Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2026-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Comparted to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-15.00 lower. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 8.00-10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.75/cwt on 86 head, down $28.02 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −61.50 against this barn's trailing median of $392.25.

Average price

$330.75

▼ 28.02 vs prior sale

86 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

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

$40.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.94

vs AR average

−22.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	342.33	1,826	56
Medium and Large 1-2	517	324.25	1,676	10thin
Medium and Large 2	569	301.60	1,715	20

One grade step is worth $40.73/cwt here — about $111 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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.79, low $329.77, median $392.25 across 30 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 sale86 hd

330.75

—

AR average8 barns · 411 hd

339.69

−8.94

National average179 barns · 12,503 hd

352.96

−22.21

This barn, trailing median30 sales

392.25

−61.50

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	—	Average	1,613	183.87	2,965	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,491	136.90	2,041	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,157	132.46	1,532	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,059	118.91	1,259	25

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,043	$2,731	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,430	$2,683	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,148	$2,681	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	850	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,369	$2,011	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,263	$1,886	8
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,295	$193	1thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	283.47/cwt	280.00–309.00	1,919	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	300.94/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,854	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	338.59/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,747	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	381.50/cwt	377.00–401.00	1,484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	436.12/cwt	419.00–443.00	1,601	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	328.54/cwt	310.00–337.00	1,846	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	314.35/cwt	300.00–321.00	2,248	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	389.83/cwt	377.00–403.00	1,680	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,924	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	397.81/cwt	397.00–400.00	1,555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	363.24/cwt	343.00–377.00	1,711	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	373.32/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,132	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	355.03/cwt	351.00–361.00	1,853	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	325.31/cwt	309.00–330.00	2,186	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,344	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,130	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	440.84/cwt	431.00–473.00	2,068	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	354.54/cwt	339.00–373.00	2,184	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,970	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	488.30/cwt	473.00–510.00	1,914	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	473.48/cwt	453.00–489.00	1,984	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	387.15/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,040	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	2,731.29/head	2,200.00–3,250.00	2,731	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	204.89/cwt	198.00–213.00	2,899	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,145	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,310	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	2,680.50/head	2,250.00–3,050.00	2,681	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	193.00/head	193.00–193.00	193	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,369	2,011.46/head	1,900.00–2,250.00	2,011	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	2,683.04/head	2,300.00–3,000.00	2,683	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	1,886.11/head	1,400.00–2,200.00	1,886	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,700	1
Bulls	—	—	1,686	188.80/cwt	186.00–192.00	3,183	7
Bulls	—	—	1,413	168.56/cwt	168.00–169.00	2,382	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,136	130.03/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,477	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	133.46/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,580	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	136.76/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,555	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,987	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	137.15/cwt	135.00–139.00	2,044	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	123.25/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,321	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	107.74/cwt	104.00–110.00	1,103	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	417.41/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,553	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	336.92/cwt	330.00–349.00	1,779	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	412.81/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,006	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	408.28/cwt	397.00–431.00	1,825	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,992	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	333.83/cwt	315.00–349.00	1,940	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	356.62/cwt	350.00–363.00	1,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	444.87/cwt	437.00–451.00	1,699	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	415.19/cwt	409.00–453.00	2,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	406.35/cwt	389.00–419.00	2,068	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	345.55/cwt	341.00–350.00	1,935	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	357.22/cwt	345.00–373.00	1,650	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	380.03/cwt	367.00–389.00	2,159	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	319.34/cwt	317.00–320.00	2,203	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	336.05/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,147	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,292	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	480.83/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,568	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	387.16/cwt	377.00–397.00	1,827	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	377.24/cwt	371.00–383.00	1,992	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	330.68/cwt	330.00–331.00	2,573	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	496.28/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	485.17/cwt	453.00–491.00	2,077	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	349.01/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,188	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,743	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,095	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	428.67/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,372	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	441.09/cwt	433.00–447.00	1,901	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	417.68/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,558	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	412.74/cwt	400.00–429.00	1,746	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,855	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,657	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	405.11/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,349	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	539.90/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	345.92/cwt	327.00–361.00	1,484	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	318.90/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,540	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	306.39/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	324.25/cwt	319.00–327.00	1,676	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	336.96/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,641	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	453.75/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,461	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	1

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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