Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs mostly 5.00-10.00 higher except the better 350-500 lb mostly new crop calves 4.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers mixed with the better heifers under 550 lbs 3.00-16.00 higher 550-600 lbs and the plainer kind mostly 2.00-7.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand on the weaned cattle with a little down ward pressure on the fleshy unweaned calves. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower on the small amount observed due to time limits. No trend on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.97/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −112.11 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.

Average price

$288.97

84 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$469

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$98.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.64

vs AR average

−32.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	507	311.00	1,577	7thin
Medium and Large 1	564	295.41	1,667	47
Medium and Large 2	533	275.84	1,471	29
Medium and Large 3	520	213.00	1,108	1thin

One grade step is worth $98.00/cwt here — about $469 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

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.79, low $350.40, median $401.08 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 sale84 hd

288.97

—

AR average9 barns · 367 hd

301.61

−12.64

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−32.21

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.08

−112.11

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	1,648	179.19	2,952	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,137	155.40	1,767	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,417	154.30	2,186	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	957	145.41	1,391	13

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,166	$2,638	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,074	$2,007	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	735	$1,475	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	980	$2,350	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,575	$3,400	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,124	$3,362	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,456	$4,200	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,321	$3,709	23
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,183	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	415	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	443.50/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,495	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	389.64/cwt	361.00–399.00	1,422	4
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	473	322.87/cwt	295.00–351.00	1,527	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	313.17/cwt	299.00–315.00	1,763	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	319.59/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,687	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,612	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	307.77/cwt	289.00–316.00	1,880	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	277.96/cwt	277.00–280.00	1,732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	374.87/cwt	371.00–379.00	1,181	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	319.57/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,684	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	340	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,397	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	399.20/cwt	379.00–415.00	1,673	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	289.43/cwt	255.00–309.00	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	340.85/cwt	319.00–373.00	1,295	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	264.17/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,493	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	369.07/cwt	361.00–375.00	1,746	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	291.64/cwt	259.00–311.00	1,522	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,124	3,361.86/head	2,300.00–4,300.00	3,362	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,575	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,166	2,637.61/head	1,750.00–2,950.00	2,638	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,074	2,006.72/head	1,900.00–2,150.00	2,007	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,225	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,321	3,709.27/head	2,200.00–4,150.00	3,709	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,456	4,200.40/head	3,050.00–4,450.00	4,200	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	157.04/cwt	154.00–160.00	1,886	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	169.11/cwt	161.00–178.00	1,755	2
Bulls	—	—	1,065	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,640	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	184.37/cwt	182.00–187.00	3,429	2
Bulls	—	—	1,805	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	3,502	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	984	134.89/cwt	131.00–140.00	1,327	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	941	148.38/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,396	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,610	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	147.14/cwt	144.00–152.00	2,097	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	158.60/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,239	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	157.98/cwt	157.00–159.00	1,480	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	160.47/cwt	158.00–167.00	1,849	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,132	153.64/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,739	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	550	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,601	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	432	357.69/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,545	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	485	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	271.83/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,965	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	412.34/cwt	390.00–435.00	1,579	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,909	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	480	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,147	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	570	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,248	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	635	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	352.13/cwt	331.00–371.00	1,655	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	422.74/cwt	377.50–447.00	1,420	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	311.60/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	382.87/cwt	350.00–417.00	1,470	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	372	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	419.15/cwt	399.00–439.00	1,794	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	349.75/cwt	326.00–385.00	1,969	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	425.35/cwt	413.00–437.00	1,629	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	395.93/cwt	391.00–407.00	1,881	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	468.26/cwt	437.00–495.00	1,531	26
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	263.92/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	445	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	275.89/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	310.48/cwt	299.00–330.00	1,624	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	367.87/cwt	341.00–383.00	1,597	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	319.96/cwt	309.00–345.00	1,942	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	293.89/cwt	270.00–307.00	1,719	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	393.74/cwt	339.00–411.00	1,473	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,830	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	444	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,763	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	331	448.05/cwt	435.00–451.00	1,483	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	352.02/cwt	331.00–375.00	1,802	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	351.69/cwt	327.00–365.00	1,667	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	277.71/cwt	249.00–300.00	1,466	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	302.32/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,445	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,085	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	382.59/cwt	355.00–391.00	1,580	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	408	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,612	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	324.52/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,395	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	422	278.96/cwt	250.00–289.00	1,177	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,667	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	419.65/cwt	397.00–447.00	1,372	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	364.79/cwt	331.00–377.00	1,233	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	709	224.92/cwt	219.00–243.00	1,595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	578	271.47/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,569	14

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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