Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-02-28

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 28
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
412 head
352 vs last sale 764 61 vs year ago 351 · +17.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
32 vs last sale 110 8 vs year ago 86 · 9.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
10 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, Good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows steady, Slaughter bulls 1.00-3.00 lower, Good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $149.90/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$149.90
151 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$746
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.20
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2501150.77755146
Medium and Large 2-3416124.535185thin
One grade step is worth $26.25/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale151 hd
149.90
KY average24 barns · 4,441 hd
148.70
+1.20
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,671105.071,75614
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63182.791,3506thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32679.271,05126
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05067.0070414

Every lot, as filed

71 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528147.16/cwt133.00–153.5077723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added635141.29/cwt141.00–142.008977
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy460159.82/cwt159.50–163.0073511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469153.00/cwt138.00–158.0071817
SteersMedium and Large 2-3429166.80/cwt163.00–168.007164
SteersMedium and Large 2-3565149.00/cwt149.00–149.008421
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added772152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1737
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy440195.00/cwt195.00–195.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2258153.29/cwt150.00–160.003953
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy524190.06/cwt188.00–194.0099610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2331
SteersMedium and Large 2-3460134.00/cwt134.00–134.006161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434184.80/cwt174.00–192.5080210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2397198.00/cwt198.00–198.007863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2414153.80/cwt141.00–161.0063717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628158.02/cwt157.00–159.009924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2795145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668157.14/cwt154.50–159.001,0506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2486189.51/cwt187.00–190.509218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2737145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,0723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy472195.50/cwt195.50–195.509236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2323187.55/cwt181.00–194.006062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2995129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added674160.85/cwt159.50–163.001,08419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added611162.83/cwt160.00–165.009956
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added715153.64/cwt150.00–154.501,0997
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545173.25/cwt170.00–186.0094415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565170.97/cwt165.00–174.009663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2255191.00/cwt191.00–191.004871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2661144.38/cwt136.00–149.009545
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720137.51/cwt137.00–138.009902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2388180.00/cwt180.00–180.006982
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474173.91/cwt160.00–184.0082411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy505175.00/cwt175.00–175.008841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63182.79/cwt75.00–89.001,3506
CowsLean 85-90%1,12476.18/cwt73.00–79.008564
CowsLean 85-90%1,05265.80/cwt64.00–69.006927
CowsLean 85-90%94757.55/cwt54.00–60.005453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33381.53/cwt72.00–90.001,08722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28866.81/cwt63.00–70.008614
Bulls1,716108.78/cwt105.00–116.001,86710
Bulls1,28089.07/cwt88.00–90.001,1402
Bulls1,838102.49/cwt101.00–104.001,8842
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292294.94/cwt88.00–109.0087510
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570139.00/cwt139.00–139.007921
BullsMedium and Large 2-3305161.00/cwt161.00–161.004911
BullsMedium and Large 2-3438144.00/cwt144.00–144.006312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2411165.00/cwt155.00–174.006788
BullsMedium and Large 2-3675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2520159.14/cwt145.00–166.5082817
BullsMedium and Large 2-3245151.00/cwt151.00–151.003701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2788129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2930103.50/cwt103.00–104.009632
BullsMedium and Large 1-2574148.04/cwt146.00–149.008504
BullsMedium and Large 1-2830128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2621144.05/cwt140.00–148.0089514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627136.66/cwt128.00–138.508576
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2778131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,0233
BullsMedium and Large 1-2327179.82/cwt174.00–185.005883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy419165.38/cwt164.00–166.506938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy342168.00/cwt168.00–168.005755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668138.65/cwt137.00–140.009263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360155.06/cwt144.00–160.005588
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3331130.91/cwt120.00–135.004334
HeifersMedium and Large 2-375599.00/cwt99.00–99.007471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586142.32/cwt142.00–143.008349
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2703138.00/cwt138.00–138.009708
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2240150.00/cwt150.00–150.003601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added510155.12/cwt154.00–157.0079116

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.