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Benton County Sale Barn

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

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

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 19 →

Receipts

1,565 head

▼ 615 vs last sale 2,180▲ 516 vs year ago 1,049 · +49.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady to 8.00 higher except the better 550-700 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 2.00-12.00 higher with the better 400-450 lbs 25.00 higher 600-700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand on a mix of weaned and 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $327.02/cwt on 233 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −109.80 against this barn's trailing median of $436.81.

Average price

$327.02

233 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$428

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

$82.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.92

vs AR average

+2.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	336.50	1,787	193
Medium and Large 1-2	587	287.46	1,687	8thin
Medium and Large 2	552	283.40	1,564	28
Medium and Large 3	535	254.08	1,359	4thin

One grade step is worth $82.41/cwt here — about $428 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 sale233 hd

327.02

—

AR average9 barns · 633 hd

309.09

+17.92

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+2.67

This barn, trailing median30 sales

436.81

−109.80

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $497.38, low $370.63, median $436.81 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

85 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	409.30/cwt	369.00–443.00	1,297	20
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	331	348.55/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,154	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	771	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	387.56/cwt	359.00–403.00	1,415	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	344.39/cwt	327.00–359.00	1,274	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	372.93/cwt	335.00–401.00	1,559	53
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	319.65/cwt	309.00–333.00	1,381	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	248.02/cwt	235.00–259.00	1,079	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	440	379.02/cwt	373.00–390.00	1,668	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,743	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	301.83/cwt	279.00–323.00	1,431	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	348.02/cwt	335.00–358.00	1,664	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	263.11/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,355	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	516	347.69/cwt	344.00–349.00	1,794	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	336.69/cwt	316.00–351.00	1,784	124
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	291.00/cwt	276.00–304.00	1,551	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	274.63/cwt	242.00–283.00	1,576	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	305.78/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,770	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	287.46/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,687	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	595	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,351	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	606	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,879	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	299.07/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,821	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,819	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	262.79/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,640	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	288.74/cwt	276.00–293.00	1,828	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,314	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	271.88/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,841	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	688	255.07/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,755	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,372	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	712	242.37/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,726	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	270.85/cwt	258.00–274.00	1,950	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	730	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,686	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	770	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,771	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	249.00/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,932	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	284.84/cwt	275.00–295.00	869	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	342.44/cwt	309.00–363.00	1,140	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	704	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	333.04/cwt	300.00–357.00	1,236	50
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	282.47/cwt	261.00–300.00	1,051	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	410	341.26/cwt	339.00–342.00	1,399	38
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	190.24/cwt	180.00–200.00	799	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	319.83/cwt	296.00–339.00	1,350	53
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	272.02/cwt	230.00–285.00	1,183	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	265.64/cwt	230.00–279.00	1,264	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	301.42/cwt	277.00–313.00	1,438	68
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,064	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	283.43/cwt	263.00–295.00	1,477	76
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	994	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	240.28/cwt	220.00–258.00	1,278	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	559	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,576	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	267.91/cwt	250.00–287.00	1,524	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	238.30/cwt	220.00–254.00	1,375	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Full	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	242.12/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,491	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	248.87/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,538	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,376	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	241.66/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,593	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,507	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	676	215.71/cwt	209.00–221.00	1,458	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	690	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,242	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	228.54/cwt	212.00–240.00	1,650	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,535	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	221.95/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,682	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	762	201.00/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,532	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	914	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,919	31
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	985	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,576	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	362.27/cwt	350.00–373.00	1,170	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	309.68/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,171	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	342.52/cwt	320.00–369.00	1,322	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	303.32/cwt	296.00–311.00	1,289	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	341.95/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,464	35
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	283.18/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,328	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	326.88/cwt	300.00–338.00	1,569	43
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	312.06/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,651	29
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	274.36/cwt	263.00–290.00	1,457	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	284.48/cwt	234.00–302.00	1,627	24
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	257.21/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,476	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	266.05/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,642	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	248.50/cwt	248.00–249.00	1,573	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	253.45/cwt	247.00–265.00	1,701	13
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,615	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	237.38/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,714	12
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,573	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	229.00/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,743	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	478	151.46/cwt	150.00–153.00	724	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.

