Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450 lbs 5.00-29.00 higher mostly 5.00-12.00 higher over 450 lbs mostly 2.00-7.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs mostly 2.00-5.00 higher with the better 300-350 lbs 20.00 higher 450-550 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower and the 550-700 lbs 9.00-12.00 higher. Supply was light with good demand on most classes. The offering included more new crop calves than last week. No trend on cows and bulls not reported last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $307.27/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −93.84 against this barn's trailing median of $401.11.

Average price

$307.27

65 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$425

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

$76.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.53

vs AR average

+2.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	316.35	1,709	52
Medium and Large 2	542	273.53	1,481	12thin
Medium and Large 3	535	240.00	1,284	1thin

One grade step is worth $76.35/cwt here — about $425 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 sale65 hd

307.27

—

AR average10 barns · 360 hd

295.74

+11.53

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

+2.25

This barn, trailing median25 sales

401.11

−93.84

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,614	159.17	2,569	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,171	139.27	1,631	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,464	138.15	2,023	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,057	114.56	1,211	22

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	951	$1,716	7
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	853	$1,741	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,288	$2,396	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$1,950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

102 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 3	400–450	413	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,074	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	142.86/cwt	140.00–148.00	2,143	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	131.09/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,848	2
Bulls	—	—	1,729	142.56/cwt	132.00–152.00	2,465	5
Bulls	—	—	1,635	175.14/cwt	173.00–179.00	2,864	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	120.91/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,345	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	269.00/cwt	251.00–287.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,362	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	999	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	654	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,851	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	387	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,304	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	152.34/cwt	128.00–187.00	1,545	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	1,741.35/head	1,475.00–2,000.00	1,741	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	933	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,866	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	340.70/cwt	300.00–351.00	1,823	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,459	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	2,395.83/head	2,000.00–2,675.00	2,396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	789	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,051	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	2,195.64/head	1,900.00–2,425.00	2,196	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,282	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	333.23/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,266	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	319.43/cwt	300.00–329.00	1,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	282.93/cwt	264.00–303.00	1,491	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	275.61/cwt	267.00–284.00	1,574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	386.06/cwt	373.00–401.00	1,467	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	323.84/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	353.38/cwt	339.00–359.00	1,534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	913	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,191	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	218.08/cwt	207.00–230.00	1,594	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	296.10/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,697	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	393.67/cwt	385.00–403.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	686	225.22/cwt	219.00–246.00	1,545	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	322.25/cwt	300.00–343.00	1,534	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	308.92/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,520	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	256.13/cwt	230.00–270.00	1,575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	245.32/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	848	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,696	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 3	—	832	1,524.10/head	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	243.30/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,323	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	756	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,234	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	932	87.29/cwt	84.00–90.00	814	4
Bulls	—	—	1,552	159.47/cwt	154.00–168.00	2,475	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	104.36/cwt	95.00–113.00	1,042	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	141.21/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,558	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	143.52/cwt	138.00–150.00	1,669	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	129.92/cwt	125.00–137.00	1,546	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	1000–1050	1,008	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	383	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	850–900	885	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	427	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	600–650	611	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	278.45/cwt	270.00–279.00	2,180	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	361.78/cwt	343.00–375.00	1,874	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	374.04/cwt	359.00–397.00	1,743	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	316.24/cwt	311.00–324.00	1,834	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	429.94/cwt	363.00–453.00	1,780	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	464.66/cwt	443.00–487.00	1,510	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	303.76/cwt	289.00–315.00	1,911	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	353.00/cwt	351.00–355.00	1,952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	950–1000	950	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	342.00/cwt	320.00–359.00	1,607	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	299.50/cwt	253.00–331.00	1,719	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	357.43/cwt	349.00–365.00	1,369	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	307.61/cwt	297.00–313.00	1,913	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	444.80/cwt	431.00–475.00	1,628	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	283.91/cwt	264.00–304.00	1,774	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	307.27/cwt	280.00–338.00	1,764	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	361.61/cwt	350.00–379.00	1,678	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	399.52/cwt	399.00–400.00	1,310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	326.88/cwt	317.00–337.00	1,697	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	273.86/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,996	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	399.70/cwt	377.00–419.00	1,315	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	261.62/cwt	251.00–269.00	1,795	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	330	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,422	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	400.35/cwt	350.00–423.00	1,713	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	230.99/cwt	228.00–234.00	1,855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	214.00/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,679	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,903	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	405.48/cwt	400.00–411.00	1,456	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,987	7
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	362.68/cwt	329.00–383.00	1,505	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,481	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	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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