Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-03-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers under 450 lbs 2.00-11.00 higher 450-750 lbs 7.00-20.00 higher. Heifers under 500 lbs 10.00-30.00 higher with the full advance on the better 350-400 lbs over 500 lbs 1.00-8.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand. The offering included several groups of long weaned calves with some of them being value added that sold for a premium. 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 $371.45/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −82.64 against this barn's trailing median of $454.09.

Average price

$371.45

76 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,013

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$69.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.70

vs AR average

+12.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	386.00	2,061	60
Medium and Large 2	572	316.88	1,813	16thin

One grade step is worth $69.12/cwt here — about $249 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

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 sale76 hd

371.45

—

AR average8 barns · 277 hd

346.75

+24.70

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+12.78

This barn, trailing median26 sales

454.09

−82.64

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

91 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 1Value Added	500–550	512	362.27/cwt	361.00–365.00	1,855	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	683	316.97/cwt	309.00–319.00	2,165	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	290.49/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	226.10/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	364.22/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,391	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	425	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	315.92/cwt	315.00–326.00	1,848	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	254.97/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	838	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	276.39/cwt	263.00–293.00	1,733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	319.76/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,200	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	255.30/cwt	229.00–279.00	1,626	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	406.73/cwt	350.00–425.00	1,346	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	346.77/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	372.54/cwt	350.00–401.00	1,557	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	383.42/cwt	345.00–411.00	1,434	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	310.56/cwt	295.00–329.00	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	293.64/cwt	287.00–305.00	1,556	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	261.43/cwt	231.00–271.00	1,770	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	313.14/cwt	301.00–330.00	1,503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	271.64/cwt	239.00–285.00	1,556	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	332.57/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,221	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	319.80/cwt	280.00–333.00	1,493	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	335.23/cwt	300.00–380.00	1,415	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	329.09/cwt	313.00–353.00	1,395	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	229.36/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,546	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	307.91/cwt	300.00–315.00	995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	379	301.06/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,141	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	319	297.79/cwt	295.00–300.00	950	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	312.85/cwt	297.00–323.00	1,211	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	352.35/cwt	309.00–371.00	1,149	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	424	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,827	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	422	343.61/cwt	331.00–361.00	1,450	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	390	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,443	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	627	204.69/cwt	191.00–233.00	1,283	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	430	403.13/cwt	392.00–410.00	1,733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,289	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	322	362.29/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,167	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	295.18/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,007	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	425.35/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,361	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	272.92/cwt	268.00–278.00	2,282	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	264.97/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	386	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,351	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	358	412.11/cwt	400.00–427.00	1,475	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	325.69/cwt	305.00–337.00	2,016	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	395.86/cwt	357.00–427.00	1,861	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	300.89/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,703	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	468.43/cwt	457.50–475.00	1,476	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	323	432.23/cwt	427.00–439.00	1,396	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	439	342.48/cwt	337.00–347.00	1,503	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	381.49/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,972	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	352.30/cwt	331.00–370.00	1,684	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	382.95/cwt	351.00–417.00	1,593	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	456.55/cwt	423.00–495.00	1,689	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	432.18/cwt	415.00–451.00	1,798	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	350.75/cwt	350.00–353.00	1,971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	389.44/cwt	360.00–415.00	1,468	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	357.17/cwt	329.00–381.00	1,854	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	412.68/cwt	370.00–435.00	1,560	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	274.50/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	322.19/cwt	300.00–353.00	1,856	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	411.41/cwt	383.00–435.00	1,317	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	375.76/cwt	357.00–405.00	1,785	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	348	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	338.27/cwt	329.00–343.00	2,134	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	286.41/cwt	263.00–293.00	1,922	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	335.68/cwt	317.00–347.00	1,739	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	394	423.60/cwt	415.00–443.00	1,669	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,772	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	311.66/cwt	290.00–331.00	1,907	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	378.48/cwt	359.00–385.00	1,760	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	231.48/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,708	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	479	424.22/cwt	399.00–445.00	2,032	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,101	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,195	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	406.38/cwt	375.00–431.00	1,703	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,254	14

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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