Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $274.78/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −169.91 against this barn's trailing median of $444.69.

Average price

$274.78

46 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,521

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$254

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$42.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.86

vs KY average

−16.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	293.14	1,632	26
Medium and Large 2-3	549	250.92	1,378	20

One grade step is worth $42.22/cwt here — about $254 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.64, low $370.24, median $444.69 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale46 hd

274.78

—

KY average24 barns · 907 hd

289.64

−14.86

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

−16.31

This barn, trailing median27 sales

444.69

−169.91

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,651	173.87	2,870	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,315	140.13	1,843	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	138.50	2,147	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	997	110.59	1,102	3thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	254.96/cwt	253.00–257.00	1,428	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	337.67/cwt	300.00–352.00	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	503	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	299.13/cwt	235.00–310.00	978	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,687	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,668	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	232.03/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,439	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	391	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,435	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	289.07/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	364.87/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	250	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	763	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,146	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,109	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	240.66/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,499	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	310.45/cwt	307.00–315.00	1,586	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	263.25/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,372	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	283.97/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,650	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	305.56/cwt	255.00–324.00	1,137	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	159.27/cwt	145.00–167.00	1,359	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	303.88/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,331	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	138.50/cwt	133.00–144.00	2,147	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,336	146.46/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,957	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	136.03/cwt	119.00–144.00	1,771	17
Bulls	—	—	1,135	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,555	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,484	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	101.39/cwt	97.00–105.00	933	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	272.66/cwt	242.00–283.00	1,677	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	327.32/cwt	314.00–340.00	1,545	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	310	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,194	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	273.66/cwt	272.00–277.00	1,415	3
Bulls	—	—	1,623	173.54/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,817	6
Bulls	—	—	1,821	183.59/cwt	182.00–185.00	3,343	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	245.10/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,022	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	278.24/cwt	200.00–292.00	1,049	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	332	196.13/cwt	190.00–210.00	651	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	317.06/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,481	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,364	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	411	266.29/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,094	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	257.62/cwt	224.00–282.00	1,494	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	386	249.93/cwt	210.00–340.00	965	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,452	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	677	248.94/cwt	232.00–257.00	1,685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	280	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	238.61/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	535	246.45/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	464	276.26/cwt	262.00–290.00	1,282	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	255.01/cwt	235.00–282.00	1,308	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	612	225.69/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	503	240.87/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,212	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	331.32/cwt	331.00–332.00	1,415	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	409	262.37/cwt	241.00–280.00	1,073	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	694	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,863	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	261.14/cwt	230.00–291.00	1,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,327	1

How this sale compares

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY

Mon Jul 15, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 403Last week 478Year ago 406

Slaughter CattleReceipts 46Last week 97Year ago 88

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 6Year ago 11

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	305.00	305.00
10	300–350	327	235.00–310.00	299.13
10	350–400	372	255.00–324.00	305.56
3	400–450	445	277.00–295.00	289.07
3	450–500	487	280.00	280.00
5	500–550	521	255.00–267.00	263.25
2	550–600	560	253.00–257.00	254.96
5	600–650	620	230.00–235.00	232.03
5	1100–1150	1,146	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
14	650–700	676	249.50	249.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	265.00	265.00
1	250–300	280	290.00	290.00
3	300–350	332	190.00–210.00	196.13
9	350–400	377	200.00–292.00	278.24
4	400–450	417	240.00–250.00	245.10
6	450–500	464	262.00–290.00	276.26
7	500–550	513	235.00–282.00	255.01
3	550–600	570	232.00–242.00	238.61
3	600–650	612	225.00–227.00	225.69
1	650–700	670	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	330.00	330.00
2	250–300	283	360.00–370.00	364.87
1	300–350	325	340.00	340.00
5	350–400	386	300.00–352.00	337.67
6	400–450	438	300.00–315.00	303.88
18	450–500	467	300.00–327.00	317.06
3	500–550	517	272.00–277.00	273.66
2	550–600	568	250.00	250.00
8	600–650	623	235.00–250.00	240.66
1	650–700	670	249.00	249.00
1	700–750	745	222.00	222.00
3	850–900	858	210.00	210.00
1	900–950	905	197.00	197.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	210.00–340.00	249.93
4	400–450	409	241.00–280.00	262.37
2	450–500	480	230.00–291.00	261.14
4	500–550	535	230.00–252.00	246.45
1	550–600	560	237.00	237.00
3	650–700	677	232.00–257.00	248.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	258	370.00	370.00
2	300–350	302	320.00	320.00
3	400–450	427	331.00–332.00	331.32
15	450–500	472	314.00–340.00	327.32
9	500–550	511	307.00–315.00	310.45
17	550–600	581	280.00–293.00	283.97
4	600–650	615	242.00–283.00	272.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	385.00	385.00
20	350–400	391	367.00	367.00
17	650–700	694	268.50	268.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	411	250.00–275.00	266.29
1	450–500	460	280.00	280.00
8	500–550	503	240.00–241.00	240.87
12	550–600	580	224.00–282.00	257.62
1	600–650	600	242.00	242.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	853	145.00–167.00	159.27

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,550	133.00–144.00	138.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,336	145.00–149.00	146.46
17	—	1,302	119.00–144.00	136.03
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,150	129.00	129.00
2	—	920	97.00–105.00	101.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	137.00	137.00
6	—	1,623	169.00–178.00	173.54
4	—	1,821	182.00–185.00	183.59

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle