Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2025-05-01

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, May 1
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
415 vs last sale 675 391 vs year ago 651 · 60.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
39 vs last sale 146 174 vs year ago 281 · 61.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
10 vs last sale 55 5 vs year ago 40 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 9.00-11.00 lower on a very light test in a few classes. Feeder heifers uneven on a light test in a few classes near steady. Supply was light due to wet conditions with quality and condition not as good as last week. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 5.00 higher with the full advance on the high dressing bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $316.34/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits 84.74 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.
Average price
$316.34
13 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$61.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.17
vs AR average
13.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552321.031,77212thin
Medium and Large 3595260.001,5471thin
One grade step is worth $61.03/cwt here — about $225 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
455415376336median 401.0812/1803/1905/0707/0908/20
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 sale13 hd
316.34
AR average8 barns · 234 hd
315.17
+1.17
National average176 barns · 11,721 hd
329.34
−13.00
This barn, trailing median26 sales
401.08
−84.74
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
BullsLow1,660188.603,13116
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,405157.792,21724
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,172151.941,78039
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,047136.851,43219

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$2,1206
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,146$2,10821
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)915$2,1833thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$1,8001thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)903$1,5522thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500491367.28/cwt349.00–373.001,8039
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350336421.74/cwt413.00–429.001,4176
BullsMedium and Large 2Full550–600558276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5403
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475418.64/cwt413.00–427.001,9899
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550537385.10/cwt377.00–393.002,0684
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370449.00/cwt449.00–449.001,6611
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350340460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5641
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700685276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8911
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650634317.81/cwt307.00–329.002,0154
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650606304.13/cwt286.00–319.001,8436
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486348.93/cwt347.00–355.001,6968
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575313.75/cwt307.00–319.001,8046
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400387395.72/cwt389.00–399.001,5313
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450416398.32/cwt351.00–443.001,65715
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450408431.66/cwt417.00–449.001,76111
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550529328.31/cwt323.00–337.001,7376
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600572308.97/cwt303.00–315.001,7673
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350324421.26/cwt400.00–431.001,3653
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800775255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9762
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600569348.04/cwt327.00–369.001,9804
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500482377.27/cwt365.00–389.001,81810
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5883
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850808246.35/cwt230.00–263.001,9912
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450430414.10/cwt405.00–423.001,7812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5631
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550510367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,8721
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4521
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600572320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8304
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450413401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,6562
BullsMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500475359.00/cwt359.00–359.001,7051
CowsLean 85-90%1,076120.01/cwt116.00–124.001,2915
CowsLean 85-90%1,083149.21/cwt144.00–157.001,6166
CowsLean 85-90%1,001138.11/cwt129.00–143.001,3828
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,418160.46/cwt155.00–172.002,27516
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,380152.45/cwt147.00–156.002,1048
CowsBoner 80-85%1,159131.58/cwt130.00–137.001,5254
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,210155.89/cwt155.00–160.001,8867
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228159.92/cwt155.00–167.001,96417
CowsBoner 80-85%1,121148.93/cwt143.00–155.001,67018
Bulls1,572169.93/cwt158.00–177.002,6715
Bulls1,724204.12/cwt194.00–210.003,5197
Bulls1,659184.76/cwt177.00–192.003,0654
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500450297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3372
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1462,107.78/head1,650.00–2,375.002,10821
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0602,120.15/head1,825.00–2,300.002,1206
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28551,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29152,183.23/head1,975.00–2,275.002,1833
BullsMedium and Large 1-29031,552.08/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5522
HeifersMedium and Large 3550–600595260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5471
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500487270.66/cwt260.00–277.001,31813
HeifersMedium and Large 3650–700662213.10/cwt200.00–220.001,4113
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450425268.91/cwt257.00–280.001,1432
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500490303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,4852
SteersMedium and Large 3350–400350350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2251
SteersMedium and Large 3650–700664218.48/cwt217.00–220.001,4514
SteersMedium and Large 3700–750708211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4942
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750700260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,8201
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650608261.86/cwt260.00–269.001,5925
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450428323.76/cwt310.00–333.001,3864
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750714219.31/cwt218.00–220.001,5663
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700680230.66/cwt230.00–232.001,5683
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550546331.23/cwt327.00–343.001,8098
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750700273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,9111
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350315384.94/cwt377.00–389.001,2133
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373379.05/cwt371.00–387.001,4142
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400367425.20/cwt415.00–433.001,5603
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800768235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,8052
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400368342.81/cwt315.00–369.001,2627
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350335347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,1622
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450428396.07/cwt383.00–405.001,6958
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650625315.78/cwt309.00–323.001,9742
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500478312.74/cwt291.00–333.001,4955

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.