Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-11-24

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 24
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▼ 362 vs last sale 742▼ 109 vs year ago 489 · −22.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 156▼ 24 vs year ago 90 · −26.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 18▲ 5 vs year ago 4 · +125.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold sharply lower. CME futures opened the limit down, more negative market factors along with it being a holiday week pressured the market down. Slaughter cows and 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 $289.77/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −90.60 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$289.77
35 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$39.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.75
vs KY average
−59.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563304.561,71522
Medium and Large 2-3567264.741,50213thin
One grade step is worth $39.82/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale35 hd
289.77
—
KY average23 barns · 924 hd
318.52
−28.75
National average34 barns · 3,821 hd
349.37
−59.60
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−90.60
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—Average1,707186.683,1868thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,244143.651,78729
CowsLean 85-90%Low915115.901,0605thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,298$2,1223thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,245$1,8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,045$1,4501thin

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333348.30/cwt345.00–350.001,1603
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390357.86/cwt357.00–360.001,3967
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3396300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1881
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3415315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3071
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424353.73/cwt350.00–355.001,5004
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471345.51/cwt340.00–350.001,62715
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3471322.23/cwt320.00–330.001,5189
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526326.23/cwt317.00–330.001,7167
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553336.00/cwt327.00–345.001,8586
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8301
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613310.08/cwt300.00–318.001,9017
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9992
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3870187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6271
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,0304
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3235250.00/cwt250.00–250.005881
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2282312.00/cwt312.00–312.008806
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3285240.26/cwt225.00–260.006853
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3330268.91/cwt250.00–300.008873
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345301.09/cwt290.00–315.001,0395
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364306.11/cwt275.00–320.001,11413
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3371233.10/cwt225.00–285.008657
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3428258.95/cwt200.00–320.001,1082
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433306.33/cwt300.00–315.001,3266
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4044
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3484272.93/cwt267.00–277.001,3215
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525296.84/cwt285.00–302.001,55810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530276.37/cwt270.00–280.001,4654
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3584259.57/cwt220.00–275.001,5169
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,85012
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616265.30/cwt260.00–270.001,6348
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3632245.35/cwt230.00–262.001,5515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,97534
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667263.53/cwt262.00–268.001,7584
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3671275.82/cwt240.00–294.001,8514
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703235.72/cwt230.00–247.001,6573
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720217.65/cwt202.00–232.001,5674
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 2-31,105177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,9561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3265295.00/cwt295.00–295.007821
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2295350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0332
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3340280.00/cwt280.00–280.009521
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3370300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1101
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2382341.10/cwt337.00–347.001,30310
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2410344.42/cwt340.00–345.001,4129
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3429278.48/cwt205.00–325.001,1956
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3453306.12/cwt285.00–327.001,3872
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468330.29/cwt325.00–333.001,5467
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3513293.47/cwt287.00–300.001,5062
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5404
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570277.37/cwt270.00–285.001,5812
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3637228.30/cwt165.00–239.001,4547
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2641248.01/cwt245.00–252.001,5907
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3650242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5732
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5602
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,345175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,3541
Bulls——1,732183.68/cwt182.00–187.003,1815
Bulls——1,825200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,6502
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%77597.00/cwt97.00–97.007521
Cows—Lean 85-90%890126.53/cwt125.00–128.001,1262
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010114.72/cwt112.00–118.001,1592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,238141.72/cwt131.00–149.001,75424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274152.93/cwt150.00–155.001,9485
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2934166.51/cwt150.00–177.001,5554
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0451,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2451,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2982,122.05/head1,975.00–2,200.002,1223

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.