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Benton County Sale Barn

Name: Benton County Sale Barn livestock auction prices — 2025-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-11

Feeder Cattle · Siloam Springs, Arkansas · Thu, Dec 11

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2051

← Dec 4Dec 11Dec 18 →

Receipts

1,772 head

▲ 481 vs last sale 1,291▲ 207 vs year ago 1,565 · +13.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 300-400 lbs 40.00 higher 400-700 lbs 5.00-30.00 higher mostly 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 400 lbs 16.00-22.00 higher over 400 lbs steady to15.00 lower instances 25.00 lower with quality not as good as last week. Supply heavy with good demand on most cattle. The offering included a mix of weaned and unweaned calves. 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 $412.66/cwt on 203 head. That ranks 12 of 30 comparable sales and sits −24.16 against this barn's trailing median of $436.81.

Average price

$412.66

203 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,247

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$847

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

$171.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.77

vs AR average

−17.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	421.99	2,297	164
Medium and Large 2	544	376.65	2,051	38
Medium and Large 3	580	250.00	1,450	1thin

One grade step is worth $171.99/cwt here — about $847 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 sale203 hd

412.66

—

AR average8 barns · 550 hd

407.89

+4.77

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−17.97

This barn, trailing median30 sales

436.81

−24.16

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

84 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	496.59/cwt	465.00–525.00	1,589	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	562.87/cwt	523.00–600.00	1,852	24
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	536.54/cwt	480.00–585.00	2,039	76
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	427.54/cwt	400.00–450.00	1,633	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	422.77/cwt	400.00–457.00	1,784	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	490.81/cwt	461.00–525.00	2,081	74
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	447	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,685	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	478	305.13/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,459	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	460.57/cwt	431.00–495.00	2,206	71
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	412.93/cwt	383.00–427.00	1,990	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	493	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,947	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	517	394.71/cwt	373.00–403.00	2,041	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	432.38/cwt	400.00–444.00	2,292	98
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,997	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	407.24/cwt	377.00–443.00	2,305	65
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	356.58/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,050	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	409.76/cwt	381.00–419.00	2,512	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	624	337.39/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,105	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	649	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,272	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	335.81/cwt	333.00–347.00	2,193	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	374.35/cwt	359.00–381.00	2,482	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	718	317.39/cwt	300.00–333.00	2,279	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	725	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,530	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,081	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	340.30/cwt	333.00–344.00	2,511	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	785	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,630	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	472.36/cwt	435.00–515.00	1,507	51
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	382.99/cwt	350.00–425.00	1,241	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	380.27/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,426	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	455.37/cwt	415.00–480.00	1,712	66
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,213	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	442.04/cwt	395.00–485.00	1,843	55
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	400.38/cwt	400.00–401.00	1,698	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	371.14/cwt	350.00–393.00	1,600	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,368	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	353.98/cwt	311.00–383.00	1,653	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	404.12/cwt	360.00–495.00	1,895	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	285.08/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,348	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	357.80/cwt	350.00–373.00	1,742	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	340.46/cwt	300.00–353.00	1,770	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	373.31/cwt	350.00–393.00	1,960	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	285.20/cwt	260.00–309.00	1,497	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	360.85/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,902	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	553	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,770	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	316.28/cwt	300.00–341.00	1,806	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	350.67/cwt	339.00–363.00	2,006	43
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	603	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,092	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	324.84/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,982	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	349.01/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,146	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,776	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	688	287.55/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,978	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,245	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	489.85/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,582	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	335	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,173	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	411.84/cwt	371.00–427.00	1,536	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	482.31/cwt	475.00–497.00	1,828	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,176	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	451.25/cwt	430.00–479.00	1,945	31
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	424.98/cwt	401.00–447.00	2,027	29
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	352.01/cwt	350.00–359.00	1,693	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	483	307.38/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,485	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	406.93/cwt	365.00–425.00	2,124	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	354.60/cwt	330.00–369.00	1,862	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	377.88/cwt	339.00–400.00	2,135	39
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	575	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,903	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	330.89/cwt	307.00–341.00	1,939	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	346.08/cwt	337.00–357.00	2,177	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	321.61/cwt	311.00–340.00	2,023	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	317.17/cwt	312.00–325.00	2,290	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,118	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,348	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	773	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,087	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,187	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	285.52/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,453	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	585	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,117	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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 1,772Last week 1,291Year ago 1,565

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	300–350	319	435.00–515.00	472.36
66	350–400	376	415.00–480.00	455.37
55	400–450	417	395.00–485.00	442.04
65	450–500	469	360.00–495.00	404.12
40	500–550	525	350.00–393.00	373.31
43	550–600	572	339.00–363.00	350.67
10	600–650	615	345.00–350.00	349.01
2	650–700	665	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	722	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	324	350.00–425.00	382.99
13	350–400	375	350.00–400.00	380.27
23	400–450	431	350.00–393.00	371.14
25	450–500	467	311.00–383.00	353.98
24	500–550	520	300.00–353.00	340.46
4	550–600	571	300.00–341.00	316.28
17	600–650	610	317.00–340.00	324.84
2	650–700	688	275.00–300.00	287.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	603	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	400.00–401.00	400.38
34	450–500	487	350.00–373.00	357.80
19	500–550	527	350.00–365.00	360.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
1	350–400	385	315.00	315.00
1	400–450	440	311.00	311.00
2	450–500	473	270.00–300.00	285.08
2	500–550	525	260.00–309.00	285.20
1	550–600	590	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	670	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	553	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	550	363.00	363.00
5	600–650	649	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	785	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	329	523.00–600.00	562.87
76	350–400	380	480.00–585.00	536.54
74	400–450	424	461.00–525.00	490.81
71	450–500	479	431.00–495.00	460.57
98	500–550	530	400.00–444.00	432.38
65	550–600	566	377.00–443.00	407.24
47	600–650	613	381.00–419.00	409.76
26	650–700	663	359.00–381.00	374.35
3	700–750	738	333.00–344.00	340.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
5	400–450	447	377.00	377.00
2	450–500	478	280.00–330.00	305.13
1	550–600	580	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	630	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	730	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	465.00–525.00	496.59
4	350–400	382	400.00–450.00	427.54
14	400–450	422	400.00–457.00	422.77
14	450–500	482	383.00–427.00	412.93
20	500–550	517	373.00–403.00	394.71
18	550–600	575	347.00–365.00	356.58
8	600–650	624	330.00–350.00	337.39
5	650–700	653	333.00–347.00	335.81
4	700–750	718	300.00–333.00	317.39
1	750–800	760	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	725	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	480.00–500.00	489.85
7	350–400	379	475.00–497.00	482.31
31	400–450	431	430.00–479.00	451.25
29	450–500	477	401.00–447.00	424.98
13	500–550	522	365.00–425.00	406.93
39	550–600	565	339.00–400.00	377.88
7	600–650	629	337.00–357.00	346.08
5	700–750	722	312.00–325.00	317.17
2	750–800	760	309.00	309.00
6	850–900	859	280.00–295.00	285.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	371.00–427.00	411.84
9	450–500	481	350.00–359.00	352.01
4	500–550	525	330.00–369.00	354.60
9	550–600	586	307.00–341.00	330.89
8	600–650	629	311.00–340.00	321.61
1	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
2	700–750	728	291.00	291.00
3	750–800	773	270.00	270.00
1	800–850	810	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	350.00	350.00
1	400–450	420	280.00	280.00
2	450–500	483	300.00–315.00	307.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	191.00	191.00

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.