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Benton County Sale Barn - Siloam Springs, AR

Thu Dec 12, 2024

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

Receipts 1,565Last week 2,180Year ago 1,049

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	331	330.00–365.00	348.55
6	350–400	370	327.00–359.00	344.39
10	400–450	432	309.00–333.00	319.65
13	450–500	474	279.00–323.00	301.83
15	500–550	533	276.00–304.00	291.00
13	550–600	574	242.00–283.00	274.63
9	600–650	624	255.00–274.00	262.79
6	650–700	688	250.00–260.00	255.07
3	700–750	712	235.00–248.00	242.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	770	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	230.00	230.00
3	400–450	435	235.00–259.00	248.02
3	500–550	515	240.00–275.00	263.11
1	550–600	595	227.00	227.00
1	600–650	635	207.00	207.00
2	700–750	700	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	440	373.00–390.00	379.02
18	450–500	460	379.00	379.00
50	500–550	516	344.00–349.00	347.69
33	600–650	606	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	317	369.00–443.00	409.30
12	350–400	365	359.00–403.00	387.56
53	400–450	418	335.00–401.00	372.93
29	450–500	478	335.00–358.00	348.02
124	500–550	530	316.00–351.00	336.69
19	550–600	579	285.00–325.00	305.78
17	600–650	609	290.00–303.00	299.07
32	650–700	677	265.00–275.00	271.88
21	700–750	720	258.00–274.00	270.85
4	750–800	776	248.00–250.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	623	292.00	292.00
1	700–750	730	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	587	281.00–294.00	287.46
51	600–650	633	276.00–293.00	288.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	307.00–315.00	309.68
2	400–450	425	296.00–311.00	303.32
6	450–500	469	271.00–300.00	283.18
4	500–550	531	263.00–290.00	274.36
5	550–600	574	252.00–269.00	257.21
2	600–650	633	248.00–249.00	248.50
2	650–700	673	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	735	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	350.00–373.00	362.27
8	350–400	386	320.00–369.00	342.52
35	400–450	428	325.00–355.00	341.95
43	450–500	480	300.00–338.00	326.88
29	500–550	529	305.00–325.00	312.06
24	550–600	572	234.00–302.00	284.48
15	600–650	617	258.00–275.00	266.05
13	650–700	671	247.00–265.00	253.45
12	700–750	722	225.00–244.00	237.38
4	750–800	761	227.00–235.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	275.00–295.00	284.84
3	350–400	372	261.00–300.00	282.47
10	400–450	435	230.00–285.00	272.02
17	450–500	476	230.00–279.00	265.64
4	500–550	532	220.00–258.00	240.28
16	550–600	577	220.00–254.00	238.30
1	600–650	620	222.00	222.00
4	650–700	676	209.00–221.00	215.71
1	700–750	745	206.00	206.00
3	750–800	762	200.00–203.00	201.00
1	950–1000	985	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	210.00	210.00
2	400–450	420	180.00–200.00	190.24
2	450–500	495	215.00	215.00
2	500–550	523	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	400–450	410	339.00–342.00	341.26
8	550–600	559	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
31	900–950	914	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	333	309.00–363.00	342.44
50	350–400	371	300.00–357.00	333.04
53	400–450	422	296.00–339.00	319.83
68	450–500	477	277.00–313.00	301.42
76	500–550	521	263.00–295.00	283.43
44	550–600	569	250.00–287.00	267.91
21	600–650	618	239.00–260.00	248.87
12	650–700	659	240.00–244.00	241.66
10	700–750	722	212.00–240.00	228.54
3	750–800	758	210.00–228.00	221.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	676	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	616	230.00–246.00	242.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	150.00–153.00	151.46

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.