Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers mostly 10.00-20.00 higher instances 34.00 higher than two weeks ago. Feeder heifers 3.00-18.00 higher mostly 6.00-12.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand with several groups of weaned calves in the offering. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $272.01/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −129.10 against this barn's trailing median of $401.11.

Average price

$272.01

186 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$75.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.99

vs AR average

−11.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	275.58	1,499	166
Medium and Large 2	561	244.63	1,374	19thin
Medium and Large 3	530	200.00	1,060	1thin

One grade step is worth $75.58/cwt here — about $439 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.79, low $366.96, median $401.11 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 sale186 hd

272.01

—

AR average7 barns · 688 hd

266.02

+5.99

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−11.31

This barn, trailing median25 sales

401.11

−129.10

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

99 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 2	650–700	660	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,393	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	449	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,576	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	273.21/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,188	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	298.02/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,419	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	246.03/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,892	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	300.36/cwt	250.00–321.00	1,280	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	263.20/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	276.42/cwt	273.00–279.00	1,343	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	301.29/cwt	301.00–302.00	1,591	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	266.67/cwt	250.00–275.00	992	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	234.47/cwt	219.00–250.00	1,353	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	313.96/cwt	289.00–349.00	1,372	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	283.47/cwt	263.00–300.00	1,344	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	261.29/cwt	241.00–280.00	1,121	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	256.71/cwt	237.00–276.00	1,225	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	339.92/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,275	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	259.50/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,596	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	342.54/cwt	279.00–363.00	1,154	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	337	202.49/cwt	177.00–229.00	682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	293.97/cwt	277.00–307.00	1,535	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	303.90/cwt	289.00–317.00	1,158	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	203.92/cwt	197.00–210.00	852	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	471	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	577	255.33/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,473	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	607	285.78/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,735	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	282.03/cwt	257.00–300.00	936	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	242.86/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	203.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	470.63/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,718	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	300	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,107	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	734	234.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,197	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	538	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,447	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	800	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	386.68/cwt	359.00–405.00	1,458	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	310.57/cwt	280.00–331.00	1,783	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	298.75/cwt	270.00–311.00	1,846	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	329.59/cwt	315.00–353.00	1,061	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	315.81/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,516	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	364.10/cwt	343.00–381.00	1,547	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	348.02/cwt	318.00–379.00	1,639	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	245.50/cwt	241.00–250.00	2,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	294.81/cwt	240.00–310.00	1,271	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	326.32/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	274.03/cwt	262.00–289.00	1,855	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	275.58/cwt	254.00–288.00	1,461	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	329.25/cwt	302.00–353.00	1,712	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	249.70/cwt	236.00–256.00	1,548	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	292.11/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,823	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	400.43/cwt	380.00–437.00	1,285	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	390	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,650	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	278.61/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,730	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	352.74/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,157	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	357.80/cwt	350.00–363.00	1,342	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	428	374.64/cwt	347.00–403.00	1,603	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	265.10/cwt	249.00–273.00	1,527	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	293.59/cwt	264.00–314.00	1,418	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	421	321.19/cwt	317.00–349.00	1,352	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	342	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	1,645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	414	418.34/cwt	417.00–421.00	1,732	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	269.78/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,802	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	244.44/cwt	226.00–255.00	1,555	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	258.92/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,989	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	265.74/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,951	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	244.12/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,621	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	484	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,471	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	324.74/cwt	305.00–329.00	1,841	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	314.99/cwt	297.00–330.00	1,663	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	468	368.59/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,725	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	508	353.27/cwt	343.00–361.00	1,795	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,109	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,663	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,578	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	607	256.42/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,556	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	298.64/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,547	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	269.56/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,542	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	542	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,431	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	603	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,514	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	243.90/cwt	231.00–253.00	1,756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	259.04/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,751	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	281.31/cwt	273.00–292.00	1,601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	273.22/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	321.33/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,182	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	213.50/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	215.01/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,657	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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