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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2024-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-05

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 5

● Final99 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Nov 21Dec 5Dec 12 →

Receipts

2,180 head

▲ 799 vs last sale 1,381▲ 317 vs year ago 1,863 · +17.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers mostly 10.00-20.00 higher instances 34.00 higher than two weeks ago. Feeder heifers 3.00-18.00 higher mostly 6.00-12.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand with several groups of weaned calves in the offering. 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 $272.01/cwt on 186 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −109.17 against this barn's trailing median of $381.19.

Average price

$272.01

186 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$75.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.99

vs AR average

−11.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	275.58	1,499	166
Medium and Large 2	561	244.63	1,374	19thin
Medium and Large 3	530	200.00	1,060	1thin

One grade step is worth $75.58/cwt here — about $439 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 sale186 hd

272.01

—

AR average7 barns · 688 hd

266.02

+5.99

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−11.31

This barn, trailing median30 sales

381.19

−109.17

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

99 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	400.43/cwt	380.00–437.00	1,285	11
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	342.54/cwt	279.00–363.00	1,154	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	342	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	1,645	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	365	470.63/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,718	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	339.92/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,275	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	386.68/cwt	359.00–405.00	1,458	32
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	390	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,650	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	414	418.34/cwt	417.00–421.00	1,732	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	364.10/cwt	343.00–381.00	1,547	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	428	374.64/cwt	347.00–403.00	1,603	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	313.96/cwt	289.00–349.00	1,372	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	449	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,576	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	468	368.59/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,725	44
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	348.02/cwt	318.00–379.00	1,639	88
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	471	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,460	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	298.02/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,419	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	508	353.27/cwt	343.00–361.00	1,795	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	329.25/cwt	302.00–353.00	1,712	69
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	293.97/cwt	277.00–307.00	1,535	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	528	301.29/cwt	301.00–302.00	1,591	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,663	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	567	324.74/cwt	305.00–329.00	1,841	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	310.57/cwt	280.00–331.00	1,783	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	273.22/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,585	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	607	285.78/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,735	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	259.50/cwt	248.00–269.00	1,596	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	298.75/cwt	270.00–311.00	1,846	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	292.11/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,823	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,716	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	668	269.78/cwt	268.00–272.00	1,802	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	274.03/cwt	262.00–289.00	1,855	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	265.74/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,951	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,764	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	258.92/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,989	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	769	246.03/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,892	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	245.50/cwt	241.00–250.00	2,025	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,107	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,107	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	329.59/cwt	315.00–353.00	1,061	16
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	282.03/cwt	257.00–300.00	936	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	337	202.49/cwt	177.00–229.00	682	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	321.33/cwt	300.00–331.00	1,182	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	788	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	266.67/cwt	250.00–275.00	992	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,109	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	418	203.92/cwt	197.00–210.00	852	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	421	321.19/cwt	317.00–349.00	1,352	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	261.29/cwt	241.00–280.00	1,121	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	294.81/cwt	240.00–310.00	1,271	49
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	273.21/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,188	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	445	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,197	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	256.71/cwt	237.00–276.00	1,225	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	293.59/cwt	264.00–314.00	1,418	104
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	484	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,471	73
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	276.42/cwt	273.00–279.00	1,343	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	298.64/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,547	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	275.58/cwt	254.00–288.00	1,461	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,060	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	242.86/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,309	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	542	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,431	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	572	269.56/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,542	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	265.10/cwt	249.00–273.00	1,527	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	577	255.33/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,473	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	234.47/cwt	219.00–250.00	1,353	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	603	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,514	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	607	256.42/cwt	256.00–257.00	1,556	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	249.70/cwt	236.00–256.00	1,548	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,329	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	631	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,578	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	636	244.44/cwt	226.00–255.00	1,555	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,393	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	244.12/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,621	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	215.01/cwt	210.00–218.00	1,548	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	203.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,473	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	734	234.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,725	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	213.50/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,629	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,544	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	352.74/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,157	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	357.80/cwt	350.00–363.00	1,342	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	303.90/cwt	289.00–317.00	1,158	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	300.36/cwt	250.00–321.00	1,280	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	326.32/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,403	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	283.47/cwt	263.00–300.00	1,344	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	315.81/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,516	24
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	263.20/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,358	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	314.99/cwt	297.00–330.00	1,663	36
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	538	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,447	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	281.31/cwt	273.00–292.00	1,601	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,516	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	278.61/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,730	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	259.04/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,751	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	243.90/cwt	231.00–253.00	1,756	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,657	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,744	1

