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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 20

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Jun 6Jun 20Jun 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

480 head

▼ 190 vs last sale 670▼ 773 vs year ago 1,253 · −61.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

155 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 180▼ 152 vs year ago 307 · −49.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 15▼ 75 vs year ago 100 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend sale not reported last week. Supply was light and quality was average to plain. Good demand on feeder and slaughter cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $256.16/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −125.02 against this barn's trailing median of $381.19.

Average price

$256.16

84 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,416

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$23.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.71

vs AR average

−11.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	263.27	1,461	59
Medium and Large 2	548	239.40	1,311	25

One grade step is worth $23.86/cwt here — about $150 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 sale84 hd

256.16

—

AR average10 barns · 430 hd

256.87

−0.71

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−11.06

This barn, trailing median30 sales

381.19

−125.02

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,421	156.92	2,229	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,450	145.19	2,105	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,289	139.18	1,794	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	126.56	1,379	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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,025	$1,699	3thin

Every lot

79 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	340.54/cwt	323.00–350.00	1,083	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	333	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	833	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	397.98/cwt	385.00–401.00	1,369	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,285	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	364	281.21/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,024	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	340.76/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,281	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	307.99/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,278	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	343.85/cwt	320.00–361.00	1,441	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,050	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,443	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	275.92/cwt	250.00–292.00	1,360	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,597	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	267.97/cwt	264.00–280.00	1,404	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	271.92/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,531	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,623	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,530	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	670	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,675	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	251.11/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,687	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	743	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,805	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,842	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	755	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,737	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,852	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	847	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,906	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	330.51/cwt	311.00–345.00	1,081	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	921	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	316.88/cwt	303.00–333.00	1,182	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	288.79/cwt	260.00–297.00	1,115	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	270.33/cwt	250.00–288.00	1,160	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	295.77/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,301	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	255.87/cwt	232.00–287.00	1,210	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	276.13/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,331	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	490	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,416	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	262.19/cwt	258.00–266.00	1,358	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	244.27/cwt	220.00–259.00	1,295	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	566	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,506	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,316	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	232.10/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,332	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,416	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	241.28/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,515	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,479	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,616	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	691	226.21/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,563	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	227.49/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,615	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	742	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,632	7
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	940	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,692	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	286.92/cwt	275.00–300.00	932	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	317.49/cwt	315.00–321.00	1,222	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	266.96/cwt	243.00–294.00	1,127	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	315.71/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,351	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	296.41/cwt	293.00–313.00	1,366	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	258.82/cwt	239.00–283.00	1,219	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,138	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	265.00/cwt	240.00–281.00	1,399	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	234.91/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,351	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	254.01/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,616	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,490	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	248.29/cwt	238.00–252.00	1,641	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	717	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,685	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,678	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,733	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,175	136.22/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,601	2
Bulls	—	—	1,433	156.96/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,249	9
Bulls	—	—	1,610	177.42/cwt	168.00–186.00	2,856	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	895	113.10/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,012	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,049	125.24/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,314	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	963	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,075	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,183	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,171	133.97/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,569	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,276	133.71/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,706	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	144.14/cwt	139.00–156.00	1,881	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,430	147.60/cwt	140.00–158.00	2,111	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,520	136.77/cwt	130.00–139.00	2,079	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	903	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,237	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,036	144.67/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,499	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	1,699.43/head	1,550.00–1,800.00	1,699	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,185	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,730	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,224	144.82/cwt	137.00–154.00	1,773	8

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.

Arkansas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs, AR

Thu Jun 20, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Little Rock, AR (LS-LR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 480Last week 670Year ago 1,253

Slaughter CattleReceipts 155Last week 180Year ago 307

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 15Year ago 100

No trend sale not reported last week. Supply was light and quality was average to plain. Good demand on feeder and slaughter cattle.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,036	135.00–149.00	144.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	137.00	137.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,185	146.00	146.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,224	137.00–154.00	144.82
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,025	1,550.00–1,800.00	1,699.43

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	266.00	266.00
2	650–700	670	250.00	250.00
9	700–750	743	243.00	243.00
1	750–800	755	230.00	230.00
10	800–850	847	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	318	323.00–350.00	340.54
6	350–400	376	325.00–350.00	340.76
4	400–450	415	301.00–315.00	307.99
4	450–500	493	250.00–292.00	275.92
4	500–550	524	264.00–280.00	267.97
8	550–600	563	265.00–280.00	271.92
1	600–650	635	241.00	241.00
3	650–700	672	247.00–259.00	251.11
1	750–800	755	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	250.00	250.00
6	350–400	364	275.00–300.00	281.21
2	400–450	445	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	385.00–401.00	397.98
1	350–400	350	367.00	367.00
8	400–450	419	320.00–361.00	343.85
11	450–500	451	320.00	320.00
9	500–550	515	310.00	310.00
1	800–850	805	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	234.00	234.00
7	700–750	742	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	490	289.00	289.00
42	550–600	566	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	267.00	267.00
8	350–400	386	260.00–297.00	288.79
12	400–450	429	250.00–288.00	270.33
17	450–500	473	232.00–287.00	255.87
15	500–550	530	220.00–259.00	244.27
10	550–600	574	220.00–237.00	232.10
2	600–650	643	230.00	230.00
4	650–700	691	225.00–230.00	226.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	940	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	327	311.00–345.00	330.51
12	350–400	373	303.00–333.00	316.88
21	400–450	440	291.00–308.00	295.77
13	450–500	482	259.00–285.00	276.13
14	500–550	518	258.00–266.00	262.19
3	550–600	572	230.00	230.00
3	600–650	628	240.00–244.00	241.28
1	650–700	665	243.00	243.00
2	700–750	710	226.00–229.00	227.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	275.00–300.00	286.92
4	350–400	385	315.00–321.00	317.49
5	400–450	422	243.00–294.00	266.96
11	450–500	471	239.00–283.00	258.82
14	500–550	528	240.00–281.00	265.00
8	550–600	575	220.00–250.00	234.91
1	600–650	645	231.00	231.00
3	700–750	717	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	300.00–331.00	315.71
7	450–500	461	293.00–313.00	296.41
1	550–600	555	270.00	270.00
6	600–650	636	247.00–257.00	254.01
5	650–700	661	238.00–252.00	248.29
1	700–750	720	233.00	233.00
1	750–800	760	228.00	228.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,430	140.00–158.00	147.60
4	—	1,520	130.00–139.00	136.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,276	126.00–139.00	133.71
1	—	1,075	110.00	110.00
39	—	1,305	139.00–156.00	144.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,049	122.00–128.00	125.24
1	—	1,070	90.00	90.00
3	—	895	110.00–115.00	113.10
12	—	1,171	130.00–137.00	133.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,610	168.00–186.00	177.42
2	—	1,175	130.00–143.00	136.22
9	—	1,433	150.00–165.00	156.96

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.