Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend sale not reported last week. Supply was moderate with several groups of good quality unweaned reputation calves. Demand was good with active bidding. Cows and bulls not reported.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.93/cwt on 310 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −84.16 against this barn's trailing median of $454.09.

Average price

$369.93

310 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$30.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.22

vs AR average

−8.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	371.19	2,085	297
Medium and Large 2	553	341.02	1,884	13thin

One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $201 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

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 sale310 hd

369.93

—

AR average8 barns · 673 hd

364.71

+5.22

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−8.12

This barn, trailing median26 sales

454.09

−84.16

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

76 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	430.18/cwt	415.00–451.00	1,454	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	495	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	361.84/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,091	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	345.17/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,206	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	551	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,099	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	426.14/cwt	415.00–449.00	1,849	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,878	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	345.15/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,178	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	377.07/cwt	369.00–401.00	1,625	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	451.05/cwt	429.00–469.00	1,714	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	480.37/cwt	463.00–491.00	1,552	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	409.82/cwt	381.00–423.00	1,598	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	390.98/cwt	365.00–411.00	2,025	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	300.75/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,883	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	326.24/cwt	290.00–346.00	1,837	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	366.22/cwt	341.00–387.00	1,736	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	412.79/cwt	375.00–431.00	1,358	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	313.92/cwt	293.00–333.00	1,924	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	322.74/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,166	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	303.32/cwt	301.00–315.00	2,154	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	425.28/cwt	400.00–453.00	1,599	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	371.24/cwt	347.00–407.00	1,760	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	357.39/cwt	339.00–379.00	1,862	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	335.28/cwt	327.00–347.00	1,874	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,893	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	345.44/cwt	321.00–359.00	1,820	125
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	448.47/cwt	447.00–450.00	1,475	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,973	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	383.50/cwt	369.00–433.00	1,668	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,806	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,164	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	675	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,951	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	527	325.62/cwt	323.00–327.00	1,716	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	498	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	644	272.00/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,870	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	382	315.83/cwt	300.00–349.00	1,206	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	334.06/cwt	309.00–353.00	1,433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	410.73/cwt	405.00–423.00	1,396	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	328	328.82/cwt	300.00–359.00	1,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	284.99/cwt	267.00–293.00	1,667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	300.21/cwt	280.00–321.00	2,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	270.06/cwt	235.00–281.00	1,845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	362.46/cwt	357.00–380.00	1,229	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	352.87/cwt	331.00–391.00	1,306	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	367.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	319.22/cwt	309.00–321.00	1,826	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	339.51/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,613	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	407.26/cwt	390.00–433.00	1,560	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	391.85/cwt	375.00–407.00	1,697	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	316.97/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,956	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	357.10/cwt	331.00–381.00	1,700	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	347.43/cwt	300.00–365.00	1,838	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	333.55/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,935	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	331.63/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,575	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	340.44/cwt	319.00–361.00	1,443	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	390.04/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,896	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,382	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,922	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	569	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,122	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	379.78/cwt	347.00–400.00	1,439	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	307.78/cwt	307.00–309.00	2,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	414.43/cwt	411.00–415.00	1,658	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	511	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	415.07/cwt	387.00–431.00	2,001	38

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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