Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 300-450 lbs 11.00-14.00 higher 450-650 lbs mostly steady to 4.00 lower and 650-700 lbs 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300-450 lbs mixed generally steady to 3.00 higher over 450 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 lower with some value added and guaranteed open yearling heifers that sold for a premium. Quality was average to plain with good demand on most classes of cattle. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.49/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −45.58 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.

Average price

$355.49

97 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$511

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

$88.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.18

vs AR average

−16.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	374.68	2,034	53
Medium and Large 2	544	338.25	1,841	39
Medium and Large 3	531	286.60	1,523	5thin

One grade step is worth $88.08/cwt here — about $511 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 sale97 hd

355.49

—

AR average8 barns · 594 hd

376.68

−21.18

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

−16.02

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.08

−45.58

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

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,279	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,846	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,397	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	432.25/cwt	427.00–439.00	1,889	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	697	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,307	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	354.50/cwt	341.00–361.00	2,400	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	458.82/cwt	450.00–479.00	1,716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	418.49/cwt	379.00–439.00	1,389	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	348.35/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	359.22/cwt	330.00–371.00	1,678	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	362.38/cwt	350.00–373.00	1,910	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,211	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	379.52/cwt	339.00–400.00	1,795	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	276.47/cwt	259.00–285.00	2,123	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	385.00/cwt	383.00–387.00	2,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	462.52/cwt	427.00–475.00	1,559	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	375.71/cwt	350.00–411.00	1,559	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	336.00/cwt	317.00–350.00	1,902	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	321.05/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,381	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	422.31/cwt	400.00–441.00	1,575	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	316.74/cwt	303.00–320.00	2,163	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	378.77/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,981	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	305.30/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,282	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	395.90/cwt	363.00–435.00	1,916	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	384.74/cwt	369.00–395.00	2,447	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	342.52/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,795	19
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,159	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	507	277.99/cwt	239.00–320.00	1,409	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	299.52/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	307.00/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	669	312.13/cwt	300.00–329.00	2,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	545	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	472	376.06/cwt	370.00–381.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	800–850	811	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	426.89/cwt	410.00–451.00	2,211	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	750–800	769	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,615	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	365.46/cwt	351.00–377.00	2,471	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	700–750	718	355.32/cwt	337.00–359.00	2,551	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	545.24/cwt	533.00–575.00	1,810	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	393.03/cwt	383.00–429.00	2,059	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	377.68/cwt	367.00–385.00	2,111	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	348.11/cwt	337.00–355.00	2,555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	466.06/cwt	425.00–540.00	1,962	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	440.36/cwt	417.00–487.00	1,638	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	377.97/cwt	360.00–393.00	1,965	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	488.12/cwt	441.00–515.00	1,811	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	385.34/cwt	365.00–403.00	2,223	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	390.18/cwt	381.00–405.00	1,869	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	424.53/cwt	401.00–467.00	1,830	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	373.66/cwt	359.00–391.00	2,324	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	588.89/cwt	540.00–610.00	1,926	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	417.62/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,980	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	418.22/cwt	401.00–435.00	2,375	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	346.43/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,120	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	461.59/cwt	429.00–485.00	1,505	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	328.35/cwt	323.00–331.00	2,167	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	401.97/cwt	397.00–407.00	2,488	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	457.08/cwt	441.00–467.00	2,180	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	493.89/cwt	441.00–541.00	2,040	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	368.86/cwt	360.00–373.00	2,674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	525.52/cwt	500.00–580.00	1,992	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	374.56/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,326	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	386.84/cwt	373.00–390.00	2,634	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,123	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	388.71/cwt	345.00–411.00	1,430	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	389.35/cwt	379.00–393.00	2,453	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	410.71/cwt	401.00–427.00	1,778	8

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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