Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-03-25

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 25
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,021 head
▲ 133 vs last sale 888▲ 308 vs year ago 713 · +43.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 153▲ 60 vs year ago 69 · +87.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 8▲ 2 vs year ago 2 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder steers and feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to firm. Feeders 600 lbs and over sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Strong demand for all types of feeders. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.21/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −128.16 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$252.21
39 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$35.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.94
vs KY average
−14.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552265.701,46724
Medium and Large 2-3549230.621,26715thin
One grade step is worth $35.08/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale39 hd
252.21
—
KY average25 barns · 1,536 hd
258.15
−5.94
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−14.66
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−128.16
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

33 sales
443397352307median 380.3703/0204/2706/2908/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $428.62, low $320.54, median $380.37 across 33 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—Average1,583153.092,42311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,221127.781,56062
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,434119.901,7197thin
CowsLean 85-90%High87294.3882312

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)875$1,0812thin

Every lot

84 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY
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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3268233.08/cwt220.00–245.006252
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2288338.22/cwt310.00–365.009742
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381329.37/cwt300.00–350.001,25510
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3363
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2241
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468298.65/cwt292.00–322.001,39811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3471259.01/cwt255.00–265.001,2205
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512304.15/cwt279.00–325.001,55714
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3515287.10/cwt277.00–292.001,4793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy547302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,65220
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added548324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,7766
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584298.92/cwt295.00–311.001,7468
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3585282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,6502
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy613301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,84539
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613286.64/cwt280.00–290.001,75720
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,8705
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3618260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6072
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7722
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fancy710259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,83935
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,8686
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2745247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8401
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791244.95/cwt230.00–247.001,93816
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3950185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,7581
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3288259.83/cwt245.00–290.007483
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2293295.04/cwt290.00–300.008642
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325295.00/cwt295.00–295.009591
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325261.36/cwt242.00–322.008497
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373280.40/cwt270.00–290.001,04610
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385302.48/cwt300.00–305.001,1654
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419286.47/cwt280.00–295.001,20017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435241.01/cwt215.00–270.001,04815
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470258.09/cwt240.00–267.001,21323
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy483287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,38620
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484277.02/cwt270.00–282.001,34110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504261.98/cwt260.00–265.001,3205
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3526210.99/cwt210.00–215.001,1105
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3561240.43/cwt182.00–257.001,34910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565266.68/cwt264.00–270.001,50719
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616254.71/cwt242.00–259.001,56924
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3633233.03/cwt222.00–242.001,47512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,66820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fancy640246.50/cwt246.50–246.501,57872
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658244.18/cwt240.00–245.001,6076
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665215.91/cwt212.00–220.001,4362
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3714196.46/cwt185.00–215.001,4034
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733212.01/cwt207.00–222.001,5548
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2778212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6493
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3785177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,3891
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3802204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,6362
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3870190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6531
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2898203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,8236
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2195390.00/cwt390.00–390.007611
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2277325.14/cwt320.00–330.009015
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy289350.24/cwt330.00–370.001,0124
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3323291.75/cwt275.00–310.009423
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2324352.93/cwt330.00–362.001,1435
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3380315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1971
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2388317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,2305
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy410330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3532
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2421316.38/cwt300.00–320.001,3327
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3423283.89/cwt260.00–297.001,20110
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3463262.38/cwt241.00–275.001,2155
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470298.55/cwt287.00–315.001,4039
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3523244.75/cwt210.00–270.001,28011
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524273.32/cwt260.00–290.001,4328
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3563248.37/cwt242.00–250.001,3985
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572277.08/cwt267.00–285.001,5859
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2616254.08/cwt242.00–262.001,56516
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2682227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5483
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6681
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3815185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5081
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Large 1-2760217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6493
Beef/Dairy Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,9562
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers750–800Large 3777197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,53114
Dairy Steers900–950Large 3912162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,4772
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,558149.21/cwt141.00–155.002,3258
Bulls——1,650163.42/cwt156.00–170.002,6963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83889.00/cwt80.00–97.007468
Cows—Lean 85-90%939105.14/cwt100.00–109.009874
Cows—Boner 80-85%960107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0271
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189123.39/cwt110.00–130.001,46738
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285135.94/cwt130.00–147.001,74723
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,434119.90/cwt110.00–127.001,7197
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28751,081.43/head1,000.00–1,150.001,0812

This sale against other markets

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.