Sale reports / Arkansas / Benton County Sale Barn / 2025-11-13

Benton County Sale Barn

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Nov 13
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051
Receipts
1,878 head
▲ 392 vs last sale 1,486▲ 450 vs year ago 1,428 · +31.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 300-400 lbs steady to 16.00 lower over 400 lbs steady to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 300-350 lbs 8.00-30.00 lower 350-600 lbs mostly 1.00-7.00 higher with the better 350-400 lbs 19.00 higher and the better 500-550 lbs 25.00 higher and a few 600-650 lbs 1.00 lower. Supply was heavy with good demand on most classes of cattle. The offering included some reputation consignments of weaned and unweaned calves. Cows and bulls not reported due to time limits.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.44/cwt on 225 head. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −40.37 against this barn's trailing median of $436.81.
Average price
$396.44
225 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$265
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs AR average
−28.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548404.262,216181
Medium and Large 1-2535379.752,03215thin
Medium and Large 2548356.301,95129
One grade step is worth $47.96/cwt here — about $265 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 sale225 hd
396.44
—
AR average9 barns · 708 hd
387.72
+8.72
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−28.43
This barn, trailing median30 sales
436.81
−40.37
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
511460408357median 436.8103/0504/2307/0908/2710/29
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

80 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320521.75/cwt487.00–540.001,67023
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330469.05/cwt445.00–483.001,5485
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379467.00/cwt467.00–467.001,77010
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381474.52/cwt443.00–499.001,80827
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2381411.87/cwt389.00–441.001,56911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418457.80/cwt441.00–469.001,91438
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Fleshy420340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2426401.33/cwt380.00–433.001,71032
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3460285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471430.21/cwt400.00–453.002,026105
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2471358.30/cwt320.00–389.001,68818
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473413.58/cwt399.00–421.001,95622
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added517435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,24912
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529410.90/cwt385.00–423.002,17499
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2529362.07/cwt345.00–385.001,91514
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535379.75/cwt379.00–383.002,03215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2565350.91/cwt330.00–357.001,98315
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578387.61/cwt369.00–399.002,24061
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added599403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,4149
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2619340.05/cwt305.00–363.002,10514
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622373.80/cwt353.00–385.002,32570
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2663320.96/cwt317.00–327.002,1284
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2722308.56/cwt303.00–320.002,2289
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,4022
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1783330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,58413
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2787310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4403
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2302403.00/cwt403.00–403.001,2177
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2330354.24/cwt335.00–395.001,1697
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334424.58/cwt403.00–440.001,41828
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed335393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,3172
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3340325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1053
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2364357.99/cwt321.00–371.001,30313
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374415.10/cwt360.00–437.001,55268
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3380325.67/cwt323.00–327.001,2383
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added393432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,6986
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2424346.33/cwt317.00–375.001,46824
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428392.87/cwt365.00–450.001,68190
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428381.59/cwt377.00–385.001,63312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462374.26/cwt349.00–390.001,72944
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2472338.59/cwt310.00–350.001,59832
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475291.84/cwt287.00–297.001,3862
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485363.59/cwt361.00–369.001,7639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added513395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,02612
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8396
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523368.14/cwt335.00–381.001,925141
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2526310.63/cwt286.00–320.001,6345
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1572333.54/cwt323.00–351.001,90828
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582308.33/cwt270.00–323.001,79416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Fleshy589280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6498
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3595261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,5531
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2606290.04/cwt280.00–300.001,7584
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624305.54/cwt303.00–311.001,90711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy648305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9762
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open662320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,11810
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2706266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,8784
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open748316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,36416
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Guaranteed Open778280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,1784
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open890295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6268
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1905250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2631
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2313431.71/cwt400.00–450.001,35111
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1321516.21/cwt475.00–527.001,65710
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3330337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,1122
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1380438.51/cwt419.00–465.001,66624
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2388358.69/cwt330.00–381.001,3924
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2417335.80/cwt329.00–350.001,4003
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425425.75/cwt397.00–451.001,80923
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2463319.24/cwt300.00–371.001,4788
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483397.08/cwt349.00–443.001,91832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy492357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,7563
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3511280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522378.11/cwt350.00–397.001,97433
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2528347.26/cwt330.00–351.001,8346
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy548333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,8252
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573372.15/cwt325.00–391.002,13213
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2579320.02/cwt317.00–321.001,8534
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1629346.24/cwt343.00–351.002,1788
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2629303.67/cwt301.00–309.001,9103
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2650280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8201
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1673307.84/cwt300.00–317.002,0726
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy705285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0093

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.