Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 5.00 higher with the better400-450 lbs 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady to 3.00 higher except the better450-500 lbs 5.00 lower. Quality was average to good with good demand on most classes of cattle. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.01/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −166.07 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.

Average price

$235.01

141 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,269

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$292

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

$48.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.32

vs AR average

−2.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	241.50	1,296	95
Medium and Large 2	548	222.90	1,221	44
Medium and Large 3	520	193.20	1,005	2thin

One grade step is worth $48.30/cwt here — about $292 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale141 hd

235.01

—

AR average10 barns · 481 hd

226.70

+8.32

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−2.00

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.08

−166.07

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	—	Average	1,732	152.45	2,640	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	123.35	1,575	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,428	120.91	1,727	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,012	103.11	1,044	18

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,018	$1,805	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,142	$1,797	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,240	$2,301	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,345	$1,975	2thin

Every lot, as filed

116 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 2Unweaned	750–800	755	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,336	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	225.57/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,721	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	234.30/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,336	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	204.60/cwt	185.00–216.00	1,277	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	237.37/cwt	218.00–258.00	1,023	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	238.40/cwt	222.00–257.00	1,111	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	222.60/cwt	219.00–234.00	1,180	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	232.71/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,552	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	227.23/cwt	219.00–230.00	1,602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	239.38/cwt	210.00–255.00	912	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	272.02/cwt	250.00–293.00	1,004	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	310.93/cwt	287.00–333.00	1,017	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	234.21/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,466	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	298.95/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,157	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	219.15/cwt	199.00–230.00	1,254	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	279.16/cwt	257.00–290.00	938	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,411	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,837	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	260.01/cwt	230.00–275.00	1,243	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	249.62/cwt	233.00–262.00	1,038	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	226.24/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,201	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	212.65/cwt	210.00–218.00	878	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	888	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	235.29/cwt	200.00–253.00	1,141	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	213.72/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,255	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	269.30/cwt	251.00–278.00	859	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	853	178.94/cwt	160.00–198.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	214.87/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	206.11/cwt	185.00–216.00	1,383	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	122.24/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,540	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	126.79/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,685	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	84.92/cwt	80.00–90.00	894	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	102.17/cwt	98.00–104.00	984	8
Bulls	—	—	1,718	151.41/cwt	147.00–157.00	2,601	2
Bulls	—	—	1,860	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	304.19/cwt	294.00–315.00	1,287	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	272.41/cwt	255.00–291.00	1,430	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	271.57/cwt	257.00–302.00	1,035	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	379.59/cwt	373.00–383.00	1,150	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	333.96/cwt	308.00–353.00	1,369	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	249.11/cwt	243.00–259.00	1,323	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	579	245.38/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,421	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	346.52/cwt	341.00–351.00	1,331	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	543	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,319	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,499	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	217.80/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,562	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	295.05/cwt	278.00–303.00	1,384	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	190.35/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,666	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	673	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,413	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,763	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	271.13/cwt	239.00–305.00	1,125	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	223.20/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,384	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	233.29/cwt	224.00–253.00	1,449	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	241.88/cwt	236.00–249.00	1,384	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	242.41/cwt	225.00–256.00	1,370	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	241.35/cwt	230.00–258.00	1,250	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	294.27/cwt	286.00–303.00	933	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	219.67/cwt	215.00–224.00	1,691	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	255.23/cwt	246.00–270.00	1,192	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	700	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,382	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	243.66/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,499	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	1,804.91/head	1,450.00–1,900.00	1,805	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	319.69/cwt	319.00–320.00	1,231	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	226.14/cwt	222.00–228.00	1,540	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	237.97/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,473	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,319	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,571	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	271.02/cwt	255.00–299.00	1,277	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,526	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	130.50/cwt	127.00–134.00	1,677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,557	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,308	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,570	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	125.32/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,385	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,274	2,502.02/head	1,925.00–2,725.00	2,502	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	1,796.72/head	1,600.00–2,150.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	248.96/cwt	247.00–251.00	1,429	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	661	228.97/cwt	222.00–236.00	1,513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	665	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	570	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,499	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	246.53/cwt	220.00–264.00	1,309	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	207.38/cwt	200.00–221.00	1,302	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	128.77/cwt	123.00–134.00	1,787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	274.33/cwt	264.00–287.00	1,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	658	195.02/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,283	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	193.35/cwt	185.00–200.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	193.20/cwt	186.00–200.00	1,005	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	176.45/cwt	170.00–183.00	1,129	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	257.86/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,493	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,288	1
Bulls	—	—	1,630	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,706	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	120.91/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,727	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	108.60/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,141	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,136	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	208.51/cwt	196.00–214.00	986	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,216	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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