Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-11-18

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 18
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
978 head
▲ 563 vs last sale 415▲ 562 vs year ago 416 · +135.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 93▲ 53 vs year ago 135 · +39.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 8▼ 36 vs year ago 45 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 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 $235.09/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −145.28 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$235.09
87 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,269
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.06
vs KY average
−31.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541241.711,30869
Medium and Large 2-3535209.731,12118thin
One grade step is worth $31.98/cwt here — about $187 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 sale87 hd
235.09
—
KY average26 barns · 1,670 hd
241.16
−6.06
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−31.96
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−145.28
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—Average1,794151.102,7115thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,547109.441,6936thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240107.491,33365
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01379.6780716

Every lot

76 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 2-3295200.00/cwt200.00–200.005901
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1701
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3373246.09/cwt230.00–275.009184
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387305.34/cwt300.00–317.001,1823
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412294.25/cwt280.00–300.001,2128
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3424239.19/cwt217.50–260.001,0146
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3469254.89/cwt200.00–275.001,19514
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473291.37/cwt280.00–297.501,37815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3516242.05/cwt230.00–260.001,2495
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523273.01/cwt262.00–285.001,42831
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3567223.22/cwt200.00–250.001,2666
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574264.08/cwt252.00–276.001,51645
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5303
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3629222.58/cwt205.00–237.001,4005
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630241.48/cwt239.00–247.001,5218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668239.62/cwt230.00–245.001,6018
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4201
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3725193.16/cwt177.00–210.001,4002
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738224.63/cwt223.00–230.001,6586
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3777230.32/cwt223.00–238.001,7904
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3275220.99/cwt200.00–235.006084
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323224.36/cwt210.00–235.007258
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379250.59/cwt242.50–257.009507
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380222.21/cwt200.00–235.0084415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414245.83/cwt237.50–252.001,01815
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425218.24/cwt210.00–242.0092827
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475242.88/cwt235.00–255.001,15431
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478216.35/cwt200.00–237.001,0349
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520211.85/cwt185.00–227.001,10213
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3203
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532244.01/cwt230.00–250.001,29847
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566234.71/cwt230.00–244.001,32819
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3573204.21/cwt190.00–225.001,1705
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625227.27/cwt220.00–237.001,42015
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625217.98/cwt217.00–220.001,3623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3673195.70/cwt182.50–226.001,3178
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676224.39/cwt220.00–230.001,5175
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5071
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3750195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4631
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6872
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7332
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3210250.00/cwt250.00–250.005251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2270300.00/cwt300.00–300.008101
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3285210.00/cwt210.00–210.005991
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2328302.88/cwt265.00–315.0099312
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3345215.00/cwt215.00–215.007422
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2367300.77/cwt280.00–320.001,10421
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy373325.53/cwt325.00–327.001,2144
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3376259.13/cwt200.00–280.009748
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3406219.02/cwt200.00–227.008898
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2416306.61/cwt297.00–312.001,2757
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471274.82/cwt255.00–297.001,29424
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3474222.94/cwt200.00–240.001,0579
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2520262.18/cwt252.00–272.001,36326
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3526219.26/cwt200.00–240.001,1537
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561253.09/cwt242.00–262.501,42019
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3580239.17/cwt239.00–240.001,3876
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620217.50/cwt205.00–230.001,3492
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2627231.96/cwt227.00–235.001,4547
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2667227.44/cwt225.00–230.001,5174
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3672216.84/cwt205.00–220.001,4577
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725219.22/cwt214.00–230.001,5898
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2795190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5111
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3855197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6841
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2905176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,5931
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3930167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,5531
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,794151.10/cwt146.00–156.002,7115
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96093.48/cwt77.00–105.0089710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10056.66/cwt45.00–65.006236
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18075.00/cwt75.00–75.008851
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241108.00/cwt92.00–125.001,34064
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,547109.44/cwt105.00–115.001,6936
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2897129.19/cwt117.00–148.001,1597
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1751

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.