Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-08-19

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 19
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
399 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 356▼ 165 vs year ago 564 · −29.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 86 vs last sale 88▼ 72 vs year ago 74 · −97.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 3▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders 400 lbs and under sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeders over 400 lbs sold unevenly steady to 3.00 lower. 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 $247.04/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −133.33 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$247.04
34 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,323
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$173
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.00
vs KY average
+2.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535251.771,34829
Medium and Large 2-3535219.581,1755thin
One grade step is worth $32.20/cwt here — about $173 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 sale34 hd
247.04
—
KY average25 barns · 1,192 hd
252.04
−5.00
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
+2.63
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−133.33
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—High1,664182.693,04013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,725146.002,5191thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,258143.061,80045
CowsLean 85-90%High906123.871,1236thin

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2281
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3405215.00/cwt215.00–215.008711
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468283.18/cwt282.00–285.001,3255
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3528253.55/cwt252.00–255.001,3392
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530269.17/cwt265.00–270.001,4276
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567269.19/cwt265.00–272.001,52610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633262.55/cwt259.00–265.001,66217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658251.02/cwt247.00–255.001,6522
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,6731
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6302
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3900195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7551
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240260.00/cwt260.00–260.006241
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275296.59/cwt285.00–310.008164
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328295.04/cwt290.00–300.009682
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330224.00/cwt224.00–224.007391
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3350275.00/cwt275.00–275.009631
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360293.08/cwt290.00–296.001,0552
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1632
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416308.32/cwt300.00–315.001,28311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425252.03/cwt220.00–280.001,0717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3455220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0012
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484285.59/cwt230.00–315.001,38210
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518254.57/cwt242.00–266.001,31920
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3529225.72/cwt202.00–237.001,1944
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0921
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574245.56/cwt232.00–262.001,4109
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628236.92/cwt235.00–255.001,48818
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3628215.48/cwt200.00–230.001,3533
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665231.26/cwt230.00–235.001,53812
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668201.63/cwt182.00–222.001,3472
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715208.97/cwt205.00–213.001,4942
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3820202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,6561
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,9261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2240320.00/cwt320.00–320.007681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy327320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0463
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2330297.54/cwt295.00–300.009822
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370260.00/cwt260.00–260.009621
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy375322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,2081
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378303.36/cwt295.00–315.001,1474
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3420264.04/cwt260.00–272.001,1093
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427321.48/cwt300.00–332.001,37313
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3474233.91/cwt200.00–285.001,1094
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2482279.43/cwt265.00–325.001,34713
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510254.91/cwt250.00–260.001,30012
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3519238.20/cwt207.00–257.001,2369
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3570226.04/cwt222.00–230.001,2882
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573248.85/cwt242.00–257.001,42614
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3622216.29/cwt212.00–225.001,3453
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2639242.81/cwt230.00–247.001,5524
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2653237.68/cwt228.00–245.001,5523
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3655224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,4671
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3705180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2691
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2731222.63/cwt212.00–227.001,6275
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2771217.99/cwt212.00–220.001,6814
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2815210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7121
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2865202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,7471
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,567176.24/cwt163.00–187.002,7628
Bulls——1,819193.00/cwt190.00–197.003,5115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%893127.96/cwt127.00–129.001,1432
Cows—Lean 85-90%913121.83/cwt117.00–126.001,1124
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159125.26/cwt124.00–127.001,4522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,221138.77/cwt130.00–148.001,69428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,340153.45/cwt149.00–161.002,05615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,725146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,5191
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2933168.65/cwt157.00–180.001,5742

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.