Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers uneven generally steady on a light test in a few classes. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs mostly 2.00-4.00 higher 600-700 lbs 20.00-25.00 higher. Light run due to extreme heat in the area. Quality was average to plain with good demand on most classes of cattle. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $347.68/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −53.39 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.

Average price

$347.68

35 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$566

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

$126.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.88

vs AR average

+0.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	356.15	1,935	29
Medium and Large 2	570	322.10	1,837	5thin
Medium and Large 3	595	230.00	1,369	1thin

One grade step is worth $126.15/cwt here — about $566 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

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 sale35 hd

347.68

—

AR average7 barns · 250 hd

342.80

+4.88

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

+0.18

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.08

−53.39

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	—	High	1,887	206.13	3,890	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,470	170.74	2,510	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,156	162.39	1,876	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	985	145.24	1,431	4thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,193	$2,143	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$2,023	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,330	$3,103	3thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	159.24/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,788	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,494	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,347	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	169.52/cwt	165.00–187.00	2,044	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	149.48/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	339.37/cwt	337.00–341.00	1,945	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	426.16/cwt	400.00–449.00	1,773	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	381.01/cwt	369.00–387.00	1,955	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,398	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,877	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,282	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	408.97/cwt	370.00–435.00	1,550	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	336.92/cwt	320.00–357.00	2,082	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	388.49/cwt	387.00–391.00	2,032	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	650–700	685	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	354.00/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,506	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	309.92/cwt	303.00–317.00	2,055	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	359.65/cwt	333.00–375.00	1,931	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	300–350	335	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	505	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,641	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	454.10/cwt	441.00–467.00	1,694	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open	700–750	708	302.96/cwt	299.00–307.00	2,145	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	357.64/cwt	349.00–371.00	2,028	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	385.33/cwt	373.00–395.00	2,216	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	502.62/cwt	485.00–561.00	1,709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	399.30/cwt	370.00–419.00	1,689	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	373.41/cwt	361.00–381.00	1,777	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	723	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	342.77/cwt	331.00–349.00	2,115	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,183	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	2,143.45/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,818	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	418.80/cwt	411.00–430.00	1,943	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	614	334.00/cwt	331.00–337.00	2,051	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,221	188.02/cwt	164.00–224.00	2,296	6
Bulls	—	—	1,887	206.13/cwt	203.00–211.00	3,890	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	173.32/cwt	173.00–174.00	2,565	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	287.08/cwt	260.00–301.00	1,372	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	2,022.65/head	2,000.00–2,050.00	2,023	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	3,102.57/head	2,700.00–3,350.00	3,103	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,468	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	392.85/cwt	380.00–413.00	1,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	367.13/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,410	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	450.99/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	339.99/cwt	317.00–357.00	1,601	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	352.44/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	342.57/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,747	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	398.50/cwt	361.00–413.00	1,670	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	413.66/cwt	395.00–417.00	1,481	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	370.64/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,909	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	303.51/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,845	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,149	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	317.46/cwt	280.00–331.00	1,956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	377.66/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,138	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	367.63/cwt	280.00–389.00	1,743	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	613	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	320.13/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,850	4

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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