Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-02-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparted to last week: Feeder Steers under 550lbs sold mostly 12.00-14.00 lower: over 550lbs sold 19.00- 22.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 10.00 higher, fancier offerings sold 40.00-50.00 higher on interested buyer demand. Slaughter cows sold 25.00-30.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-6.00 higher. Demand was good for all classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $401.11/cwt on 109 head, up $0.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 26 comparable sales and sits +0.03 against this barn's trailing median of $401.08.

Average price

$401.11

▲ 0.06 vs prior sale

109 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

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

$70.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.25

vs AR average

−28.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	430.08	2,290	23
Medium and Large 2	539	399.87	2,156	23
Medium and Large 1-2	595	392.00	2,332	61
Medium and Large 3	540	360.00	1,944	2thin

One grade step is worth $70.08/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale109 hd

401.11

—

AR average8 barns · 290 hd

404.36

−3.25

National average184 barns · 15,729 hd

429.17

−28.06

This barn, trailing median26 sales

401.08

+0.03

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	1,567	206.64	3,238	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,444	182.86	2,641	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,339	181.43	2,430	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,046	151.18	1,581	14

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	853	$2,988	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,120	$2,882	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	905	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$2,781	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,254	$2,697	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,220	$2,582	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,200	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,065	$2,069	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	750	$3,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,137	$3,604	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$3,005	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,201	$2,950	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$2,350	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	893	$1,848	2thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	4,050.00/head	4,050.00–4,050.00	4,050	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,666	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,764	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,319	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,049	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	2,780.71/head	2,250.00–3,200.00	2,781	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,254	2,697.01/head	2,200.00–3,200.00	2,697	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	3,004.78/head	2,900.00–3,150.00	3,005	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	523.00/cwt	523.00–523.00	2,186	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	1,201	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,159	3,492.34/head	3,000.00–3,900.00	3,492	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	2,068.66/head	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,069	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,007	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	425	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,985	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	2,987.79/head	2,650.00–3,300.00	2,988	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	514.09/cwt	490.00–535.00	2,139	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	491	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,210	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	1,847.62/head	1,500.00–2,350.00	1,848	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	750	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	2,581.82/head	2,100.00–3,400.00	2,582	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	539	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,366	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,165	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	472.90/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,797	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	456.73/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,471	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	394.90/cwt	383.00–415.00	2,026	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	793	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	493.73/cwt	450.00–525.00	2,098	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	600–650	615	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,884	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	300–350	323	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	496.51/cwt	493.00–500.00	2,205	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	474.08/cwt	469.00–483.00	2,233	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	362.49/cwt	349.00–365.00	2,113	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	459.37/cwt	459.00–460.00	1,962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	375.86/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,526	6
Bulls	—	—	1,533	216.80/cwt	208.00–220.00	3,324	7
Bulls	—	—	1,646	206.73/cwt	200.00–213.00	3,403	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	193.76/cwt	191.00–196.00	3,149	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	186.35/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,805	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,568	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	161.99/cwt	156.00–167.00	1,830	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	172.77/cwt	168.00–179.00	2,047	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	138.47/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,327	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,503	185.23/cwt	182.00–193.00	2,784	3
Bulls	—	—	1,463	182.75/cwt	181.00–184.00	2,674	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	147.67/cwt	144.00–154.00	1,489	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,243	170.94/cwt	168.00–174.00	2,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	492	422.45/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,078	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,261	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	880	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	526.46/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,395	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	539.38/cwt	521.00–553.00	2,087	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	2,539	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	697	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,683	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	469.34/cwt	451.00–475.00	2,854	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	493.32/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,580	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	707	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,828	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	797	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,869	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	413.98/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,314	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	564.71/cwt	543.00–593.00	2,400	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	534.40/cwt	500.00–543.00	1,764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	481.49/cwt	461.00–485.00	2,730	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	437.13/cwt	417.00–465.00	2,277	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	550–600	595	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,332	61
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	575.13/cwt	567.00–600.00	2,042	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,932	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	553.98/cwt	529.00–579.00	2,338	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	642.03/cwt	610.00–685.00	2,112	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	773	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,063	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,339	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	541.77/cwt	523.00–563.00	1,994	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	548.13/cwt	501.00–557.00	2,637	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,724	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	465.85/cwt	449.00–473.00	2,241	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	2,881.70/head	2,500.00–3,250.00	2,882	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	478.38/cwt	471.00–483.00	2,435	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	371.52/cwt	363.00–377.00	2,322	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	352.30/cwt	337.00–373.00	2,382	28

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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