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 Dec 5, 2024

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

Receipts 2,180Last week 1,381Year ago 1,863

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	257.00–300.00	282.03
17	350–400	372	250.00–275.00	266.67
30	400–450	429	241.00–280.00	261.29
21	450–500	477	237.00–276.00	256.71
5	500–550	539	230.00–251.00	242.86
8	550–600	577	219.00–250.00	234.47
1	600–650	630	211.00	211.00
1	650–700	660	211.00	211.00
4	700–750	722	200.00–210.00	203.98
1	750–800	780	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	396	280.00	280.00
25	400–450	435	270.00–288.00	273.21
16	450–500	486	273.00–279.00	276.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	177.00–229.00	202.49
1	350–400	370	213.00	213.00
3	400–450	418	197.00–210.00	203.92
1	500–550	530	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	542	264.00	264.00
3	550–600	577	253.00–260.00	255.33
2	600–650	603	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	300	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	734	230.00–240.00	234.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	445	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	322	315.00–353.00	329.59
24	350–400	368	300.00–331.00	321.33
49	400–450	431	240.00–310.00	294.81
104	450–500	483	264.00–314.00	293.59
86	500–550	530	254.00–288.00	275.58
42	550–600	576	249.00–273.00	265.10
30	600–650	620	236.00–256.00	249.70
13	650–700	664	240.00–248.00	244.12
3	700–750	720	210.00–218.00	215.01
2	750–800	763	212.00–215.00	213.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	421	317.00–349.00	321.19
23	500–550	518	286.00–305.00	298.64
15	550–600	572	268.00–276.00	269.56
7	600–650	607	256.00–257.00	256.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	600–650	636	226.00–255.00	244.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
73	450–500	484	304.00	304.00
14	600–650	631	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	449	351.00	351.00
25	600–650	630	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	279.00–363.00	342.54
9	350–400	375	320.00–360.00	339.92
9	400–450	437	289.00–349.00	313.96
15	450–500	476	280.00–315.00	298.02
10	500–550	522	277.00–307.00	293.97
4	550–600	580	266.00–279.00	273.22
6	600–650	615	248.00–269.00	259.50
2	650–700	655	262.00	262.00
1	700–750	735	240.00	240.00
7	750–800	769	240.00–250.00	246.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	471	310.00	310.00
7	500–550	528	301.00–302.00	301.29
9	600–650	607	285.00–286.00	285.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	310.00	310.00
3	400–450	440	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	481.00	481.00
8	350–400	365	440.00–475.00	470.63
9	400–450	414	417.00–421.00	418.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	321	380.00–437.00	400.43
32	350–400	377	359.00–405.00	386.68
19	400–450	425	343.00–381.00	364.10
88	450–500	471	318.00–379.00	348.02
69	500–550	520	302.00–353.00	329.25
34	550–600	574	280.00–331.00	310.57
47	600–650	618	270.00–311.00	298.75
30	650–700	677	262.00–289.00	274.03
18	700–750	734	260.00–277.00	265.74
18	750–800	768	245.00–260.00	258.92
2	800–850	825	241.00–250.00	245.50
1	850–900	860	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	624	282.00–300.00	292.11
10	650–700	668	268.00–272.00	269.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	400.00	400.00
7	350–400	390	423.00	423.00
17	400–450	428	347.00–403.00	374.64
44	450–500	468	350.00–380.00	368.59
38	500–550	508	343.00–361.00	353.27
11	550–600	567	305.00–329.00	324.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	547	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	289.00–317.00	303.90
7	400–450	426	250.00–321.00	300.36
9	450–500	474	263.00–300.00	283.47
5	500–550	516	250.00–280.00	263.20
1	550–600	590	257.00	257.00
1	600–650	610	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	269.00	269.00
1	800–850	800	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	350.00–355.00	352.74
3	350–400	375	350.00–363.00	357.80
5	400–450	430	320.00–345.00	326.32
24	450–500	480	300.00–345.00	315.81
36	500–550	528	297.00–330.00	314.99
4	550–600	569	273.00–292.00	281.31
12	600–650	621	260.00–287.00	278.61
4	650–700	676	254.00–263.00	259.04
3	700–750	720	231.00–253.00	243.90
1	750–800	760	218.00	218.00

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.