Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-01-13

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 13
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
618 head
▲ 262 vs last sale 356▼ 505 vs year ago 1,123 · −45.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 122▼ 113 vs year ago 146 · −77.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 18▲ 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available . Higher undertone noted

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $271.12/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −109.25 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$271.12
92 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.91
vs KY average
−32.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3571272.001,5536thin
Medium and Large 1-2542271.051,47086
One grade step is worth $0.95/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale92 hd
271.12
—
KY average17 barns · 817 hd
276.03
−4.91
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−32.91
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−109.25
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—Average1,739144.342,5118thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,585127.572,0225thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,306126.901,65734
CowsLean 85-90%Average96498.559505thin

Every lot

66 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 1-2270320.00/cwt320.00–320.008641
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0981
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1721
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413374.53/cwt350.00–390.001,5478
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added414400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6564
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7391
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3505285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4391
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536320.34/cwt320.00–322.001,7176
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added547317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,7345
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561303.95/cwt300.00–322.001,70516
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615304.26/cwt300.00–310.001,87119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3620220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3641
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625281.72/cwt277.00–297.001,76120
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3671258.96/cwt250.00–262.001,7384
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added673290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,95217
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679264.31/cwt260.00–272.001,79513
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715266.25/cwt252.00–272.001,90425
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8631
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759257.89/cwt254.00–272.001,9577
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,1134
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855257.70/cwt252.00–260.002,20314
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3890240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,1361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240330.00/cwt330.00–330.007922
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323265.45/cwt263.00–270.008573
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326323.22/cwt305.00–360.001,0544
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,0432
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374313.86/cwt312.00–315.001,17411
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429314.18/cwt310.00–315.001,3486
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added473317.15/cwt315.00–322.001,5005
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480277.29/cwt270.00–290.001,33114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added524271.14/cwt266.00–276.001,42144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529284.36/cwt282.00–287.001,5048
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,55114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3571272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5536
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574262.08/cwt250.00–270.001,50420
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624253.30/cwt245.00–270.001,58140
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6906
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654251.54/cwt247.00–252.001,64522
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added704248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,74615
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,6021
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3780150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1701
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2791231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8276
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2811233.70/cwt233.00–234.001,89510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3310290.00/cwt290.00–290.008991
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3368286.79/cwt280.00–290.001,0553
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380323.94/cwt310.00–365.001,2314
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428347.84/cwt340.00–352.001,4893
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3460280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475335.82/cwt312.00–377.001,5957
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2515289.23/cwt275.00–300.001,49013
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2562275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5465
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2634252.90/cwt245.00–267.001,6038
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3660230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5182
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2679238.90/cwt235.00–257.001,62211
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2724235.34/cwt234.00–236.001,7043
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,180123.59/cwt117.00–134.001,4583
Bulls——2,075156.79/cwt150.00–163.003,2535
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0111
Cows—Lean 85-90%96996.44/cwt95.00–98.009354
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235106.68/cwt97.00–111.001,3174
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294122.30/cwt117.00–128.001,58314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,334135.99/cwt130.00–155.001,81416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443125.49/cwt125.00–126.001,8112
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,640110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8041
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,700138.44/cwt138.00–139.002,3532
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2884154.00/cwt135.00–162.001,3619

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.