Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2024-03-07

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Mar 7
● Final109 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,077 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 952▲ 518 vs year ago 559 · +92.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 115▼ 10 vs year ago 155 · −6.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
45 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 25▼ 10 vs year ago 55 · −18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs mostly 4.00-10.00 lower with more unweaned calves in the offering. Feeder heifers 1.00-7.00 higher. Had some value added cattle that sold for a premium. The supply was moderate and demand good on most classes of cattle. Slaughter cows were 2.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00-7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.07/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −115.12 against this barn's trailing median of $381.19.
Average price
$266.07
154 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,447
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$392
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$91.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.15
vs AR average
−5.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534271.591,45047
Medium and Large 1-2549269.131,47882
Medium and Large 2541251.361,35923
Medium and Large 3588180.001,0582thin
One grade step is worth $91.59/cwt here — about $392 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale154 hd
266.07
—
AR average7 barns · 382 hd
259.92
+6.15
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
−5.84
This barn, trailing median30 sales
381.19
−115.12
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
455408362316median 381.1903/0504/2307/0908/2710/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.79, low $329.77, median $381.19 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,686133.832,25720
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,461117.411,71631
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,148111.091,27544
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01592.0893536

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$1,44718
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)955$1,6283thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,015$1,6312thin

Every lot

109 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1268405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,0856
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3305300.00/cwt300.00–300.009151
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317386.33/cwt360.00–409.001,22511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy320362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,1581
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328327.45/cwt307.00–360.001,0744
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added369419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,54614
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1369392.37/cwt350.00–413.001,44814
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2372314.82/cwt295.00–339.001,17115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416355.20/cwt330.00–381.001,47832
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy420323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,3571
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2423312.93/cwt270.00–330.001,32413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3440257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,60316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475285.34/cwt253.00–317.001,35515
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478334.82/cwt323.00–349.001,60013
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5895
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,5503
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519314.32/cwt292.00–325.001,63110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added520339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,76311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy520306.41/cwt306.00–307.001,5935
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2524275.28/cwt272.00–280.001,4426
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed550279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5351
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2555280.82/cwt274.00–287.001,5595
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573301.95/cwt289.00–320.001,7305
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added591328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9389
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2600274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,6441
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633279.03/cwt273.00–282.001,7668
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,7091
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665259.34/cwt253.00–268.001,72510
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722249.12/cwt232.00–258.001,7993
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2736231.82/cwt229.00–235.001,7065
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,7511
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,00465
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2875210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8381
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy315302.61/cwt300.00–307.009533
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320328.75/cwt309.00–341.001,05216
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325220.00/cwt220.00–220.007151
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2327290.16/cwt267.00–300.009499
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added362335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2133
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy365227.00/cwt227.00–227.008291
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2369277.53/cwt250.00–292.001,02411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372322.60/cwt290.00–367.001,20032
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added390295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1514
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1063
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fleshy395280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1061
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422310.73/cwt285.00–333.001,31143
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423277.15/cwt250.00–289.001,17214
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy430250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added431326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,40515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468297.58/cwt280.00–306.001,39335
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2483261.53/cwt240.00–274.001,2639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added512288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,47510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521280.43/cwt269.00–290.001,46119
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522252.26/cwt240.00–261.001,31714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542272.96/cwt266.00–276.001,47967
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy542236.54/cwt230.00–243.001,2826
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568263.40/cwt254.00–274.001,49611
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570249.96/cwt245.00–258.001,4259
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3801
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581252.02/cwt250.00–253.001,46415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3588180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0582
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2600190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617252.12/cwt240.00–257.001,55615
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy635226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4352
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4302
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661222.98/cwt210.00–230.001,4745
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open664239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,58711
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,61525
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6032
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2770180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3861
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2825180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4852
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open931184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,7134
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319305.34/cwt300.00–311.009744
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Fleshy330332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,0961
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335345.87/cwt335.00–357.001,1599
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3132
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2381283.41/cwt272.00–300.001,0805
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2Fleshy392289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,1333
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426328.30/cwt310.00–351.001,39925
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2434242.65/cwt220.00–291.001,0533
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476313.12/cwt300.00–325.001,49014
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476274.29/cwt230.00–300.001,3065
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy510230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1731
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515303.61/cwt280.00–315.001,56423
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530260.15/cwt230.00–273.001,3795
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2550240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1569274.38/cwt250.00–299.001,5617
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608276.85/cwt274.00–284.001,6836
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1666249.30/cwt239.00–265.001,6609
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1727232.02/cwt230.00–236.001,68710
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1780210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6381
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3376171.00/cwt171.00–171.006434
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,624123.51/cwt115.00–131.002,0067
Bulls——1,698142.08/cwt132.00–158.002,41312
Bulls——1,985107.00/cwt107.00–107.002,1241
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93466.16/cwt45.00–76.006187
Cows—Lean 85-90%98986.22/cwt80.00–89.008534
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02696.50/cwt90.00–100.0099014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,062105.08/cwt102.00–109.001,11611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,139107.02/cwt97.00–112.001,21926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,161116.97/cwt113.00–128.001,35818
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,376108.01/cwt104.00–111.001,4866
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,482119.67/cwt114.00–122.001,77425
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,018108.53/cwt100.00–124.001,10514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0601,447.26/head1,150.00–1,700.001,44718
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,255117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,4681
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0151,630.73/head1,500.00–1,775.001,6312
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29551,627.79/head1,225.00–2,025.001,6283
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,083110.99/cwt102.00–117.001,2023

This sale against other markets

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.