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Harned Livestock Auction

Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 12

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207

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Feeder Cattle receipts

356 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 359▼ 211 vs year ago 567 · −37.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

88 head

▼ 15 vs last sale 103▲ 9 vs year ago 79 · +11.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 9▲ 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady and in some instances up to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $248.39/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −168.97 against this barn's trailing median of $417.37.

Average price

$248.39

40 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$26.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.20

vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	255.00	1,413	30
Medium and Large 2-3	545	228.56	1,246	10thin

One grade step is worth $26.45/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale40 hd

248.39

—

KY average26 barns · 476 hd

253.59

−5.20

This barn, trailing median30 sales

417.37

−168.97

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

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $488.42, low $330.23, median $417.37 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,674	180.49	3,021	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,617	147.18	2,380	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,265	140.84	1,782	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	964	122.56	1,181	9thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	301.70/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,065	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,045	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	400	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,080	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	293.62/cwt	282.00–305.00	1,395	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	272.03/cwt	252.00–300.00	1,415	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	523	256.00/cwt	220.00–275.00	1,339	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	570	230.02/cwt	200.00–258.00	1,311	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	264.36/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,520	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	606	263.40/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,596	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	636	233.92/cwt	222.00–240.00	1,488	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	670	237.00/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,588	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,740	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	815	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,467	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,953	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	891	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,076	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	320	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	688	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	373	244.40/cwt	220.00–275.00	912	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	291.00/cwt	290.00–292.00	1,103	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	278.22/cwt	264.00–287.00	1,205	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	433	228.25/cwt	220.00–240.00	988	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	270.34/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,262	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	468	285.92/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,338	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	482	243.02/cwt	215.00–261.00	1,171	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	505	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,313	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	250.98/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,290	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	558	240.48/cwt	225.00–267.00	1,342	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	254.04/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,428	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,566	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	236.88/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,469	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	678	213.55/cwt	200.00–227.00	1,448	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	723	227.69/cwt	224.00–233.00	1,646	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	910	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,775	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	260	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	650	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,059	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	377	248.75/cwt	225.00–270.00	938	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	424	250.26/cwt	225.00–272.00	1,061	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	302.66/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,314	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	292.93/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,353	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	465	273.15/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,270	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	528	228.60/cwt	195.00–257.00	1,207	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	255.04/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,367	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	571	228.49/cwt	215.00–237.00	1,305	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	254.96/cwt	242.00–263.00	1,466	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	620	218.01/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,352	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	245.46/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,544	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	222.24/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,525	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	740	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,495	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	219.75/cwt	219.00–222.00	1,707	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	895	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,692	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 3	1,090	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,526	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,420	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,229	1
Bulls	—	—	1,663	175.20/cwt	163.00–179.00	2,914	6
Bulls	—	—	1,754	194.29/cwt	187.00–204.00	3,408	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	917	111.82/cwt	102.00–117.00	1,025	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	120.72/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,169	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,007	135.14/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,361	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,243	120.37/cwt	110.00–129.00	1,496	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,254	141.14/cwt	131.00–147.00	1,770	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	151.18/cwt	147.00–156.00	1,977	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,593	146.90/cwt	144.00–151.00	2,340	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,690	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,501	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,170	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	163.49/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,292	2

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY

Mon Aug 12, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 356Last week 359Year ago 567

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 103Year ago 79

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 9Year ago 3

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady and in some instances up to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	215.00	215.00
3	350–400	373	220.00–275.00	244.40
3	400–450	433	220.00–240.00	228.25
9	450–500	482	215.00–261.00	243.02
4	550–600	558	225.00–267.00	240.48
2	650–700	678	200.00–227.00	213.55
1	900–950	910	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	290.00	290.00
4	350–400	379	290.00–292.00	291.00
6	400–450	433	264.00–287.00	278.22
5	450–500	467	265.00–275.00	270.34
4	500–550	514	245.00–257.00	250.98
11	550–600	562	250.00–260.00	254.04
2	600–650	620	232.00–242.00	236.88
9	700–750	723	224.00–233.00	227.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	468	285.00–287.00	285.92
6	600–650	619	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	275.00	275.00
2	400–450	400	270.00	270.00
5	500–550	523	220.00–275.00	256.00
2	550–600	570	200.00–258.00	230.02
4	600–650	636	222.00–240.00	233.92
10	650–700	670	230.00–241.00	237.00
1	800–850	815	180.00	180.00
1	850–900	891	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	295.00–315.00	301.70
2	450–500	475	282.00–305.00	293.62
12	500–550	520	252.00–300.00	272.03
11	550–600	575	259.00–270.00	264.36
5	600–650	606	260.00–265.00	263.40
1	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
2	700–750	725	240.00	240.00
5	800–850	824	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,090	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	290.00	290.00
12	400–450	434	280.00–315.00	302.66
9	450–500	462	290.00–302.00	292.93
16	500–550	536	249.00–262.00	255.04
14	550–600	575	242.00–263.00	254.96
9	600–650	629	241.00–248.00	245.46
8	650–700	686	217.00–225.00	222.24
4	750–800	777	219.00–222.00	219.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	250.00	250.00
3	350–400	377	225.00–270.00	248.75
7	400–450	424	225.00–272.00	250.26
8	450–500	465	265.00–280.00	273.15
6	500–550	528	195.00–257.00	228.60
4	550–600	571	215.00–237.00	228.49
3	600–650	620	217.00–220.00	218.01
1	700–750	740	202.00	202.00
1	850–900	895	189.00	189.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,593	144.00–151.00	146.90
1	—	1,690	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,308	147.00–156.00	151.18
30	—	1,254	131.00–147.00	141.14
6	—	1,243	110.00–129.00	120.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	968	120.00–122.00	120.72
3	—	1,007	132.00–140.00	135.14
3	—	917	102.00–117.00	111.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	157.00	157.00
4	—	1,754	187.00–204.00	194.29
6	—	1,663	163.00–179.00	175.20

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	790	160.00–168.00	163.49
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	157.00	157.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.