Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-02-17

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 17
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
584 vs last sale 604 612 vs year ago 632 · 96.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
12 head
51 vs last sale 63 92 vs year ago 104 · 88.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to very light test. Widespread flooding and winter weather advisory limited movement of cattle.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $272.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 152.22 against this barn's trailing median of $424.22.
Average price
$272.00
4 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,420
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
1.43
vs KY average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522272.001,4204thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
502452401350median 424.2212/1503/0204/2006/1508/10
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $488.42, low $363.78, median $424.22 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 sale4 hd
272.00
KY average19 barns · 144 hd
273.43
−1.43
This barn, trailing median27 sales
424.22
−152.22
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
BullsAverage1,650144.002,3761thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,285136.181,74910
CowsLean 85-90%Average820100.008201thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350315325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250212316.30/cwt310.00–320.006713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650608240.68/cwt240.00–242.001,4633
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550522272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250200310.00/cwt310.00–310.006201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7102
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650640232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4851
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600595257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5291
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5591
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350305240.00/cwt240.00–240.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350305240.00/cwt240.00–240.007321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300280215.00/cwt215.00–215.006021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0081
Bulls1,650144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,3761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163148.35/cwt147.00–150.001,7252
CowsLean 85-90%820100.00/cwt100.00–100.008201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,315133.14/cwt128.00–141.001,7518

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.