Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-06-17

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 17
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
288 head
▼ 379 vs last sale 667▼ 273 vs year ago 561 · −48.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 95 vs last sale 141▼ 19 vs year ago 65 · −29.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $302.02/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −127.01 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.
Average price
$302.02
16 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.12
vs KY average
+1.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556308.191,71412thin
Medium and Large 2-3546283.501,5484thin
One grade step is worth $24.69/cwt here — about $166 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale16 hd
302.02
—
KY average25 barns · 680 hd
303.13
−1.12
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
+1.36
This barn, trailing median30 sales
429.02
−127.01
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
492445398350median 429.0203/0205/0407/1309/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.64, low $364.45, median $429.02 across 30 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—High1,662173.232,87910
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,465144.242,1143thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,224137.671,68625
CowsLean 85-90%Average927100.339303thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,2544
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4594
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4722
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2455305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4361
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,6402
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3532285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541324.43/cwt322.00–325.001,7555
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,5792
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594284.02/cwt280.00–290.001,6875
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6551
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633287.81/cwt267.00–294.001,82242
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,8238
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3261
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741253.77/cwt245.00–255.001,88022
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,9669
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3798232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,8512
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828241.50/cwt241.00–242.002,0002
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2290280.00/cwt280.00–280.008121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2347298.52/cwt282.00–304.001,0364
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360298.44/cwt296.00–305.001,0744
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373288.84/cwt280.00–302.001,0776
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423294.61/cwt282.00–300.001,2466
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1661
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3450277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2471
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477288.58/cwt265.00–302.001,37710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510275.07/cwt267.00–282.001,4035
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4666
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523235.64/cwt210.00–270.001,2323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3569244.28/cwt244.00–245.001,3907
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610250.79/cwt237.00–259.001,53017
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630212.20/cwt200.00–225.001,3372
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658238.33/cwt230.00–240.001,5686
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3675197.30/cwt187.00–207.001,3322
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815199.82/cwt190.00–210.001,6292
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2-3940177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,6641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3305245.00/cwt245.00–245.007471
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2338322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,0882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2377343.44/cwt340.00–355.001,2957
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3415275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1411
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2432308.13/cwt290.00–327.001,3313
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,4951
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2554279.25/cwt267.00–287.001,54710
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3590200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1801
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2603260.93/cwt245.00–277.001,5732
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3630222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3991
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2667251.63/cwt250.00–255.001,6783
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6702
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763233.89/cwt227.00–241.001,7852
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2-3775202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5661
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3860185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5911
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2940187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7581
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,605184.11/cwt183.00–185.002,9552
Bulls——1,676170.51/cwt157.00–177.002,8588
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77577.00/cwt77.00–77.005971
Cows—Lean 85-90%865117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,140107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,2201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202131.43/cwt122.00–144.001,58017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,272150.92/cwt145.00–154.001,9208
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,438136.86/cwt134.00–140.001,9682
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,520159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,4171

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.