Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers under 650 lbs mostly 2.00-12.00 higher except the 500-550 lbs 4.00-10.00 lower. Had 2 loads of yearling steers that sold good weighing 818lbs at 375.00 and 901 lbs at 339.00. Feeder heifers mixed 300-400 lbs 15.00-17.00 higher 400-500 lbs steady to 7.00 lower and 500-650 lbs 1.00-6.00 higher. Quality was average to plain with good demand. 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 $413.96/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −41.07 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$413.96

91 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$827

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

$122.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.29

vs AR average

+4.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	422.03	2,327	77
Medium and Large 2	538	374.88	2,017	13thin
Medium and Large 3	500	300.00	1,500	1thin

One grade step is worth $122.03/cwt here — about $827 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

25 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.38, low $409.13, median $455.03 across 25 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 sale91 hd

413.96

—

AR average8 barns · 369 hd

401.67

+12.29

National average152 barns · 8,476 hd

409.30

+4.66

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−41.07

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

87 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 2	500–550	516	341.62/cwt	315.00–357.00	1,763	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	898	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	353.60/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,973	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	308.78/cwt	280.00–329.00	2,041	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	408.35/cwt	369.00–435.00	1,760	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	458.20/cwt	437.00–495.00	1,475	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	418.03/cwt	380.00–440.00	2,379	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	417.59/cwt	403.00–445.00	1,954	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	409.33/cwt	357.00–427.00	1,936	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	493.00/cwt	443.00–550.00	1,652	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	363	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	377.33/cwt	374.00–380.00	2,966	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	402.92/cwt	389.00–415.00	1,930	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	422.34/cwt	400.00–443.00	1,825	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,910	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	423.49/cwt	423.00–427.00	2,079	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	458.22/cwt	453.00–463.00	1,915	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	574.03/cwt	570.00–580.00	1,837	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	449.07/cwt	431.00–483.00	1,891	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	406.50/cwt	387.00–429.00	2,106	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	349.06/cwt	333.00–353.00	2,143	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	481.40/cwt	463.00–499.00	2,046	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	427.97/cwt	411.00–441.00	2,247	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	367.79/cwt	361.00–381.00	2,240	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,293	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	317.50/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	514.20/cwt	495.00–550.00	1,928	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	413.08/cwt	390.00–423.00	2,557	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	338.01/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,255	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	381.31/cwt	349.00–412.00	2,185	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	448.10/cwt	417.00–475.00	1,680	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	531.89/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,654	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	361.98/cwt	250.00–390.00	2,056	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	471.44/cwt	461.00–495.00	1,777	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	371.31/cwt	350.00–375.00	3,045	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	380.67/cwt	347.00–407.00	1,972	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	380.37/cwt	371.00–394.00	2,571	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	388.09/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,810	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	483	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	415	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	488	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	378.34/cwt	350.00–407.00	1,653	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	345.67/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,295	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	304.69/cwt	285.00–311.00	1,429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	311.00/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	451.75/cwt	423.00–473.00	1,726	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	295.08/cwt	291.00–307.00	2,154	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	400.16/cwt	365.00–420.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	404.20/cwt	380.00–435.00	1,552	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	328.61/cwt	300.00–351.00	2,021	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	352.71/cwt	330.00–370.00	2,032	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	382.45/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,407	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	308.80/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,365	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	380.98/cwt	359.00–429.00	1,425	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	307.36/cwt	283.00–325.00	1,893	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	383.34/cwt	350.00–415.00	1,817	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	349.57/cwt	339.00–360.00	1,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	419.33/cwt	359.00–439.00	1,799	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	354.51/cwt	312.00–370.00	1,829	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	377.01/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,991	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	353.93/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,226	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	364.07/cwt	330.00–383.00	1,729	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	490	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	350.52/cwt	345.00–354.00	2,079	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,003	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	333.35/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	367.80/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,104	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	453.48/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,469	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,054	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	350.22/cwt	317.00–361.00	2,171	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,990	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	774	251.72/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,090	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	326.43/cwt	295.00–345.00	2,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	461.79/cwt	431.00–485.00	2,152	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	309.49/cwt	304.00–315.00	2,210	4

How this sale compares

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