Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00-8.00 higher instances up to 25.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00-10.00 higher with the better 500-550 lbs 15.00 higher. Quality of feeders average to good with several groups of good black calves with a round of shots. Demand was good on most classes of cattle. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $277.35/cwt on 242 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −177.67 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$277.35

242 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,501

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

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

$65.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.80

vs AR average

−16.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	285.07	1,546	167
Medium and Large 1-2	529	279.28	1,477	26
Medium and Large 2	543	250.67	1,362	48
Medium and Large 3	560	220.00	1,232	1thin

One grade step is worth $65.07/cwt here — about $314 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.38, low $409.13, median $455.03 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 sale242 hd

277.35

—

AR average10 barns · 545 hd

269.56

+7.80

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−16.96

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−177.67

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	243.60/cwt	238.00–261.00	1,413	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	714	227.07/cwt	201.00–238.00	1,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	242.15/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	256.71/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,327	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	251.93/cwt	230.00–280.00	816	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	242.80/cwt	225.00–267.00	927	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	313.23/cwt	289.00–335.00	1,171	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,040	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	236.74/cwt	220.00–252.00	1,009	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	174.48/cwt	171.00–178.00	1,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	248.64/cwt	215.00–280.00	915	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	221.06/cwt	211.00–231.00	1,249	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	233.84/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,101	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	702	183.32/cwt	179.00–192.00	1,287	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	253.26/cwt	241.00–275.00	1,200	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	224.52/cwt	212.00–236.00	1,179	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	280.35/cwt	250.00–319.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	205.32/cwt	190.00–214.00	1,289	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	215.04/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	324	205.43/cwt	180.00–230.00	666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,058	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	713	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	206.26/cwt	195.00–210.00	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	245.13/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,017	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	240.45/cwt	220.00–250.00	894	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	238.91/cwt	220.00–260.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	819	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	316.89/cwt	295.00–338.00	1,182	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	226.00/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	267.15/cwt	256.00–271.00	1,627	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	391	257.01/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,005	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	410	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,070	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	484	236.33/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,144	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	388.00/cwt	355.00–420.00	1,214	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	334.38/cwt	304.00–352.00	1,448	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	293.71/cwt	280.00–319.00	1,527	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	264.30/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,660	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	255.15/cwt	241.00–281.00	1,217	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	283.80/cwt	261.00–309.00	1,061	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	258.29/cwt	234.00–271.00	1,328	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	270.43/cwt	253.00–284.00	1,568	62
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	223.51/cwt	223.00–224.00	1,822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	221.50/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	244.63/cwt	234.00–257.00	1,402	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	375.92/cwt	337.00–382.00	1,391	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	273.29/cwt	254.00–286.00	1,161	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	219.35/cwt	213.00–222.00	1,476	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	301.23/cwt	279.00–312.00	1,003	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	283.27/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,215	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	268.23/cwt	259.00–273.00	1,397	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	238.87/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,691	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	216.31/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,467	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	252.95/cwt	236.00–262.00	1,447	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	279.37/cwt	277.00–284.00	1,363	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	234.46/cwt	224.00–241.00	1,576	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	525	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	475	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	279.28/cwt	266.00–290.00	1,477	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,663	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	243.16/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,675	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	450–500	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	244.50/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,506	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	279.16/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,178	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	202.84/cwt	195.00–211.00	1,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	222.44/cwt	216.00–229.00	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	325.62/cwt	300.00–347.00	1,048	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	440	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	818	228.34/cwt	228.00–229.00	1,868	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	250.64/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,331	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	764	228.43/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,745	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	254.74/cwt	238.00–270.00	1,108	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	207.45/cwt	203.00–212.00	1,386	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	273.33/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,290	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	235.43/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,446	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	322.90/cwt	280.00–337.00	1,521	27

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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