Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-07-15

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 15
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
403 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 478▼ 3 vs year ago 406 · −0.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 97▼ 42 vs year ago 88 · −47.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 8 vs year ago 11 · −72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $274.78/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −154.24 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.
Average price
$274.78
46 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$42.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.86
vs KY average
−16.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557293.141,63226
Medium and Large 2-3549250.921,37820
One grade step is worth $42.22/cwt here — about $254 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 sale46 hd
274.78
—
KY average24 barns · 907 hd
289.64
−14.86
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
−16.31
This barn, trailing median30 sales
429.02
−154.24
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—Low1,651173.872,87011
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,315140.131,84328
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,550138.502,1472thin
CowsLean 85-90%High997110.591,1023thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2258370.00/cwt370.00–370.009553
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2302320.00/cwt320.00–320.009662
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added310385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,1941
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added391367.00/cwt367.00–367.001,43520
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3411266.29/cwt250.00–275.001,0943
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427331.32/cwt331.00–332.001,4153
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2881
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472327.32/cwt314.00–340.001,54515
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3503240.87/cwt240.00–241.001,2128
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511310.45/cwt307.00–315.001,5869
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580257.62/cwt224.00–282.001,49412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581283.97/cwt280.00–293.001,65017
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4521
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615272.66/cwt242.00–283.001,6774
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added694268.50/cwt268.50–268.501,86317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240265.00/cwt265.00–265.006361
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2250305.00/cwt305.00–305.007631
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280290.00/cwt290.00–290.008121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327299.13/cwt235.00–310.0097810
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3332196.13/cwt190.00–210.006513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372305.56/cwt255.00–324.001,13710
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3377278.24/cwt200.00–292.001,0499
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3417245.10/cwt240.00–250.001,0224
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445289.07/cwt277.00–295.001,2863
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3464276.26/cwt262.00–290.001,2826
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3643
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4083
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3513255.01/cwt235.00–282.001,3087
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521263.25/cwt255.00–267.001,3725
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560254.96/cwt253.00–257.001,4282
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570238.61/cwt232.00–242.001,3603
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3612225.69/cwt225.00–227.001,3813
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5383
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620232.03/cwt230.00–235.001,4395
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4071
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,68714
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,146184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,1095
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2200330.00/cwt330.00–330.006601
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2283364.87/cwt360.00–370.001,0332
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1051
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2386337.67/cwt300.00–352.001,3035
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3386249.93/cwt210.00–340.009656
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3409262.37/cwt241.00–280.001,0734
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2438303.88/cwt300.00–315.001,3316
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2467317.06/cwt300.00–327.001,48118
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480261.14/cwt230.00–291.001,2532
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2517273.66/cwt272.00–277.001,4153
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3535246.45/cwt230.00–252.001,3194
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3560237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3271
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4202
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623240.66/cwt235.00–250.001,4998
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2670249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6681
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3677248.94/cwt232.00–257.001,6853
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2745222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6541
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2858210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8023
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2905197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,7831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,135137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5551
Bulls——1,623173.54/cwt169.00–178.002,8176
Bulls——1,821183.59/cwt182.00–185.003,3434
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%920101.39/cwt97.00–105.009332
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,150129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4841
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302136.03/cwt119.00–144.001,77117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,336146.46/cwt145.00–149.001,95711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,550138.50/cwt133.00–144.002,1472
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2853159.27/cwt145.00–167.001,3593

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.