Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs mixed from 2.00 lower to 13.00 higher than last weeks light test mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs mostly 4.00-10.00 higher than last weeks light test not enough over 600 lbs last week for a trend. The offering included several large consignments of good quality calves both weaned and unweaned. Supply was heavy with good demand. 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 $332.89/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −121.20 against this barn's trailing median of $454.09.

Average price

$332.89

224 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$32.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.32

vs AR average

−9.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	338.45	1,848	164
Medium and Large 1-2	527	328.49	1,731	31
Medium and Large 2	534	306.17	1,635	29

One grade step is worth $32.29/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale224 hd

332.89

—

AR average10 barns · 637 hd

323.57

+9.32

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−9.56

This barn, trailing median26 sales

454.09

−121.20

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

79 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 1-2	750–800	789	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,973	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	274.53/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,471	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	257.53/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,782	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	296.15/cwt	280.00–313.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	508	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,646	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	261.05/cwt	254.00–264.00	1,639	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	271.73/cwt	250.00–281.00	1,573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	234.57/cwt	219.00–250.00	1,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	339.57/cwt	323.00–361.00	1,097	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	320.72/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,373	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	276.92/cwt	265.00–299.00	1,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	335.04/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,183	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	309.17/cwt	285.00–319.00	1,648	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	249.47/cwt	225.00–267.00	1,442	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	254.18/cwt	230.00–270.00	1,332	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,613	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	318.68/cwt	300.00–341.00	1,530	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	268.91/cwt	249.00–287.00	1,272	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	300.84/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,134	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,546	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,055	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	245.03/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	272.05/cwt	250.00–289.00	1,183	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,114	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,049	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	308.41/cwt	269.00–337.00	1,018	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,278	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	210.05/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,414	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	607	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,724	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	361.90/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,364	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	970	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	259.12/cwt	250.00–286.00	1,622	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	321.56/cwt	303.00–339.00	1,859	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	313.20/cwt	285.00–319.00	1,964	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	348.97/cwt	325.00–368.00	1,797	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	281.42/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,894	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	337.77/cwt	320.00–389.00	1,287	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	246.67/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,663	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	387.17/cwt	355.00–401.00	1,626	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	403.09/cwt	357.00–435.00	1,528	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	418.48/cwt	380.00–451.00	1,348	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	339.44/cwt	320.00–367.00	1,429	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	288.20/cwt	265.00–303.00	1,804	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	257.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	309.23/cwt	290.00–328.00	1,466	166
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	314.99/cwt	295.00–328.00	1,635	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,989	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	216.49/cwt	215.00–218.00	1,803	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,796	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	381.75/cwt	350.00–401.00	1,760	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	329.14/cwt	310.00–353.00	1,573	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	283.51/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,613	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	512	366.39/cwt	339.00–381.00	1,876	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	369.65/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,198	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	311.15/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,291	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	259.94/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	361.92/cwt	323.00–383.00	1,194	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,800	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	288.58/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,394	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	616	317.39/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,955	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	305.32/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,743	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,653	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	287.82/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,468	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,549	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	328.49/cwt	310.00–334.00	1,731	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	362.40/cwt	336.00–371.00	1,711	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	265.30/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,831	17

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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