Benton County Sale Barn Market Report, Siloam Springs, AR

Siloam Springs, Arkansas · USDA-reported Auction Livestock · usually sells Thursdays

Sale of Thursday, October 22, 2026

1,239 head sold ·Official USDA report · Price history in the app

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $347.44/cwt +44.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,997/hd at 575 lb · 100 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $358.61/cwt +53.15 vs last sale · ≈ $2,195/hd at 612 lb · 94 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $300.00/cwt ≈ $2,706/hd at 902 lb · 57 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,239	784	1,494
Feeder cattle	1,012	639	1,194
Slaughter cattle	186	105	190
Replacement cattle	41	40	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00-10.00 higher. The offering included several large groups of weaned cattle. A few of the large groups were 49 heifers weighing 656lbs that sold for 356.00/cwt. Also had 57 heifers weighing 902 that sold for 300.00/cwt. The largest lot of the day was 85 heifers weighing 612 that sold for 364.00/cwt. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-8.00 higher.

▲ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers sold 5.00-10.00 higher
▲ Feeder steers: Feeder steers sold 10.00-15.00 higher
▲ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter bulls sold 5.00-8.00 higher
→ Slaughter cows: A few of the large groups were 49 heifers weighing 656lbs that sold for 356.00/cwt Also had 57 heifers weighing 902 that sold for 300.00/cwt The largest lot of the day was 85 heifers weighing 612 that sold for 364.00/cwt Slaughter cows sold steady

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–325	318	5	580.00–605.00	$593.92	$1,889	+32.60
350–385	363	11	540.00–580.00	$571.16	$2,073	+71.42
410–427	418	9	475.00–495.00	$484.97	$2,027	-3.26
455–467	462	5	420.00–441.00	$434.90	$2,009	+36.54
503–527	511	16	421.00–433.00	$428.19	$2,188	+47.74
563–598	580	12	383.00–391.00	$385.10	$2,234	+14.06
614–635	620	14	353.00–379.00	$370.97	$2,300	+13.75
651–676	661	11	331.00–351.00	$340.87	$2,253	+5.08
740	740	4	330.00	$330.00	$2,442	+7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	560.00	$560.00	$1,708	—
355–360	358	4	530.00–535.00	$532.48	$1,906	—
400	400	7	440.00–463.00	$452.71	$1,811	—
490	490	2	403.00	$403.00	$1,975	—
515–531	522	18	393.00–415.00	$406.15	$2,120	—
550–590	569	6	357.00–365.00	$361.70	$2,058	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–343	337	4	468.00–520.00	$487.06	$1,641	+10.50
385–398	390	6	461.00–510.00	$496.99	$1,938	—
430–445	440	3	369.00–411.00	$397.32	$1,748	-25.70
473–485	476	5	361.00–391.00	$372.31	$1,772	+39.31
510–540	527	7	332.00–369.00	$350.87	$1,849	+20.87
580–588	585	5	335.00–350.00	$347.02	$2,030	+47.02
600–648	635	7	309.00–317.00	$312.36	$1,983	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	316	6	430.00–459.00	$448.61	$1,418	—
350–383	366	15	419.00–450.00	$427.19	$1,564	+27.60
407 thin fleshed	407	3	435.00	$435.00	$1,770	—
405–445	424	19	390.00–415.00	$402.47	$1,706	-14.75
460–495	473	20	343.00–375.00	$356.20	$1,685	+5.13
500–545	527	23	320.00–350.00	$339.38	$1,789	+1.09
565–586 value added	572	75	350.00–360.00	$356.88	$2,041	—
560–595	583	25	307.00–330.00	$319.14	$1,861	+15.76
600–648	612	9	300.00–311.00	$307.74	$1,883	+2.28
612 value added	612	85	364.00	$364.00	$2,228	—
670 value added	670	32	352.00	$352.00	$2,358	—
660–685	671	5	285.00–311.00	$304.31	$2,042	+4.31
706 value added	706	9	334.00	$334.00	$2,358	—
710–725	714	7	270.00–299.00	$293.65	$2,097	—
762–765	763	4	280.00–323.00	$312.22	$2,382	—
902 value added	902	57	300.00	$300.00	$2,706	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,380	+80.00
355–389	385	9	351.00–390.00	$377.90	$1,455	+26.97
400–445	430	9	330.00–365.00	$349.64	$1,503	-1.77
480–493	488	8	307.00–333.00	$318.95	$1,556	-6.71
535–545	540	2	301.00–309.00	$304.96	$1,647	+1.88
590	590	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,740	—
625	625	1	289.00	$289.00	$1,806	+10.31
675	675	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,897	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,368	—
378	378	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,512	+23.35
408–440	419	11	369.00–385.00	$376.84	$1,579	-0.89
480–498	494	11	325.00–337.00	$330.37	$1,632	-6.63
550	550	2	297.00	$297.00	$1,634	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–385	374	10	480.00–530.00	$508.86	$1,903	+59.84
400–430	420	3	461.00–487.00	$469.25	$1,971	+34.53
450–488	465	23	445.00–477.00	$458.45	$2,132	+80.14
500–513	506	24	401.00–431.00	$423.29	$2,142	+33.23
550–598	582	24	349.00–379.00	$363.93	$2,118	+8.32
605–640	618	19	339.00–359.00	$345.60	$2,136	-3.35
658 thin fleshed	658	3	341.00	$341.00	$2,244	—
660–690	674	4	289.00–311.00	$302.80	$2,041	-7.73
750–780	758	4	290.00–303.00	$299.65	$2,271	+24.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	372	3	405.00–450.00	$434.06	$1,615	—
415–445	439	8	375.00–400.00	$383.97	$1,686	-0.33
455–490	478	9	377.00–411.00	$393.93	$1,883	+49.19
503–545	523	7	337.00–365.00	$356.01	$1,862	+18.81
563–570	565	4	330.00–345.00	$334.25	$1,889	+5.46
618–635	624	3	305.00–309.00	$307.64	$1,920	-1.63

