Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs mixed with the better kind mostly steady to 16.00 higher and the plainer kind 3.00-6.00 lower not enough over 600 lbs last week for a trend. The better 300-350 lb heifers 28.00 higher 350-400 lbs 10.00 lower 400-600 lbs and the plainer kind 1.00-7.00 higher not enough over 600 lbs last week for a trend. Supply was heavy with several good quality groups of calves. Demand was good on the better quality calves. 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 $387.40/cwt on 191 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −67.63 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$387.40

191 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$46.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.27

vs AR average

−31.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	396.61	2,147	123
Medium and Large 1-2	523	385.51	2,017	40
Medium and Large 2	559	349.64	1,954	28

One grade step is worth $46.97/cwt here — about $193 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 sale191 hd

387.40

—

AR average8 barns · 457 hd

378.13

+9.27

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−31.70

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

−67.63

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

88 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	650–700	666	359.47/cwt	340.00–385.00	2,394	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	388.58/cwt	365.00–435.00	1,861	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	450–500	479	286.41/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	362.69/cwt	330.00–391.00	1,161	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	354.66/cwt	330.00–369.00	1,334	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,316	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	352.70/cwt	341.00–375.00	1,689	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,976	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	338.95/cwt	237.00–355.00	1,810	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	309.34/cwt	280.00–329.00	1,649	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,078	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	284.34/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,894	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	327.79/cwt	299.00–353.00	1,547	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	290.34/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,815	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	319.06/cwt	300.00–331.00	2,109	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	330.94/cwt	300.00–351.00	2,082	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,270	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	361.75/cwt	321.00–391.00	1,389	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	312.12/cwt	280.00–331.00	1,770	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	301.19/cwt	280.00–311.00	1,723	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	275.62/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,902	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,040	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	424	287.04/cwt	250.00–305.00	1,217	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	292.97/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,093	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	416.46/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,591	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	469.30/cwt	443.00–500.00	1,558	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	336.18/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,957	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	378	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,399	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	406	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,823	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,272	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	335.54/cwt	300.00–365.00	1,584	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	341.46/cwt	315.00–369.00	1,465	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	293.55/cwt	257.00–300.00	1,817	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	550–600	599	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,156	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	430.76/cwt	411.00–447.00	1,602	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	331.85/cwt	320.00–341.00	1,885	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	650–700	679	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,343	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	410	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	420.93/cwt	399.00–437.00	1,785	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	342.84/cwt	330.00–373.00	1,783	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	375.89/cwt	350.00–393.00	1,936	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	585	286.69/cwt	267.00–300.00	1,677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	310.51/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,903	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	395.71/cwt	370.00–411.00	1,472	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	372.80/cwt	355.00–397.00	1,771	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,086	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	457.03/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,417	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	339.86/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,461	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	408.11/cwt	399.00–423.00	2,134	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	330.07/cwt	323.00–351.00	1,852	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,814	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	366.09/cwt	347.00–379.00	2,284	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	391.36/cwt	359.00–411.00	1,706	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	306.76/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	536.18/cwt	513.00–575.00	1,748	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	359.58/cwt	350.00–377.00	1,485	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	347.73/cwt	337.00–353.00	1,659	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	490.87/cwt	457.00–533.00	1,806	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	429.76/cwt	403.00–465.00	2,003	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,158	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	596	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,318	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	365.18/cwt	330.00–392.00	1,943	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	399.60/cwt	380.00–429.00	1,698	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	379.47/cwt	350.00–422.00	2,133	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	457.45/cwt	427.00–483.00	1,944	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	366.12/cwt	360.00–371.00	1,355	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	356.63/cwt	320.00–389.00	1,537	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	421.29/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,420	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	395.30/cwt	377.00–399.00	2,036	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	350–400	355	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	405	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	552	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,822	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	640	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,274	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	405	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	689	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	477	192.87/cwt	175.00–230.00	920	3

How this sale compares

Arkansas weighted averages

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