Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-02-12

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 12
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
615 head
785 vs last sale 1,400 105 vs year ago 720 · 14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
106 vs last sale 185 10 vs year ago 89 · 11.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Strong demand for feeders under 600 lbs. Feeders 600 lbs and over sold steady to firm . Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $256.87/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$256.87
170 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.07
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2644258.771,667135
Medium and Large 2-3572249.551,42735
One grade step is worth $9.22/cwt here — about $241 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 sale170 hd
256.87
KY average26 barns · 9,304 hd
245.81
+11.07
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
BullsHigh1,669125.202,08911
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,530106.661,6323thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,302104.091,35643
CowsLean 85-90%Average94391.928679thin

Every lot, as filed

82 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added420325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3651
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added403297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,1973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added517259.64/cwt251.00–262.501,3424
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2714209.17/cwt196.00–214.001,49316
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3324259.41/cwt210.00–295.008404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683224.58/cwt220.00–229.001,5342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2223335.00/cwt335.00–335.007474
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478311.72/cwt307.00–317.001,49016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2507291.38/cwt290.00–295.001,47711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431288.19/cwt282.00–297.001,24218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,9081
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,070183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,9582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300300.00/cwt300.00–300.009001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435293.47/cwt292.00–300.001,2775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862211.14/cwt206.00–212.001,8207
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3524208.88/cwt202.00–230.001,0954
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580263.99/cwt225.00–287.001,53113
SteersMedium and Large 2-3464238.72/cwt230.00–262.001,1085
SteersMedium and Large 2-3848196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,6622
SteersMedium and Large 2-3572262.98/cwt220.00–267.001,50420
SteersMedium and Large 2-3722209.69/cwt207.00–211.001,5143
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,015188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,9081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2737219.70/cwt217.00–221.001,6193
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300290.00/cwt290.00–290.008701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added885219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,94314
SteersMedium and Large 2-3890185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6471
SteersMedium and Large 2-3540260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642240.84/cwt240.00–241.001,5466
SteersMedium and Large 2-3290280.00/cwt280.00–280.008121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added654242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5834
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added340337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,1461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added465323.53/cwt322.00–327.001,50410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added803221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,77516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785220.18/cwt217.00–222.001,72810
SteersMedium and Large 2-3365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2574230.73/cwt220.00–252.001,3244
BullsMedium and Large 1-2341331.62/cwt330.00–332.001,13110
BullsMedium and Large 2-3238275.00/cwt275.00–275.006552
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009572
BullsMedium and Large 2-3577203.87/cwt180.00–215.001,1763
BullsMedium and Large 2-3381249.46/cwt230.00–285.009506
CowsLean 85-90%93188.45/cwt85.00–95.008234
CowsLean 85-90%95394.70/cwt92.00–98.009025
CowsBoner 80-85%1,323115.25/cwt114.00–117.001,5252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,302103.96/cwt93.00–113.001,35440
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1091
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,725115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,433102.49/cwt99.00–106.001,4692
Bulls1,860132.18/cwt130.00–134.002,4592
Bulls1,626123.65/cwt120.00–127.002,0119
BullsMedium and Large 2-3533250.14/cwt240.00–260.001,3332
BullsMedium and Large 2-3470249.09/cwt230.00–267.001,1712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2502290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4564
BullsMedium and Large 1-2609221.15/cwt212.00–228.001,3478
BullsMedium and Large 1-2737189.53/cwt185.00–191.001,3974
BullsMedium and Large 2-3640200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2371318.13/cwt305.00–337.001,1805
BullsMedium and Large 2-3290315.00/cwt315.00–315.009141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3830175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4532
BullsMedium and Large 2-3325285.00/cwt285.00–285.009261
BullsMedium and Large 1-2288290.77/cwt250.00–322.008373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423315.44/cwt282.00–330.001,33428
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324286.29/cwt272.00–289.009286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3745182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668217.55/cwt212.00–222.001,45316
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465297.88/cwt272.00–307.001,38512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3680188.45/cwt180.00–200.001,2815
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3608191.06/cwt172.00–202.001,1624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369285.10/cwt270.00–297.001,05214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2980180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470272.58/cwt261.00–281.001,28122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572232.89/cwt220.00–250.001,33211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520243.00/cwt240.00–250.001,2645
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3595217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3456249.81/cwt230.00–260.001,1393
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3434252.17/cwt248.00–262.001,0947
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4143
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3804178.47/cwt172.00–185.001,4354
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2610212.54/cwt212.00–217.001,29615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added601247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4847

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.