Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-12-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 16
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
356 head
▼ 506 vs last sale 862▼ 29 vs year ago 385 · −7.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 124▲ 34 vs year ago 88 · +38.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 5▼ 2 vs year ago 20 · −10.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $290.50/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −126.87 against this barn's trailing median of $417.37.
Average price
$290.50
21 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$347
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$74.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.74
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526294.021,54620
Medium and Large 2-3545220.001,1991thin
One grade step is worth $74.02/cwt here — about $347 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 sale21 hd
290.50
—
KY average25 barns · 766 hd
274.76
+15.74
This barn, trailing median30 sales
417.37
−126.87
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—High1,802127.572,29911
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low893105.2694013
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,276104.061,32839
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,639101.521,66423
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,038137.491,4276thin

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,188$1,5099
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,650$2,4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,361$2,1196

Every lot

92 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2310340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0541
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy420348.75/cwt345.00–350.001,4654
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3811
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475322.92/cwt315.00–332.001,5346
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487304.75/cwt300.00–307.001,4843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533282.73/cwt280.00–288.001,5073
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6142
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3550245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3481
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added580292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6941
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5951
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610263.28/cwt259.00–270.001,6064
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,4541
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666266.62/cwt260.00–270.001,7763
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684249.56/cwt241.00–255.001,7075
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728248.82/cwt243.00–256.001,8114
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3220295.00/cwt295.00–295.006491
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280267.00/cwt267.00–267.007481
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0371
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368300.22/cwt292.00–307.001,1059
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3395285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1262
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy402302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,2142
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413278.46/cwt272.00–285.001,1504
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3413257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0613
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1441
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479269.89/cwt260.00–277.001,29319
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3480252.47/cwt250.00–255.001,2122
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3519242.49/cwt240.00–245.001,2596
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528261.40/cwt252.00–267.001,38010
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,5172
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569247.98/cwt242.00–257.001,4118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3511
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3591
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620206.03/cwt205.00–207.001,2772
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632233.73/cwt226.00–240.001,47712
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656228.79/cwt222.00–234.001,5015
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2665212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,4101
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3672205.02/cwt200.00–208.001,3783
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714226.47/cwt217.00–232.001,6175
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3768193.48/cwt192.00–195.001,4862
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3830147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,2201
Feeder Cattle · Bulls28 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3295280.00/cwt280.00–280.008261
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315332.09/cwt325.00–340.001,0465
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2315305.00/cwt305.00–305.009611
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy343357.02/cwt354.00–360.001,2254
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360317.47/cwt315.00–320.001,1432
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy365348.47/cwt345.00–355.001,2723
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2365295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0771
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3385270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0401
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy408347.48/cwt345.00–350.001,4186
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2434332.51/cwt330.00–335.001,4434
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2440310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3641
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3445295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3131
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy461335.84/cwt335.00–340.001,5486
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2478303.34/cwt300.00–305.001,4503
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2481315.31/cwt307.00–325.001,51712
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3493287.13/cwt286.00–288.001,4168
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fancy518305.88/cwt302.00–307.001,5849
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525289.73/cwt282.00–297.001,5219
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3545220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1991
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4692
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3613224.49/cwt222.00–227.001,3762
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2632253.01/cwt242.00–256.001,59910
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2664248.28/cwt242.00–251.001,6496
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3670222.30/cwt220.00–227.001,4893
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7641
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3725235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7041
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2773226.02/cwt220.00–232.001,7472
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3930178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,6551
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice980143.89/cwt142.00–147.001,4103
Heifers—Select and Choice1,095131.10/cwt127.00–135.001,4363
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,716130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2316
Bulls——1,875122.08/cwt120.00–124.002,2894
Bulls——2,025135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,7341
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%795121.36/cwt120.00–122.009653
Cows—Lean 85-90%914110.82/cwt107.00–115.001,0135
Cows—Lean 85-90%91793.10/cwt90.00–97.008543
Cows—Lean 85-90%95385.46/cwt85.00–86.008142
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1192
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,253116.38/cwt112.00–120.001,4584
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27097.23/cwt94.00–100.001,2357
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,284105.09/cwt102.00–110.001,34926
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580106.36/cwt102.00–110.001,68010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67597.36/cwt94.00–101.001,6315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68789.53/cwt88.00–90.001,5105
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,698112.34/cwt111.00–114.001,9083
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,6502,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010150.62/cwt150.00–152.001,5213
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-29331,228.89/head1,175.00–1,275.001,2292
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2611,588.56/head1,475.00–1,950.001,5897
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3612,118.88/head1,550.00–2,700.002,1196

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.