Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly 3.00-8.00 higher except the better 500-550 lbs 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers mixed with the better 300-350 lbs 17.00 higher weights over 350lbs mostly 1.00-8.00 higher except the better 450-550 lbs 3.00-8.00 lower with more unweaned calves in those two classes than last week. The offering included some large groups of good quality unweaned reputation calves. Supply was heavy with good demand on most classes of calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.45/cwt on 212 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −154.62 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.

Average price

$246.45

212 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,339

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$404

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

$69.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.75

vs AR average

−13.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	255.44	1,391	151
Medium and Large 1-2	530	251.22	1,331	9thin
Medium and Large 2	542	221.61	1,202	49
Medium and Large 3	532	185.62	987	3thin

One grade step is worth $69.82/cwt here — about $404 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 sale212 hd

246.45

—

AR average10 barns · 728 hd

230.71

+15.75

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−13.18

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.08

−154.62

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

90 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 2Unweaned	600–650	625	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,438	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	275.91/cwt	268.00–279.00	1,490	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,217	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	783	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	518	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,036	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	257.88/cwt	237.00–280.00	1,078	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	264.50/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,000	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	197.01/cwt	194.00–200.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	260.06/cwt	242.00–271.00	1,337	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	238.31/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,528	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	873	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	269.92/cwt	261.00–280.00	1,282	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	257.98/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	750–800	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	320.50/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,038	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	240.52/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,390	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	224.75/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,196	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	250.09/cwt	212.00–263.00	1,070	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	206.41/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,265	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	222.63/cwt	206.00–230.00	1,289	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	707	187.01/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,322	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	224.28/cwt	210.00–252.00	1,068	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	216.06/cwt	206.00–226.00	1,247	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	245.54/cwt	226.00–260.00	791	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	312.76/cwt	309.00–319.00	1,163	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	239.17/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,141	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	214.45/cwt	207.00–226.00	1,351	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	304.44/cwt	273.00–320.00	1,011	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	218.75/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,525	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	189.33/cwt	170.00–199.00	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	242.72/cwt	220.00–265.00	917	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	185.62/cwt	171.00–193.00	987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	202.50/cwt	194.00–211.00	962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	204.00/cwt	198.00–210.00	908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	465	239.37/cwt	236.00–243.00	1,113	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	437	255.64/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,117	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,652	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	448	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,241	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	283.12/cwt	276.00–291.00	1,489	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	665	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	527	238.49/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,257	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	829	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	702	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	267.73/cwt	253.00–287.00	1,146	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	299.65/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,450	116
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	345.36/cwt	329.00–354.00	1,267	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	270.14/cwt	250.00–288.00	1,559	95
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	239.35/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,522	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	324.06/cwt	317.00–333.00	1,400	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	351.87/cwt	324.00–361.00	1,362	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	259.39/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,608	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	258.42/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,388	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	253.27/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,426	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	227.13/cwt	216.00–236.00	1,533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	281.64/cwt	260.00–313.00	1,067	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	251.56/cwt	237.00–258.00	1,527	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	314.60/cwt	290.00–329.00	1,000	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	214.21/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,551	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	257.22/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,227	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,099	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	282.49/cwt	263.00–301.00	1,350	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	253.01/cwt	236.00–272.00	1,460	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	276.28/cwt	271.00–284.00	1,439	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	286.74/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,227	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	238.47/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,617	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	209.00/cwt	208.00–210.00	1,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	218.45/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	220.01/cwt	216.00–235.00	1,368	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	207.00/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	251.22/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,331	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	735	199.33/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,465	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	260.44/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,589	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	724	232.42/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,683	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	770	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	682	226.58/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,545	7

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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