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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, May 22

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← May 8May 22May 29 →

Receipts

1,364 head

▲ 267 vs last sale 1,097▲ 754 vs year ago 610 · +123.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trend sale not reported last week. Supply was moderate with several groups of good quality unweaned reputation calves. Demand was good with active bidding. Cows and bulls not reported.

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 $369.93/cwt on 310 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −66.89 against this barn's trailing median of $436.81.

Average price

$369.93

310 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$30.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.22

vs AR average

−8.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	371.19	2,085	297
Medium and Large 2	553	341.02	1,884	13thin

One grade step is worth $30.17/cwt here — about $201 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 sale310 hd

369.93

—

AR average8 barns · 673 hd

364.71

+5.22

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−8.12

This barn, trailing median30 sales

436.81

−66.89

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

76 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	480.37/cwt	463.00–491.00	1,552	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	328	328.82/cwt	300.00–359.00	1,079	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	430.18/cwt	415.00–451.00	1,454	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	451.05/cwt	429.00–469.00	1,714	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	407.26/cwt	390.00–433.00	1,560	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	429	334.06/cwt	309.00–353.00	1,433	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	391.85/cwt	375.00–407.00	1,697	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	426.14/cwt	415.00–449.00	1,849	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	357.10/cwt	331.00–381.00	1,700	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	478	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,922	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	415.07/cwt	387.00–431.00	2,001	38
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	390.04/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,896	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	390.98/cwt	365.00–411.00	2,025	65
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	519	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,164	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	347.43/cwt	300.00–365.00	1,838	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	569	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,122	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	361.84/cwt	350.00–377.00	2,091	212
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	333.55/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,935	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	316.97/cwt	305.00–323.00	1,956	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	345.15/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,178	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	345.17/cwt	339.00–355.00	2,206	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,716	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	322.74/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,166	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	671	300.21/cwt	280.00–321.00	2,014	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	684	307.78/cwt	307.00–309.00	2,105	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	303.32/cwt	301.00–315.00	2,154	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	916	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,382	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	980	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,352	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	412.79/cwt	375.00–431.00	1,358	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	362.46/cwt	357.00–380.00	1,229	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	352.87/cwt	331.00–391.00	1,306	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	382	315.83/cwt	300.00–349.00	1,206	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	409.82/cwt	381.00–423.00	1,598	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400	414.43/cwt	411.00–415.00	1,658	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	340.44/cwt	319.00–361.00	1,443	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	377.07/cwt	369.00–401.00	1,625	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	366.22/cwt	341.00–387.00	1,736	50
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	331.63/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,575	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	498	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,658	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	504	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,870	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	511	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,794	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	345.44/cwt	321.00–359.00	1,820	125
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	551	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,099	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	326.24/cwt	290.00–346.00	1,837	104
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,192	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	284.99/cwt	267.00–293.00	1,667	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,878	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,680	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,236	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	300.75/cwt	297.00–307.00	1,883	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	644	272.00/cwt	270.00–273.00	1,752	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,893	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,573	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	448.47/cwt	447.00–450.00	1,475	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	410.73/cwt	405.00–423.00	1,396	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	425.28/cwt	400.00–453.00	1,599	15
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	379.78/cwt	347.00–400.00	1,439	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	367.50/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,488	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	383.50/cwt	369.00–433.00	1,668	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	371.24/cwt	347.00–407.00	1,760	29
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	339.51/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,613	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	495	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,490	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	357.39/cwt	339.00–379.00	1,862	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	527	325.62/cwt	323.00–327.00	1,716	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	335.28/cwt	327.00–347.00	1,874	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	319.22/cwt	309.00–321.00	1,826	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	595	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,839	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	313.92/cwt	293.00–333.00	1,924	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,973	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	675	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,951	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	683	270.06/cwt	235.00–281.00	1,845	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,806	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,063	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 May 22, 2025

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

Receipts 1,364Last week 1,097Year ago 610

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	415.00–451.00	430.18
12	350–400	383	390.00–433.00	407.26
10	400–450	433	375.00–407.00	391.85
24	450–500	476	331.00–381.00	357.10
7	500–550	529	300.00–365.00	347.43
6	550–600	580	330.00–339.00	333.55
3	600–650	617	305.00–323.00	316.97
4	650–700	671	280.00–321.00	300.21
1	950–1000	980	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	463.00–491.00	480.37
9	350–400	380	429.00–469.00	451.05
27	400–450	434	415.00–449.00	426.14
38	450–500	482	387.00–431.00	415.07
65	500–550	518	365.00–411.00	390.98
212	550–600	578	350.00–377.00	361.84
31	600–650	639	339.00–355.00	345.17
13	650–700	671	319.00–330.00	322.74
6	700–750	710	301.00–315.00	303.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	600–650	631	330.00–346.00	345.15
5	650–700	684	307.00–309.00	307.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	519	417.00	417.00
5	550–600	569	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	300.00–359.00	328.82
4	400–450	429	309.00–353.00	334.06
1	650–700	660	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	486	375.00–405.00	390.04
4	900–950	916	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	478	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	329	447.00–450.00	448.47
15	350–400	376	400.00–453.00	425.28
16	400–450	435	369.00–433.00	383.50
29	450–500	474	347.00–407.00	371.24
16	500–550	521	339.00–379.00	357.39
10	550–600	559	327.00–347.00	335.28
5	600–650	613	293.00–333.00	313.92
1	650–700	660	299.00	299.00
1	750–800	785	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	825	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	527	323.00–327.00	325.62
2	550–600	595	309.00	309.00
1	650–700	675	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	405.00–423.00	410.73
7	350–400	379	347.00–400.00	379.78
2	400–450	405	365.00–370.00	367.50
7	450–500	475	325.00–361.00	339.51
10	550–600	572	309.00–321.00	319.22
5	650–700	683	235.00–281.00	270.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	551	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	600–650	600	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	329	375.00–431.00	412.79
18	350–400	390	381.00–423.00	409.82
40	400–450	431	369.00–401.00	377.07
50	450–500	474	341.00–387.00	366.22
125	500–550	527	321.00–359.00	345.44
104	550–600	563	290.00–346.00	326.24
13	600–650	626	297.00–307.00	300.75
7	650–700	676	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	333.00	333.00
3	600–650	644	270.00–273.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	504	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	335.00	335.00
3	350–400	382	300.00–349.00	315.83
1	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	565	211.00	211.00
1	600–650	615	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	357.00–380.00	362.46
17	350–400	370	331.00–391.00	352.87
22	400–450	424	319.00–361.00	340.44
3	450–500	475	325.00–335.00	331.63
4	550–600	585	267.00–293.00	284.99
1	600–650	600	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	715	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	400	411.00–415.00	414.43
5	500–550	511	351.00	351.00

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.