Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-02-19

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 19
● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
632 head
17 vs last sale 615 12 vs year ago 620 · +1.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
25 vs last sale 79 23 vs year ago 81 · +28.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Strong demand for all classes of feeders. Feeders over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $261.67/cwt on 221 head.
Average price
$261.67
221 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,347
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$283
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.60
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526264.191,389190
Medium and Large 2-3449246.231,10631
One grade step is worth $17.96/cwt here — about $283 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 sale221 hd
261.67
KY average26 barns · 5,890 hd
237.07
+24.60
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
BullsHigh1,505127.601,92014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,608109.741,7654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,323109.401,44752
CowsLean 85-90%High91496.8788511

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$1,1501thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1-2539255.09/cwt254.75–257.001,37521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2654236.60/cwt230.00–241.001,54715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618222.02/cwt215.00–224.001,3729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772206.60/cwt205.00–207.001,5955
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2648246.50/cwt245.00–247.001,5978
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3592225.54/cwt221.00–227.001,3354
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3504229.70/cwt190.00–245.001,1586
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3486287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,3955
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added414332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,3748
SteersMedium and Large 1-2358285.97/cwt282.00–290.001,0242
SteersMedium and Large 2-3660207.41/cwt195.00–220.001,3692
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added320302.00/cwt302.00–302.009663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added524271.53/cwt270.00–275.001,4239
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added462300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3862
SteersMedium and Large 1-2945207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9561
SteersMedium and Large 2-3621217.98/cwt205.00–233.001,3546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2275325.00/cwt325.00–325.008941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478314.60/cwt305.00–317.001,50417
SteersMedium and Large 2-3803214.64/cwt206.00–219.001,7246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added737240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431309.14/cwt295.00–327.001,33217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531294.16/cwt282.00–306.001,56214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2832220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8309
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725229.74/cwt220.00–236.001,66616
SteersMedium and Large 1-2663241.74/cwt240.00–245.001,6034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,5852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added526308.05/cwt307.00–310.001,62014
SteersMedium and Large 2-3390245.00/cwt245.00–245.009561
SteersMedium and Large 2-3740217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6061
SteersMedium and Large 2-3872212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,8492
SteersMedium and Large 2-3487260.64/cwt253.00–277.001,2693
SteersMedium and Large 2-3542273.40/cwt235.00–280.001,48210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,63817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added458325.99/cwt325.00–327.001,4938
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added614245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5044
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3331
BullsMedium and Large 2-3768183.86/cwt180.00–195.001,4124
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy510300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy320342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,0941
CowsLean 85-90%946106.26/cwt101.00–112.001,0055
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15591.85/cwt90.00–94.001,0612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,313109.13/cwt98.00–117.001,43346
CowsLean 85-90%88789.05/cwt75.00–97.007906
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,608109.74/cwt107.00–116.001,7654
Bulls1,688135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,2792
Bulls1,325117.00/cwt116.00–118.001,5502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,516121.30/cwt118.00–129.001,8394
Bulls1,504128.24/cwt123.00–134.001,92910
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2932159.37/cwt137.00–190.001,4853
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378305.47/cwt297.00–312.001,1554
BullsMedium and Large 2-3460271.65/cwt240.00–287.001,2503
BullsMedium and Large 1-2273338.98/cwt337.00–340.009253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4113
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473299.65/cwt295.00–312.001,4177
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531277.63/cwt267.00–287.001,47411
BullsMedium and Large 2-3563236.33/cwt236.00–237.001,3313
BullsMedium and Large 2-3621196.40/cwt180.00–210.001,2206
BullsMedium and Large 1-2334325.31/cwt307.00–330.001,0875
BullsMedium and Large 1-2738201.31/cwt190.00–205.001,4864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added315330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3336246.35/cwt230.00–252.008285
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378295.67/cwt285.00–302.001,11817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573248.44/cwt241.00–253.001,42420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2440291.78/cwt282.00–295.001,28414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720207.32/cwt192.00–212.001,49311
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3369269.23/cwt260.00–290.009935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270260.00/cwt260.00–260.007021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474286.73/cwt272.00–298.001,35934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added631243.93/cwt242.00–245.001,53911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added414305.32/cwt302.00–310.001,26413
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3260219.29/cwt170.00–265.005703
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3680215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,020167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,7031
BullsMedium and Large 2-3170260.00/cwt260.00–260.004421
BullsMedium and Large 2-3325234.85/cwt225.00–245.007632
BullsMedium and Large 2-3725187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2237283.35/cwt280.00–285.006723
BullsMedium and Large 2-3518232.22/cwt207.00–270.001,20312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432316.35/cwt302.00–332.001,3679
BullsMedium and Large 1-2614224.86/cwt220.00–233.001,3819
BullsMedium and Large 1-2687215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4773

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.