Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2025-02-13

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Feb 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
710 vs last sale 748 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
109 vs last sale 134 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
85 vs last sale 90 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend not enough feeders or slaughter cattle in any class for a trend. Very light run due to inclement weather.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $290.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits 133.10 against this barn's trailing median of $423.10.
Average price
$290.00
3 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$60.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.95
vs AR average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525310.001,6282thin
Medium and Large 2575250.001,4381thin
One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
491441391340median 423.1012/1803/2605/1407/1608/20
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $477.09, low $354.31, median $423.10 across 23 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 sale3 hd
290.00
AR average8 barns · 61 hd
297.95
−7.95
This barn, trailing median23 sales
423.10
−133.10
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,443163.102,3539thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,593137.002,1822thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,159135.591,5716thin
CowsLean 85-90%High928121.941,1325thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,468171.80/cwt169.00–180.002,5226
Bulls1,640130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,1321
Bulls1,268153.55/cwt153.00–154.001,9472
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,730130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,0951
CowsBoner 80-85%1,128123.43/cwt122.00–125.001,3922
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4381
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400365330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2052
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1631
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600595250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4881
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450413351.06/cwt350.00–353.001,4503
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350329414.56/cwt397.00–423.001,3643
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,4272
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7041
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2990200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9801
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350345365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2591
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,155137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5821
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350310289.00/cwt289.00–289.008961
HeifersMedium and Large 3350–400385260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0011
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,7151
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465295.00/cwt258.00–332.001,3722
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6282
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5551
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174141.67/cwt138.00–149.001,6634
CowsLean 85-90%985134.12/cwt130.00–137.001,3213
CowsLean 85-90%843103.67/cwt101.00–106.008742
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425255.05/cwt239.00–270.001,0842
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4961
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600590272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,6051

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.