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–387	366	9	460.00–475.00	$468.63	$1,715	—
425–438	432	4	411.00–419.00	$414.94	$1,793	-4.06
455–470	467	11	421.00–435.00	$423.48	$1,978	—
535	535	2	373.00	$373.00	$1,996	+18.02

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1175	1061	80-85%	9	124.00–127.00	$125.00	$1,326	—
955–1250	1146	80-85%	8	119.00–123.00	$120.82	$1,385	—
945–1285	1173	80-85%	20	128.00–132.00	$129.86	$1,523	+9.26

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1065	951	85-90%	8	100.00–109.00	$104.80	$997	—
175–1270	954	85-90%	7	113.00–118.00	$115.06	$1,098	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355–1480	1415	75-80%	4	130.00–140.00	$134.01	$1,896	—
1450–1460	1455	75-80%	2	120.00–128.00	$124.01	$1,804	-20.63

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1450	1333	2	160.00–165.00	$162.72	$2,169	—
1310–1640	1495	3	183.00–187.00	$184.53	$2,759	—
1480–2005	1739	6	192.00–198.00	$194.81	$3,388	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–940	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,950.00–2,200.00	$2,095.96
915–1035	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	140.00–2,300.00	$1,340.56
1035	1035	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	221.00	$221.00	$2,663
1230–1405	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	154.00–165.00	$159.87	$2,107

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
840–1240	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,950.00–2,450.00	$2,248.08
850–1305	1146	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,400.00–3,100.00	$2,674.13
1075–1325	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,950.00–2,900.00	$2,474.48
1030–1460	1259	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,550.00–2,150.00	$1,869.13
1310–1335	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,850.00	$2,547.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1385	1385	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	$25,622
1435–1530	1483	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	131.00–151.00	$140.68	$2,086
1490	1490	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	137.00	$137.00	$2,041

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
798	798	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,300.00	$2,300.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1105–1535	1295	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,350.00–3,100.00	$2,790.54	—

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Price trend

500–549 lb Medium and Large 1 steers — head-weighted average $/cwt by sale date, last 12 months.

Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.

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