Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-02-10

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 10
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
604 head
469 vs last sale 1,073 11 vs year ago 615 · 1.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
63 head
64 vs last sale 127 16 vs year ago 79 · 20.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
9 vs last sale 18 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Lightweight feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers over 400 lbs sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder steers 700 lbs and over sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 400 lbs sold 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Some instances of sharply lower especially in plain quality feeders. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.17/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 136.33 against this barn's trailing median of $393.50.
Average price
$257.17
39 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,395
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$30.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
12.58
vs KY average
39.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541262.641,42032
Medium and Large 2-3550232.161,2777thin
One grade step is worth $30.47/cwt here — about $143 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
443407371335median 393.5001/0503/0204/2706/2208/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $428.62, low $348.95, median $393.50 across 30 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 sale39 hd
257.17
KY average25 barns · 1,550 hd
269.75
−12.58
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−39.83
This barn, trailing median30 sales
393.50
−136.33
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
BullsAverage1,893154.972,93413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,262128.331,62018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,629125.232,0394thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average959108.481,0409thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,405$2,1893thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,365$1,8651thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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 2-3400–450406262.84/cwt250.00–270.001,0675
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526259.67/cwt245.00–270.001,36611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423292.10/cwt290.00–295.001,23618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582273.54/cwt232.00–284.001,5925
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850827237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9603
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700690222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5324
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550526236.53/cwt210.00–247.001,2444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625246.34/cwt240.00–255.001,54011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665237.67/cwt237.00–238.001,5813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440337.86/cwt300.00–355.001,48724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523309.78/cwt300.00–316.001,62014
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650613218.66/cwt210.00–225.001,3404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300–350313341.10/cwt340.00–345.001,0685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550515280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4428
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500490268.06/cwt235.00–274.001,3137
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600573257.72/cwt245.00–282.001,4775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500464344.07/cwt341.00–347.001,5964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850840246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,0661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1851
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650619259.99/cwt231.00–270.001,6098
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450433288.44/cwt285.00–292.001,2492
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700695246.00/cwt241.00–251.001,7102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550515321.31/cwt320.00–322.001,6553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615286.47/cwt282.00–289.001,7628
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800765254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,9431
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300–350340275.00/cwt275.00–275.009352
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750706270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added300–350340380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,2921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750747278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,07715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600571290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6566
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750735265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500479317.52/cwt310.00–320.001,5214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700653271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450410345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4152
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750730232.71/cwt212.00–255.001,6997
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750725177.92/cwt175.00–187.001,2904
BullsMedium and Large 2-3900–950915146.01/cwt145.00–147.001,3362
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650–700665235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5632
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650625219.84/cwt210.00–230.001,3742
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800–850830192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,5942
CowsLean 85-90%958109.54/cwt103.00–119.001,0498
CowsLean 85-90%965100.00/cwt100.00–100.009651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,272128.41/cwt120.00–137.001,63313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,310147.44/cwt144.00–150.001,9312
Bulls1,915154.06/cwt147.00–157.002,9509
Bulls1,445144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,0811
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,020119.00/cwt119.00–119.002,4041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,498127.30/cwt125.00–129.001,9073
CowsBoner 80-85%1,187115.22/cwt112.00–117.001,3683
Bulls1,977161.36/cwt160.00–164.003,1903
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2874145.90/cwt111.00–177.001,2755
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4052,189.09/head2,125.00–2,300.002,1893
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3651,865.00/head1,865.00–1,865.001,8651
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700674242.49/cwt241.00–250.001,63410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550511301.12/cwt250.00–316.001,53923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600584266.59/cwt245.00–275.001,55718
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500465247.26/cwt225.00–270.001,1502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850823211.95/cwt210.00–214.001,7442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350339354.12/cwt345.00–357.001,2004
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500475302.38/cwt277.00–325.001,4368
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800762209.98/cwt200.00–215.001,6003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400371326.81/cwt300.00–355.001,21210
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800750195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450429322.79/cwt306.00–345.001,38511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370310.70/cwt300.00–312.001,1509
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465286.26/cwt280.00–288.001,33111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569254.46/cwt250.00–258.001,44813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300286306.46/cwt302.00–315.008763
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450400245.00/cwt245.00–245.009802
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550525270.19/cwt260.00–280.001,4182
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350330283.88/cwt270.00–295.009374
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400365278.29/cwt275.00–280.001,0163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added350–400359350.36/cwt322.00–357.001,2587
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800–850815175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4261
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600582226.34/cwt225.00–227.001,3173
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700–750715177.74/cwt160.00–195.001,2712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450413330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,36310
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3950–1000955187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335295.00/cwt295.00–295.009882

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.