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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 4

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Nov 20Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

1,291 head

▲ 584 vs last sale 707▼ 889 vs year ago 2,180 · −40.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 650 lbs 10.00-40.00 higher with the better 450-500 lbs 59.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs 20.00-50.00 higher with the better 400-450 lbs 75.00 higher. Had some value added cattle that sold for a premium. Quality and condition of feeders was good with good demand. 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 $419.60/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 13 of 30 comparable sales and sits −17.21 against this barn's trailing median of $436.81.

Average price

$419.60

223 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$525

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

$103.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.79

vs AR average

−9.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	426.64	2,350	188
Medium and Large 2	535	383.52	2,053	34
Medium and Large 3	565	323.00	1,825	1thin

One grade step is worth $103.64/cwt here — about $525 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 sale223 hd

419.60

—

AR average7 barns · 640 hd

403.82

+15.79

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−9.55

This barn, trailing median30 sales

436.81

−17.21

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

82 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,178	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	318	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,940	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	523.19/cwt	480.00–585.00	1,669	27
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	453.38/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,469	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,147	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	374	538.97/cwt	525.00–550.00	2,016	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	438.79/cwt	419.00–450.00	1,663	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	494.92/cwt	465.00–550.00	1,891	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	419	502.35/cwt	501.00–503.00	2,105	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	479.32/cwt	430.00–509.00	2,013	34
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	396.04/cwt	369.00–429.00	1,679	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	465	485.21/cwt	463.00–505.00	2,256	32
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	466	393.08/cwt	361.00–421.00	1,832	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	456.68/cwt	420.00–493.00	2,146	50
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	502	480.13/cwt	479.00–481.00	2,410	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	425.63/cwt	400.00–452.00	2,209	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	378.29/cwt	349.00–401.00	1,963	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	545	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,240	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	548	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,088	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,825	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	358.86/cwt	349.00–370.00	2,056	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	391.79/cwt	370.00–401.00	2,253	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	578	428.73/cwt	419.00–435.00	2,478	65
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	613	292.53/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,793	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	352.07/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,215	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	376.54/cwt	363.00–411.00	2,380	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	659	331.96/cwt	327.00–349.00	2,188	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	363.68/cwt	340.00–385.00	2,448	56
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	358.36/cwt	335.00–362.00	2,534	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,327	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	743	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,378	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,356	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,582	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	863	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,416	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	449.49/cwt	407.00–490.00	1,479	17
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	330	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,601	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	342	386.54/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,322	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	369.57/cwt	330.00–391.00	1,386	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	438.52/cwt	400.00–485.00	1,653	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	419	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,091	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	342.38/cwt	311.00–373.00	1,441	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	441.29/cwt	399.00–480.00	1,867	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	411.33/cwt	371.00–435.00	1,954	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	349.02/cwt	327.00–370.00	1,661	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	510	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,229	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	398.86/cwt	361.00–420.00	2,042	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	531	416.02/cwt	405.00–437.00	2,209	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	337.23/cwt	303.00–353.00	1,797	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	553	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,295	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	356.26/cwt	341.00–385.00	2,038	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	577	389.07/cwt	357.00–417.00	2,245	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	310.50/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,823	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	365.94/cwt	357.00–381.00	2,265	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	302.81/cwt	291.00–315.00	1,877	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,174	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	682	309.72/cwt	301.00–317.00	2,112	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	685	326.79/cwt	324.00–329.00	2,239	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	685	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,055	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	325.56/cwt	320.00–333.00	2,289	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	763	284.57/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,171	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,271	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,201	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	865	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,163	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	450.13/cwt	443.00–470.00	1,697	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,438	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	435.94/cwt	417.00–463.00	1,870	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	432.27/cwt	400.00–469.00	2,053	28
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	367.98/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,748	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	407.50/cwt	381.00–423.00	2,115	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	328.63/cwt	300.00–357.00	1,752	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	365.70/cwt	349.00–387.00	2,070	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,962	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	359.01/cwt	333.00–379.00	2,229	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	326.38/cwt	319.00–330.00	2,232	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	305.85/cwt	300.00–317.00	2,245	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	304.06/cwt	301.00–307.00	2,326	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,210	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,485	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 Dec 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,291Last week 707Year ago 2,180

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	329	407.00–490.00	449.49
44	350–400	377	400.00–485.00	438.52
32	400–450	423	399.00–480.00	441.29
41	450–500	475	371.00–435.00	411.33
28	500–550	512	361.00–420.00	398.86
26	550–600	572	341.00–385.00	356.26
8	600–650	619	357.00–381.00	365.94
5	650–700	675	322.00	322.00
7	700–750	703	320.00–333.00	325.56
1	750–800	775	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	485.00	485.00
31	500–550	531	405.00–437.00	416.02
22	550–600	577	357.00–417.00	389.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	360.00–400.00	386.54
16	350–400	375	330.00–391.00	369.57
9	400–450	421	311.00–373.00	342.38
6	450–500	476	327.00–370.00	349.02
6	500–550	533	303.00–353.00	337.23
5	550–600	587	300.00–320.00	310.50
2	600–650	620	291.00–315.00	302.81
3	650–700	682	301.00–317.00	309.72
2	750–800	763	280.00–289.00	284.57
1	800–850	815	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	865	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	419	499.00	499.00
8	500–550	510	437.00	437.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	553	415.00	415.00
9	650–700	685	324.00–329.00	326.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	381.00	381.00
4	700–750	743	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	380.00	380.00
1	350–400	355	323.00	323.00
1	450–500	465	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	565	323.00	323.00
2	600–650	613	285.00–300.00	292.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	324	450.00–455.00	453.38
12	350–400	379	419.00–450.00	438.79
8	400–450	424	369.00–429.00	396.04
11	450–500	466	361.00–421.00	393.08
19	500–550	519	349.00–401.00	378.29
6	550–600	573	349.00–370.00	358.86
6	600–650	629	350.00–363.00	352.07
8	650–700	659	327.00–349.00	331.96
1	700–750	725	321.00	321.00
2	750–800	760	310.00	310.00
2	850–900	863	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	610.00	610.00
16	350–400	374	525.00–550.00	538.97
6	400–450	419	501.00–503.00	502.35
32	450–500	465	463.00–505.00	485.21
30	500–550	502	479.00–481.00	480.13
65	550–600	578	419.00–435.00	428.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	300–350	319	480.00–585.00	523.19
22	350–400	382	465.00–550.00	494.92
34	400–450	420	430.00–509.00	479.32
50	450–500	470	420.00–493.00	456.68
45	500–550	519	400.00–452.00	425.63
46	550–600	575	370.00–401.00	391.79
30	600–650	632	363.00–411.00	376.54
56	650–700	673	340.00–385.00	363.68
22	700–750	707	335.00–362.00	358.36
6	800–850	807	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	545	411.00	411.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	377	443.00–470.00	450.13
16	400–450	429	417.00–463.00	435.94
28	450–500	475	400.00–469.00	432.27
18	500–550	519	381.00–423.00	407.50
12	550–600	566	349.00–387.00	365.70
11	600–650	621	333.00–379.00	359.01
3	650–700	684	319.00–330.00	326.38
4	700–750	734	300.00–317.00	305.85
2	750–800	765	301.00–307.00	304.06
1	850–900	860	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
1	400–450	405	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	475	335.00–390.00	367.98
2	500–550	533	300.00–357.00	328.63
1	600–650	600	327.00	327.00
1	750–800	770	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00

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.