Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly 5.00-8.00 higher instances 13.00 higher. Had 107 head of 805 lb yearlings that sold well. Feeder heifers mostly 2.00-8.00 higher instances 11.00-15.00 higher on the lighter weights and 3.00-9.00 lower on the plainer kind over 500 lbs. The supply was moderate with good demand. Cows and bulls not reported today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $299.13/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −154.96 against this barn's trailing median of $454.09.

Average price

$299.13

207 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

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

$84.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.09

vs AR average

−10.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	308.10	1,678	159
Medium and Large 2	540	270.36	1,459	47
Medium and Large 3	595	224.00	1,333	1thin

One grade step is worth $84.10/cwt here — about $345 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.38, low $374.53, median $454.09 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 sale207 hd

299.13

—

AR average10 barns · 447 hd

283.04

+16.09

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−10.13

This barn, trailing median26 sales

454.09

−154.96

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

94 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	300–350	329	328.74/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,082	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	630	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,266	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	255.95/cwt	233.00–267.00	1,346	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	264.88/cwt	251.00–283.00	1,271	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	251.69/cwt	239.00–271.00	1,190	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	251.12/cwt	205.00–270.00	1,055	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	548	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,332	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	340.73/cwt	317.00–350.00	1,250	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	200.99/cwt	190.00–207.00	1,353	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	240.11/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,378	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	508	201.52/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	277.59/cwt	262.00–299.00	1,460	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	258.01/cwt	245.00–280.00	973	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	268.44/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,047	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	423	273.47/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,157	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	221.92/cwt	219.00–231.00	1,494	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	228.55/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	868	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	265.87/cwt	240.00–281.00	888	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	201.50/cwt	200.00–203.00	957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	251.09/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,549	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	294.12/cwt	260.00–317.00	968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	215.10/cwt	200.00–229.00	785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	229.78/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,328	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	226.30/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,051	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	674	173.91/cwt	139.00–185.00	1,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	199.25/cwt	194.00–205.00	1,415	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	201.34/cwt	199.00–220.00	1,276	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	601	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	257.96/cwt	248.00–263.00	1,599	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	493	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,282	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	343	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,277	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	319.04/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,672	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	387.20/cwt	350.00–425.00	1,266	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,865	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,157	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	243.02/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	317.33/cwt	290.00–350.00	1,057	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	328.92/cwt	317.00–355.00	1,572	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	253.58/cwt	253.00–254.00	1,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	293.08/cwt	266.00–297.00	1,679	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	272.56/cwt	255.00–282.00	1,423	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	225.56/cwt	222.00–229.00	1,516	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	276.28/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,578	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	255.19/cwt	243.00–265.00	1,452	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	374.93/cwt	350.00–407.00	1,428	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,856	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	320.48/cwt	300.00–341.00	1,333	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	229.16/cwt	218.00–239.00	1,652	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	253.35/cwt	249.00–269.00	1,566	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	274.33/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,687	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	212.50/cwt	212.00–213.00	1,604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	289.22/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,521	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	291.69/cwt	266.00–317.00	1,237	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	355.12/cwt	350.00–361.00	1,147	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	223.99/cwt	223.00–226.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	280.75/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,348	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	216.98/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,551	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	341.56/cwt	330.00–361.00	1,226	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	313.04/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,484	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	398	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,317	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	233.83/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,447	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	314.60/cwt	280.00–335.00	1,192	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	503	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,459	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	428	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	483	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,575	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	271.91/cwt	256.00–288.00	1,142	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	740	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	245.67/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,491	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	454	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,684	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	568	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,069	107
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	259.00/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,479	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	285.79/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,355	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	785	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	417	323.68/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,350	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	460	217.69/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	306.57/cwt	280.00–335.00	1,285	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	362.31/cwt	272.00–389.00	1,547	63

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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