Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-11-25

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 25
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
489 head
▼ 489 vs last sale 978▲ 10 vs year ago 479 · +2.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 188▼ 19 vs year ago 109 · −17.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 9▼ 12 vs year ago 16 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 500 lbs sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $251.01/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −166.36 against this barn's trailing median of $417.37.
Average price
$251.01
30 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,384
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$34.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.39
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549260.301,42822
Medium and Large 2-3559225.451,2598thin
One grade step is worth $34.85/cwt here — about $169 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 sale30 hd
251.01
—
KY average22 barns · 606 hd
253.39
−2.39
This barn, trailing median30 sales
417.37
−166.36
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
502440378316median 417.3703/0204/2006/2208/3111/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,547131.572,0358thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,230107.911,32752
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,543105.941,6353thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94373.626945thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,525$1,9152thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,385$1,7001thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305312.00/cwt312.00–312.009521
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384321.22/cwt300.00–330.001,2334
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0972
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3071
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2771
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1221
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472294.83/cwt285.00–305.001,39210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4903
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512273.43/cwt270.00–287.001,4007
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3520255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3261
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564276.35/cwt267.00–285.001,5596
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633251.73/cwt241.00–258.001,5934
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662248.80/cwt242.00–252.001,6476
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3668221.19/cwt210.00–227.001,4783
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2722239.82/cwt220.00–250.001,7323
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8194
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3805222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,7871
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3860225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,9351
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285217.76/cwt210.00–225.006212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330220.15/cwt210.00–230.007262
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370235.00/cwt235.00–235.008701
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372248.55/cwt245.00–255.009256
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3433202.24/cwt195.00–210.008764
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440241.62/cwt241.00–242.001,0638
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3467220.36/cwt207.00–225.001,02910
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468246.67/cwt237.00–250.001,15415
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519244.58/cwt242.00–246.001,26922
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2414
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3560206.54/cwt190.00–220.001,1575
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578228.49/cwt227.00–230.001,3212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613225.12/cwt222.00–228.001,3809
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3618202.31/cwt183.00–225.001,2503
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5991
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2810200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6201
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3825191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5761
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3950170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2276276.88/cwt242.00–300.007645
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2309287.11/cwt285.00–295.008877
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3348222.00/cwt222.00–222.007732
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy350332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,1621
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added370305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,1291
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0831
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3383242.31/cwt228.00–265.009283
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,2622
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2419291.99/cwt275.00–302.001,22314
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3483259.49/cwt207.00–280.001,2538
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485276.18/cwt260.00–297.001,33916
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3518228.28/cwt220.00–235.001,1823
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2534264.17/cwt250.00–277.001,41110
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561257.08/cwt250.00–268.001,44212
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3583223.75/cwt202.00–240.001,3045
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625238.34/cwt237.00–243.001,49013
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2685202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3843
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3690215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4841
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3710202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4341
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2730208.05/cwt200.00–212.001,5193
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3810142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1501
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3870156.86/cwt132.00–182.001,3652
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers450–500Large 3480195.00/cwt195.00–195.009361
Dairy Steers650–700Large 3656192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2605
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,524120.26/cwt106.00–135.001,8334
Bulls——1,569142.88/cwt140.00–147.002,2424
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90258.04/cwt52.00–62.005243
Cows—Lean 85-90%925100.00/cwt100.00–100.009251
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,078127.48/cwt127.00–128.001,3742
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,0201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19490.14/cwt80.00–98.001,0767
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243109.89/cwt98.00–123.001,36643
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,543105.94/cwt104.00–109.001,6353
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2950170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,6151
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3851,780.00/head1,780.00–1,780.001,7801
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3851,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6652,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501

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.