Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450lbs sold 25.00-30.00 higher: Over 450lbs too few to compare so no market trend. Feeder Heifers limited comparable sales with most unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-15.00 lower: Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $440.33/cwt on 21 head, up $39.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 25 comparable sales and sits +39.23 against this barn's trailing median of $401.11.

Average price

$440.33

▲ 39.23 vs prior sale

21 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,367

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$144

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

$23.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+38.25

vs AR average

+9.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	447.16	2,409	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	535	423.28	2,265	6thin

One grade step is worth $23.88/cwt here — about $144 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.79, low $366.96, median $401.11 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 sale21 hd

440.33

—

AR average9 barns · 195 hd

402.08

+38.25

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

+9.92

This barn, trailing median25 sales

401.11

+39.23

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	—	Low	1,725	199.15	3,436	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,405	179.33	2,519	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,111	159.58	1,773	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,059	136.73	1,448	6thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$3,500	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$3,450	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,062	$2,954	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,178	$2,908	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,131	$2,698	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,045	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,330	$4,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,010	$3,877	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,282	$3,791	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,212	$3,572	5

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,674	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,151	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,131	2,697.76/head	2,350.00–3,150.00	2,698	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	534.58/cwt	505.00–550.00	2,550	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	571.78/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,087	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,326	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	196.88/cwt	176.00–225.00	2,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,737	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,783	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,686	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,212	3,572.03/head	3,400.00–3,900.00	3,572	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	3,877.10/head	3,300.00–4,600.00	3,877	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	2,953.57/head	2,700.00–3,350.00	2,954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	423.28/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,265	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,908.17/head	2,350.00–3,450.00	2,908	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	400–450	440	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	465.10/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,995	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,965	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,330	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,282	3,791.16/head	3,300.00–4,200.00	3,791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,090	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	448.28/cwt	437.00–465.00	2,147	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,266	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,163	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	494.97/cwt	485.00–510.00	1,861	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,206	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,407	189.42/cwt	187.00–194.00	2,665	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,404	175.55/cwt	171.00–181.00	2,465	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,065	153.93/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,639	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	175.49/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,032	2
Bulls	—	—	1,745	185.02/cwt	180.00–189.00	3,229	3
Bulls	—	—	1,649	193.36/cwt	190.00–209.00	3,189	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,262	2
Bulls	—	—	1,844	219.87/cwt	214.00–229.00	4,054	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	167.82/cwt	167.00–169.00	2,068	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,221	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	143.09/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,389	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	506.54/cwt	485.00–520.00	2,188	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	449.70/cwt	430.00–470.00	2,572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	350–400	355	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,793	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,354	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	342	568.48/cwt	555.00–575.00	1,944	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	513.31/cwt	497.00–530.00	2,382	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	558.12/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,749	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,939	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	453.28/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,452	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	432.84/cwt	420.00–437.00	2,545	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	329.88/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	641.59/cwt	640.00–645.00	2,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	668.62/cwt	630.00–690.00	2,180	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	463.42/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,428	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	584.56/cwt	550.00–605.00	2,455	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	387.67/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,621	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	346.72/cwt	343.00–352.00	2,351	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	560.59/cwt	540.00–585.00	2,181	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	370.57/cwt	353.00–390.00	2,320	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	402.43/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	472.86/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,733	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	469.96/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,251	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	479.11/cwt	450.00–502.00	2,309	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	370.89/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,704	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	614.43/cwt	570.00–635.00	1,966	10

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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