Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-05-13

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 13
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
652 head
▲ 295 vs last sale 357▲ 4 vs year ago 648 · +0.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
98 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 55▼ 43 vs year ago 141 · −30.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 8▲ 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.17/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −128.20 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$252.17
66 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,384
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.93
vs KY average
−17.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550258.501,42144
Medium and Large 2-3547239.511,31022
One grade step is worth $18.99/cwt here — about $111 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 sale66 hd
252.17
—
KY average27 barns · 1,297 hd
263.10
−10.93
National average167 barns · 11,471 hd
270.00
−17.83
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−128.20
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—Low1,587150.242,38512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,478135.502,0022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,244124.621,55042
CowsLean 85-90%High94597.959267thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,0431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376319.09/cwt310.00–325.001,2004
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408328.19/cwt312.00–334.001,3396
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,0001
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3470295.64/cwt280.00–310.001,3902
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478314.12/cwt300.00–320.001,50112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,5916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added572301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7225
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575271.86/cwt264.00–280.001,5632
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576283.24/cwt272.00–287.001,63118
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611279.56/cwt272.00–282.001,70825
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,78417
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675258.78/cwt250.00–265.001,7474
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7556
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2764232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7724
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added774240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,85820
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3810216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7501
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275277.00/cwt277.00–277.007621
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2293300.99/cwt300.00–302.008822
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009773
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3349275.00/cwt275.00–275.009604
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367304.51/cwt292.00–317.001,11810
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3383258.21/cwt220.00–276.009893
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy388327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,2692
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy403318.26/cwt317.00–322.001,2834
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added404322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3017
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424303.59/cwt290.00–317.001,28716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3433240.61/cwt215.00–287.001,04216
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462290.42/cwt280.00–300.001,34211
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added481290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3954
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3492269.30/cwt269.00–270.001,32510
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3855
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3526230.62/cwt210.00–252.001,21313
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534258.46/cwt256.00–265.001,38020
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576255.52/cwt252.00–257.001,47219
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3577252.35/cwt230.00–257.001,4569
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623234.79/cwt230.00–241.001,46310
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3641210.32/cwt185.00–224.001,3486
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,4171
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671236.02/cwt235.00–240.001,58410
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3706210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4831
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added708228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,61411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3778198.34/cwt182.00–215.001,5432
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5891
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3215330.00/cwt330.00–330.007101
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2225320.00/cwt320.00–320.007201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2282341.63/cwt340.00–350.009636
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2320322.46/cwt320.00–325.001,0322
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3363269.86/cwt250.00–290.009802
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2375330.34/cwt317.00–334.001,23927
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3405312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,2642
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2413324.08/cwt310.00–330.001,3384
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482304.00/cwt300.00–305.001,4658
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510284.51/cwt282.00–287.001,4518
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561285.33/cwt272.00–290.001,6016
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590229.50/cwt217.00–242.001,3544
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3605241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4581
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2633250.14/cwt240.00–253.001,58325
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2652247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6103
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3663221.02/cwt217.00–225.001,4652
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2722235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6975
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7981
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2825218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7991
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3835184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,364143.37/cwt141.00–146.001,9564
Bulls——1,699153.68/cwt147.00–161.002,6118
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%64077.00/cwt77.00–77.004931
Cows—Lean 85-90%97395.23/cwt90.00–97.009274
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043113.86/cwt111.00–117.001,1882
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144110.61/cwt103.00–115.001,2654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236123.50/cwt118.00–129.001,52629
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,313134.44/cwt132.50–141.001,7659
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,385131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,8141
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1981
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2928143.77/cwt140.00–147.001,3342

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.