133.97/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,569	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	833	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,138	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	244.27/cwt	220.00–259.00	1,295	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	281.21/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,024	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,506	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	940	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,316	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	743	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	343.85/cwt	320.00–361.00	1,441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	227.49/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,597	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	295.77/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,301	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,285	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	755	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,737	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	316.88/cwt	303.00–333.00	1,182	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	248.29/cwt	238.00–252.00	1,641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,443	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	241.28/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	296.41/cwt	293.00–313.00	1,366	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	254.01/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	397.98/cwt	385.00–401.00	1,369	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,852	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	276.13/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,331	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	315.71/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,351	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	262.19/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,358	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	330.51/cwt	311.00–345.00	1,081	8

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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