Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-11-11

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 11
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
415 head
▼ 343 vs last sale 758▼ 255 vs year ago 670 · −38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 182▼ 31 vs year ago 124 · −25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 5▲ 6 vs year ago 2 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 500 lbs and under steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold to 3.00 to 6.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $275.79/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −153.23 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.
Average price
$275.79
30 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,492
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$199
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$54.59/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.39
vs KY average
−29.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537281.251,51027
Medium and Large 2-3579226.671,3123thin
One grade step is worth $54.59/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale30 hd
275.79
—
KY average24 barns · 697 hd
268.40
+7.39
National average190 barns · 31,255 hd
305.44
−29.65
This barn, trailing median30 sales
429.02
−153.23
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—Low1,726144.852,50015
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235110.521,36549
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,745107.001,8671thin
CowsLean 85-90%High88091.678078thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,050$1,4751thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2-3250275.00/cwt275.00–275.006882
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3375295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1061
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2583
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2541
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470308.05/cwt295.00–317.001,4489
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3493259.95/cwt250.00–270.001,2822
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509308.34/cwt307.00–309.001,5696
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515267.94/cwt262.00–272.001,3805
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2421
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,54013
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573254.70/cwt252.00–260.001,4593
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3598225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3462
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,63314
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633257.41/cwt240.00–260.001,62939
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3635238.02/cwt237.00–239.001,5112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3666193.84/cwt172.00–227.001,2915
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6755
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2711246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,74910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6951
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2840235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9744
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3985192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,8911
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,003190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,9063
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3305220.00/cwt220.00–220.006711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330247.00/cwt247.00–247.008151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3365202.50/cwt180.00–225.007392
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369251.33/cwt240.00–262.009274
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415220.00/cwt220.00–220.009131
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425251.69/cwt240.00–262.001,0709
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added452270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2204
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3469217.98/cwt190.00–237.001,0229
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481246.56/cwt244.00–250.001,1865
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,25710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517235.65/cwt235.00–237.001,2183
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523216.35/cwt207.00–225.001,1328
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559232.47/cwt230.00–235.001,3004
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573201.74/cwt186.00–220.001,1565
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,43711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629222.47/cwt218.00–235.001,39919
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670219.94/cwt217.00–225.001,4748
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680195.35/cwt192.00–197.001,3283
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5731
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815183.00/cwt176.00–190.001,4912
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3866179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3275275.00/cwt275.00–275.007561
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3328274.81/cwt270.00–280.009012
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3363277.45/cwt270.00–285.001,0072
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2378320.62/cwt292.00–330.001,21211
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2419318.69/cwt317.00–324.001,3354
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3440260.39/cwt220.00–292.001,1464
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2457310.55/cwt287.00–319.001,4199
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3480239.29/cwt222.00–270.001,1496
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520277.26/cwt270.00–285.001,4427
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3520200.49/cwt182.00–210.001,0434
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3573241.18/cwt235.00–247.001,3822
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578245.31/cwt240.00–260.001,41813
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3610199.84/cwt190.00–210.001,2192
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2614233.81/cwt230.00–240.001,4365
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680189.08/cwt167.00–200.001,2863
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2686219.74/cwt219.00–222.001,5074
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2702205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4393
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,625127.85/cwt120.00–136.002,0782
Bulls——1,718145.31/cwt140.00–152.002,49611
Bulls——1,868159.35/cwt158.00–161.002,9772
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%825100.23/cwt97.00–107.008273
Cows—Lean 85-90%91386.54/cwt77.00–95.007905
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,094128.59/cwt124.00–135.001,4077
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19882.82/cwt70.00–91.009925
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,267110.84/cwt94.00–123.001,40437
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,745107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,8671
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2891133.30/cwt122.00–150.001,1887
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751

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.