Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2025-02-06

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Feb 6
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Feeder Cattle receipts
748 head
▼ 291 vs last sale 1,039▼ 146 vs year ago 894 · −16.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
134 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 98▼ 123 vs year ago 257 · −47.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
90 head
▲ 55 vs last sale 35▲ 40 vs year ago 50 · +80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last week: Feeder steers uneven with the better 300-400 lbs 8.00-25.00 lower over 400 lbs steady to 10.00 lower mostly 2.00-6.00 lower except the better 550-600 lbs 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly 2.00-6.00 lower except the better 400-550 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher. Supply was light with a mix of weaned and unweaned calves. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $293.13/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −88.05 against this barn's trailing median of $381.19.
Average price
$293.13
111 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$498
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$93.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.22
vs AR average
−5.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534310.041,65570
Medium and Large 1-2581275.121,59816thin
Medium and Large 2550260.831,43523
Medium and Large 3533217.001,1572thin
One grade step is worth $93.04/cwt here — about $498 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 sale111 hd
293.13
—
AR average10 barns · 388 hd
283.91
+9.22
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
−5.73
This barn, trailing median30 sales
381.19
−88.05
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—Average1,655159.162,63413
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,539143.592,20915
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,223134.101,63951
CowsLean 85-90%Low979109.391,07113

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)1,229$2,36527
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,258$2,0089
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,220$2,0002thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$1,8501thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)857$1,9083thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,202$2,94110
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,195$2,0251thin

Every lot

102 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328409.01/cwt400.00–423.001,3426
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2335364.15/cwt345.00–399.001,2203
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373410.08/cwt389.00–455.001,5308
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376345.24/cwt321.00–373.001,29812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy415300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2451
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1433379.89/cwt353.00–399.001,64519
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437339.26/cwt321.00–359.001,48315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3450275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2381
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475334.05/cwt327.00–343.001,5874
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476374.83/cwt353.00–389.001,7848
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy480325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5602
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1516351.16/cwt340.00–381.001,81217
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2526319.43/cwt300.00–329.001,6805
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy533329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,7545
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570268.12/cwt261.00–275.001,5282
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572323.81/cwt295.00–361.001,85225
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619302.12/cwt286.00–317.001,8705
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2636280.41/cwt279.00–283.001,7835
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667275.78/cwt270.00–282.001,8395
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2681266.74/cwt252.00–275.001,8165
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy690265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8291
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9768
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2775230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7831
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3315250.00/cwt250.00–250.007881
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325309.12/cwt300.00–319.001,0054
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326377.03/cwt343.00–399.001,22912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373323.66/cwt320.00–327.001,2072
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374361.50/cwt333.00–373.001,35221
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380230.00/cwt230.00–230.008741
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422340.70/cwt311.00–363.001,43835
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3465220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0231
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471281.16/cwt247.00–299.001,3246
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475327.41/cwt299.00–345.001,55551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520320.66/cwt293.00–333.001,66747
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Full525230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2082
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2531267.15/cwt230.00–300.001,41910
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3533217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1572
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562288.34/cwt270.00–299.001,62023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572260.68/cwt235.00–275.001,49111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581275.12/cwt273.00–277.001,59816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3600203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,2181
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616268.12/cwt265.00–271.001,6528
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2Fleshy630220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3861
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2636242.74/cwt232.00–258.001,54412
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1654253.00/cwt250.00–256.001,6554
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673214.26/cwt200.00–234.001,4423
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2151
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5761
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2707218.29/cwt208.00–227.001,5433
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735224.98/cwt222.00–228.001,6542
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2773220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7012
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2820219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3340230.00/cwt230.00–230.007822
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1341401.43/cwt395.00–411.001,3695
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2344326.48/cwt300.00–335.001,1234
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1369354.88/cwt350.00–375.001,31010
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2375309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,1591
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 3382259.20/cwt253.00–273.009903
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy405335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3571
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3405257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420356.37/cwt330.00–375.001,49714
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2439283.97/cwt250.00–327.001,2476
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2465307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4281
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483346.92/cwt321.00–375.001,67612
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522282.99/cwt280.00–289.001,4773
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy523280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4643
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530314.41/cwt280.00–330.001,66620
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1582299.43/cwt280.00–312.001,74317
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2585275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6091
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1607302.14/cwt276.00–329.001,83421
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630257.10/cwt250.00–267.001,6203
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1671263.30/cwt249.00–275.001,76714
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1707253.68/cwt250.00–258.001,7943
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1790230.00/cwt220.00–240.001,8172
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1828219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8132
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520171.05/cwt166.00–180.002,6003
Bulls——1,630158.57/cwt155.00–162.002,5857
Bulls——1,848148.65/cwt148.00–149.002,7473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90891.00/cwt84.00–100.008264
Cows—Lean 85-90%994119.38/cwt115.00–125.001,1877
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068111.18/cwt109.00–113.001,1872
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164132.43/cwt128.00–137.001,54129
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,288143.35/cwt138.00–148.001,84614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320123.98/cwt118.00–127.001,6378
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,485132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,9602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543141.41/cwt138.00–145.002,1828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,553151.72/cwt147.00–156.002,3565
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 2-37451,120.62/head950.00–1,200.001,1213
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2582,007.69/head1,550.00–2,200.002,0089
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,520.34/head1,650.00–3,000.002,52024
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,324139.94/cwt122.00–149.001,8535
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2970184.91/cwt145.00–213.001,79416
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,084141.80/cwt126.00–170.001,53711
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28571,907.78/head1,700.00–2,200.001,9083
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29202,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1952,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2123,144.89/head2,075.00–3,400.003,1456
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2772,798.43/head2,600.00–3,000.002,7983

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.