Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparted to last week: Feeder steers sold mixed under 400lbs 10.00-15.00 lower, 400-500lbs 15.00 higher, over 600 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Had 45 head 579lbs of fancy replacement heifers which sold for a premium of 409.00cwt. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.17/cwt on 64 head, up $5.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 25 comparable sales and sits +6.15 against this barn's trailing median of $455.03.

Average price

$461.17

▲ 5.13 vs prior sale

64 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,530

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$42.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

vs AR average

−13.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	465.12	2,538	58
Medium and Large 2	530	427.00	2,263	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	588	422.16	2,482	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.96/cwt here — about $55 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 sale64 hd

461.17

—

AR average7 barns · 290 hd

463.49

−2.32

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−13.31

This barn, trailing median25 sales

455.03

+6.15

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	1,733	225.87	3,913	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,413	190.95	2,698	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,186	172.61	2,046	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,105	149.05	1,647	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,101	$3,270	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,294	$3,157	12
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,007	$3,050	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,267	$2,887	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,277	$2,685	13
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,201	$4,072	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,850	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,059	$2,250	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	961	$2,017	6

Every lot, as filed

86 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 2	350–400	384	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	422.16/cwt	419.00–427.00	2,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	388.27/cwt	388.00–389.00	2,675	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,142	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	408.77/cwt	387.00–421.00	1,921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	472.33/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,573	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	335	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	463.44/cwt	461.00–465.00	1,993	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	454.37/cwt	437.00–485.00	2,435	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	505.23/cwt	483.00–519.00	2,107	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	427.78/cwt	403.00–439.00	2,207	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	347.36/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,181	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,135	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	367	621.00/cwt	621.00–621.00	2,279	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	445.31/cwt	425.00–449.00	2,703	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	513.64/cwt	489.00–537.00	2,383	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	465.60/cwt	453.00–477.00	2,682	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	606.57/cwt	600.00–625.00	1,935	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	451.71/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,182	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,562	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	513.49/cwt	491.00–521.00	2,234	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	565.13/cwt	550.00–571.00	2,198	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	335.60/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,290	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,573	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	507	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	400	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,887	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	381.64/cwt	379.00–383.00	2,221	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,910	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	422.29/cwt	409.00–425.00	2,268	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,479	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	193.94/cwt	190.00–200.00	2,820	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	160.64/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,836	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	180.72/cwt	179.00–185.00	2,205	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,345	185.98/cwt	185.00–188.00	2,501	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	172.35/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,039	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	149.05/cwt	144.00–153.00	1,647	3
Bulls	—	—	1,842	240.69/cwt	236.00–246.00	4,434	5
Bulls	—	—	1,540	209.80/cwt	208.00–212.00	3,231	3
Bulls	—	—	1,740	219.40/cwt	217.00–224.00	3,818	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,294	3,156.74/head	2,500.00–3,450.00	3,157	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,277	2,684.74/head	2,350.00–3,000.00	2,685	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	961	2,017.35/head	250.00–3,250.00	2,017	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,418	187.20/cwt	183.00–191.00	2,654	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	3,049.50/head	2,750.00–3,400.00	3,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	230.73/cwt	216.00–249.00	2,365	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	3,270.21/head	3,000.00–3,350.00	3,270	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,201	4,072.06/head	3,250.00–4,600.00	4,072	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,059	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	579	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,368	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,056	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	390.16/cwt	380.00–401.00	2,431	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	513.72/cwt	495.00–525.00	1,865	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	365	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	579.19/cwt	555.00–587.00	2,253	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	469.32/cwt	455.00–491.00	2,210	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	502.12/cwt	477.00–531.00	2,159	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	373.72/cwt	350.00–387.00	2,168	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	469.26/cwt	435.00–483.00	2,210	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	497.03/cwt	490.00–505.00	1,914	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	452.61/cwt	433.00–479.00	2,376	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,381	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,090	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	596.37/cwt	576.00–640.00	2,028	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	2,150.00/cwt	2,150.00–2,150.00	21,715	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	2,887.29/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,887	4

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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