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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Sep 12

● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Sep 5Sep 12Sep 19 →

Receipts

1,412 head

▲ 413 vs last sale 999▼ 426 vs year ago 1,838 · −23.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs mostly 2.00-10.00 lower instances 15.00 lower on some plainer kind. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs 3.00-10.00 lower with some plainer kind 20.00 lower and some value added yearlings selling for a premium. Quality of the offering was average to plain mostly unweaned calves. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

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 $242.81/cwt on 242 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −138.38 against this barn's trailing median of $381.19.

Average price

$242.81

242 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$60.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.30

vs AR average

+4.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	250.85	1,406	168
Medium and Large 1-2	532	238.06	1,267	34
Medium and Large 2	550	218.75	1,202	32
Medium and Large 3	557	190.17	1,060	8thin

One grade step is worth $60.68/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale242 hd

242.81

—

AR average10 barns · 679 hd

232.51

+10.30

National average182 barns · 14,937 hd

238.61

+4.20

This barn, trailing median30 sales

381.19

−138.38

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.

Every lot

108 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	374.14/cwt	352.00–392.00	1,216	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	297.65/cwt	290.00–317.00	988	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	310.87/cwt	290.00–321.00	1,141	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	342.32/cwt	314.00–350.00	1,263	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	312.46/cwt	288.00–329.00	1,325	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	271.32/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,178	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	215.25/cwt	200.00–230.00	986	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	295.18/cwt	287.00–321.00	1,373	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	253.65/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,182	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	492	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,279	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	270.65/cwt	266.00–276.00	1,402	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	240.84/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,248	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	256.36/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,364	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	202.40/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,089	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	231.98/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,350	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	246.43/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,454	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	594	204.02/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,212	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	261.98/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,561	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,579	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,510	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	243.52/cwt	220.00–249.00	1,498	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	225.56/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,412	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	626	225.51/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,412	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,071	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,611	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	658	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,540	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	668	173.62/cwt	167.00–180.00	1,160	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,687	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	726	214.92/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,560	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,771	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	253.82/cwt	230.00–269.00	807	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	304.85/cwt	295.00–311.00	976	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	209.54/cwt	175.00–225.00	677	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	271.46/cwt	257.00–291.00	1,004	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	241.12/cwt	219.00–256.00	899	26
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	782	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	415	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	872	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	270.29/cwt	258.00–280.00	1,138	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	195.04/cwt	188.00–202.00	825	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	238.70/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,029	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	261.19/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,191	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	226.89/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,071	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	480	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,104	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	481	185.02/cwt	171.00–200.00	890	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	505	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,318	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	237.53/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,219	43
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,336	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	520	222.97/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,159	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	179.04/cwt	178.00–180.00	940	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	225.72/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,190	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	229.20/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,212	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	563	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,182	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	193.88/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,101	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	240.96/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,378	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	215.31/cwt	210.00–223.00	1,234	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	586	261.36/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,532	93
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,355	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	605	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,379	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	616	204.53/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,260	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	226.80/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,406	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,531	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,174	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	220.99/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,463	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	665	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,669	76
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	669	212.28/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,420	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	690	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,559	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	181.53/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,320	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,760	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	894	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,788	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	944	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	344.02/cwt	334.00–355.00	1,118	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	316.56/cwt	303.00–327.00	1,178	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	271.48/cwt	239.00–307.00	1,029	26
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	211.95/cwt	208.00–216.00	816	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	299.83/cwt	286.00–313.00	1,271	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	260.11/cwt	249.00–271.00	1,118	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	266.04/cwt	246.00–281.00	1,245	51
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	208.74/cwt	202.00–215.00	987	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	241.69/cwt	225.00–257.00	1,155	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	256.07/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,301	15
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	918	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	234.20/cwt	214.00–249.00	1,246	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	535	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,075	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	228.97/cwt	210.00–236.00	1,291	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	237.11/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,347	21
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	590	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,304	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	615	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,169	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	212.18/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,313	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	232.20/cwt	225.00–256.00	1,451	27
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	628	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,042	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	635	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,416	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	226.92/cwt	223.00–232.00	1,500	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	679	199.11/cwt	184.00–208.00	1,352	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	210.45/cwt	204.00–217.00	1,484	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	223.01/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,621	8
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,619	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	778	187.86/cwt	179.00–197.00	1,462	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	220.78/cwt	219.00–225.00	1,821	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	829	181.62/cwt	169.00–199.00	1,506	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	520	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	936	1
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	630	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	863	2

