Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2025-06-12

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Jun 12
● Final112 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,205 head
▲ 382 vs last sale 823▲ 1,205 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 142▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 45▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers very uneven from 10.00 higher to 10.00 lower generally steady. Quality was average to good with a few groups of unweaned reputation calves in the offering. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 4.00 lower than last weeks light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.30/cwt on 177 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −54.88 against this barn's trailing median of $381.19.
Average price
$326.30
177 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,777
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.04
vs AR average
−14.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540337.251,822101
Medium and Large 1-2554316.941,75444
Medium and Large 2546304.631,66232
One grade step is worth $32.62/cwt here — about $160 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 sale177 hd
326.30
—
AR average7 barns · 425 hd
324.27
+2.04
National average161 barns · 10,769 hd
340.92
−14.62
This barn, trailing median30 sales
381.19
−54.88
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—Low1,546193.992,99821
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,502162.132,43624
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,197160.181,91753
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low993143.611,42627

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)1,116$2,16212
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)997$1,5753thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)815$2,0001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)770$1,9212thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,380$2,6752thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)905$2,9751thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,002$2,7383thin

Every lot

112 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008511
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335475.43/cwt465.00–500.001,5938
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2347439.20/cwt439.00–440.001,5245
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1358448.46/cwt439.00–460.001,6054
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2394398.82/cwt391.00–400.001,57115
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415433.06/cwt411.00–460.001,79711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3417332.90/cwt330.00–340.001,3884
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2437398.24/cwt397.00–400.001,7407
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added461389.00/cwt389.00–389.001,7934
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2473361.84/cwt335.00–380.001,71216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476418.68/cwt399.00–445.001,99331
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added506377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,90813
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1509403.34/cwt377.00–409.002,05352
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,05120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532349.73/cwt323.00–363.001,86121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569326.26/cwt300.00–337.001,85615
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,15312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575364.90/cwt350.00–381.002,09844
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3590251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,4811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3605247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4941
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,1511
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,12217
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2627328.44/cwt319.00–335.002,0593
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1663339.94/cwt320.00–349.002,25472
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2672310.53/cwt300.00–320.002,08721
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2732294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,1523
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,3654
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned769300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,30724
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4544
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2820280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2962
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Unweaned916260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3826
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy935250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3381
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2945250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,3631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323415.62/cwt385.00–439.001,3425
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3328273.55/cwt250.00–300.008973
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1371396.66/cwt387.00–407.001,47218
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3383302.34/cwt270.00–320.001,1587
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2385371.21/cwt361.00–379.001,4297
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3413276.55/cwt275.00–278.001,1422
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2417320.68/cwt311.00–331.001,3376
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421391.43/cwt360.00–411.001,64837
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470383.20/cwt359.00–415.001,80139
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470373.17/cwt350.00–385.001,75426
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476328.60/cwt320.00–340.001,56410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484352.54/cwt333.00–369.001,7069
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy491339.86/cwt331.00–349.001,6694
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3493247.51/cwt245.00–250.001,2202
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521303.86/cwt272.00–320.001,58312
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524326.15/cwt320.00–335.001,70922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added525365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,91614
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525344.25/cwt319.00–357.001,80750
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added535324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,7339
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy552300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,65613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6895
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575326.66/cwt310.00–329.001,87824
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2581289.63/cwt257.00–307.001,68311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added589310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,82617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1609303.78/cwt281.00–310.001,85021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6771
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660294.76/cwt266.00–296.001,94538
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9297
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2680255.38/cwt250.00–261.001,7372
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned708276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,95431
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714264.42/cwt260.00–270.001,8885
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2733234.49/cwt234.00–235.001,7192
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2777277.33/cwt230.00–300.002,1553
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1950220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0901
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3305303.00/cwt303.00–303.009241
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2368377.14/cwt373.00–381.001,3882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375449.09/cwt405.00–461.001,6848
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427320.70/cwt277.00–379.001,36911
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1428419.61/cwt395.00–439.001,7967
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3440270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1470382.00/cwt375.00–397.001,79513
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2476338.21/cwt320.00–350.001,6106
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3495302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4951
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515361.38/cwt345.00–373.001,8616
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2518326.22/cwt300.00–345.001,69012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563324.78/cwt320.00–330.001,8296
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2588298.01/cwt250.00–320.001,7527
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623318.33/cwt309.00–329.001,98311
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675299.52/cwt275.00–309.002,0226
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1698300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0943
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9531
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,8921
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1860230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9781
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2885205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——910174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5831
Bulls——1,490189.35/cwt183.00–198.002,82111
Bulls——1,684201.89/cwt198.00–208.003,4009
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%874114.81/cwt110.00–120.001,0034
Cows—Lean 85-90%983146.57/cwt137.00–153.001,44111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,001160.09/cwt156.00–169.001,6038
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123131.28/cwt128.00–135.001,4744
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,172147.34/cwt147.00–148.001,7273
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187157.59/cwt151.00–165.001,87135
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,225168.79/cwt166.00–178.002,06815
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,441158.70/cwt152.00–165.002,2877
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459171.69/cwt166.00–180.002,50512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,692144.01/cwt140.00–150.002,4375
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29971,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1162,162.22/head1,650.00–2,600.002,16212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,194156.08/cwt150.00–164.001,86417
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,400161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,25411
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3552,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4052,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2860187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6081
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2939174.69/cwt160.00–195.001,6404
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-27701,921.43/head1,600.00–2,200.001,9212
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28152,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29052,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,9751
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0022,737.52/head1,950.00–3,100.002,7383

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.