Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs 20.00-35.00 higher over 550 lbs 7.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs mostly 20.00-35.00 higher over 550 lbs 6.00-12.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand on all classes of feeders including the unweaned calves. The offering included several groups of good quality calves. 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 $297.40/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −157.63 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$297.40

177 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$165

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

$31.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.23

vs AR average

−8.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	303.17	1,651	142
Medium and Large 1-2	506	280.00	1,417	8thin
Medium and Large 2	546	272.18	1,485	27

One grade step is worth $31.00/cwt here — about $165 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 sale177 hd

297.40

—

AR average10 barns · 515 hd

284.17

+13.23

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−8.04

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−157.63

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

92 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 1Value Added	500–550	547	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,543	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	478	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,305	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	971	176.16/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,711	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	260.99/cwt	254.00–272.00	1,388	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,025	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	262.06/cwt	246.00–272.00	1,504	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,740	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,417	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	233.21/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,796	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	274.51/cwt	263.00–290.00	1,452	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	304.42/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,315	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	251.36/cwt	222.00–267.00	1,063	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	290.83/cwt	253.00–318.00	1,082	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	281.83/cwt	257.00–319.00	882	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	242.11/cwt	217.00–260.00	918	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	238.00/cwt	236.00–239.00	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	250.23/cwt	240.00–260.00	821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	249.72/cwt	229.00–256.00	1,556	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	320.99/cwt	307.00–335.00	1,091	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	236.68/cwt	231.00–247.00	1,583	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	272.85/cwt	254.00–292.00	1,168	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	225.02/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	233.95/cwt	219.00–240.00	1,261	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	197.75/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,418	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	229.25/cwt	220.00–247.00	1,431	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	249.27/cwt	239.00–261.00	1,211	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	199.38/cwt	197.00–201.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	687	217.30/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	232.76/cwt	210.00–237.00	1,327	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	209.97/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,308	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	205.00/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	268.79/cwt	253.00–287.00	1,293	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	244.16/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,414	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,015	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	626	247.38/cwt	246.00–248.00	1,549	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	834	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,751	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	654	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	730	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	475	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,806	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	320.77/cwt	303.00–339.00	1,553	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	373.84/cwt	350.00–415.00	1,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,134	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	312.49/cwt	280.00–341.00	1,475	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	209.25/cwt	204.00–214.00	1,607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	250.13/cwt	246.00–257.00	1,848	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	262.14/cwt	249.00–271.00	1,743	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	274.81/cwt	258.00–286.00	1,712	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	311.69/cwt	289.00–321.00	1,618	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	322.54/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,103	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	367.72/cwt	330.00–377.00	1,390	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	240.05/cwt	224.00–247.00	1,498	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	300.78/cwt	278.00–379.00	1,119	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	252.80/cwt	241.00–264.00	1,451	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	350.75/cwt	320.00–381.00	1,473	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	369.23/cwt	335.00–398.00	1,388	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	274.02/cwt	260.00–297.00	1,296	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	265.66/cwt	245.00–277.00	1,392	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	289.52/cwt	268.00–323.00	1,248	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	294.95/cwt	282.00–309.00	1,569	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	286.81/cwt	270.00–301.00	1,646	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	242.78/cwt	242.00–243.00	2,025	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,543	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	262.38/cwt	248.00–278.00	1,642	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	345	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	570	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	314.00/cwt	276.00–333.00	1,008	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	223.60/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	309.32/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,670	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,608	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,758	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	557	314.32/cwt	307.00–317.00	1,751	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	279.51/cwt	255.00–298.00	1,610	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	317.70/cwt	302.00–342.00	1,334	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,459	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	530	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	227.60/cwt	212.00–237.00	1,621	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	241.46/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,647	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,703	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	323.50/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,216	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	288.24/cwt	277.00–299.00	1,346	6

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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