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 Sep 12, 2024

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

Receipts 1,412Last week 999Year ago 1,838

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	318	230.00–269.00	253.82
26	350–400	373	219.00–256.00	241.12
26	400–450	431	220.00–243.00	238.70
33	450–500	472	210.00–245.00	226.89
15	500–550	527	222.00–230.00	225.72
14	550–600	573	210.00–223.00	215.31
18	600–650	616	200.00–217.00	204.53
4	650–700	669	210.00–218.00	212.28
4	700–750	727	180.00–186.00	181.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	175.00–225.00	209.54
3	350–400	378	207.00	207.00
2	400–450	423	188.00–202.00	195.04
4	450–500	481	171.00–200.00	185.02
2	500–550	525	178.00–180.00	179.04
6	550–600	568	180.00–200.00	193.88
1	600–650	645	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	295.00–311.00	304.85
18	350–400	370	257.00–291.00	271.46
32	400–450	421	258.00–280.00	270.29
11	450–500	456	250.00–266.00	261.19
43	500–550	513	230.00–240.00	237.53
18	550–600	572	225.00–252.00	240.96
3	600–650	630	243.00	243.00
4	650–700	662	220.00–222.00	220.99
2	800–850	838	210.00	210.00
4	850–900	894	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	529	225.00–235.00	229.20
4	550–600	589	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	545	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	558	200.00	200.00
1	650–700	685	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	690	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	230.00	230.00
7	500–550	520	220.00–230.00	222.97
2	550–600	563	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	505	261.00	261.00
93	550–600	586	250.00–262.00	261.36
76	650–700	665	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	620	225.00–228.00	226.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	605	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	516	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	295.00	295.00
26	350–400	379	239.00–307.00	271.48
17	400–450	430	249.00–271.00	260.11
16	450–500	478	225.00–257.00	241.69
16	500–550	532	214.00–249.00	234.20
10	550–600	564	210.00–236.00	228.97
9	600–650	619	200.00–228.00	212.18
5	650–700	679	184.00–208.00	199.11
2	700–750	705	204.00–217.00	210.45
2	750–800	778	179.00–197.00	187.86
4	800–850	829	169.00–199.00	181.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	334.00–355.00	344.02
7	350–400	372	303.00–327.00	316.56
13	400–450	424	286.00–313.00	299.83
51	450–500	468	246.00–281.00	266.04
15	500–550	508	240.00–261.00	256.07
21	550–600	568	225.00–240.00	237.11
27	600–650	625	225.00–256.00	232.20
11	650–700	661	223.00–232.00	226.92
8	700–750	727	218.00–225.00	223.01
4	800–850	825	219.00–225.00	220.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	771	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	590	221.00	221.00
2	600–650	635	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	201.00	201.00
1	600–650	615	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	208.00–216.00	211.95
1	400–450	425	220.00	220.00
2	450–500	473	202.00–215.00	208.74
1	500–550	510	180.00	180.00
3	600–650	628	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	200.00	200.00
4	450–500	458	200.00–230.00	215.25
4	500–550	538	180.00–210.00	202.40
5	550–600	594	200.00–210.00	204.02
2	600–650	630	170.00	170.00
2	650–700	668	167.00–180.00	173.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	626	224.00–230.00	225.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	615	220.00–249.00	243.52
2	650–700	658	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	532	250.00–260.00	256.36
17	550–600	590	240.00–253.00	246.43
5	600–650	609	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	332	290.00–317.00	297.65
5	350–400	367	290.00–321.00	310.87
3	400–450	434	260.00–277.00	271.32
29	450–500	466	240.00–266.00	253.65
14	500–550	518	230.00–260.00	240.84
11	550–600	582	220.00–240.00	231.98
9	600–650	626	225.00–230.00	225.56
1	650–700	655	246.00	246.00
4	700–750	726	210.00–230.00	214.92
1	750–800	770	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	325	352.00–392.00	374.14
16	350–400	369	314.00–350.00	342.32
32	400–450	424	288.00–329.00	312.46
22	450–500	465	287.00–321.00	295.18
16	500–550	518	266.00–276.00	270.65
6	550–600	596	258.00–270.00	261.98
2	600–650	605	261.00	261.00
15	650–700	683	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	492	260.00	260.00
2	550–600	570	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	180.00	180.00
2	600–650	630	137.00	137.00

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.