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 classPick one — the panels below update

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

Price by quality 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
Bulls—High1,671105.071,75614
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63182.791,3506thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32679.271,05126
CowsLean 85-90%High1,05067.0070414

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323187.55/cwt181.00–194.006062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2397198.00/cwt198.00–198.007863
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3429166.80/cwt163.00–168.007164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434184.80/cwt174.00–192.5080210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy440195.00/cwt195.00–195.008581
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460134.00/cwt134.00–134.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy472195.50/cwt195.50–195.509236
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486189.51/cwt187.00–190.509218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy524190.06/cwt188.00–194.0099610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545173.25/cwt170.00–186.0094415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565170.97/cwt165.00–174.009663
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565149.00/cwt149.00–149.008421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611162.83/cwt160.00–165.009956
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628158.02/cwt157.00–159.009924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668157.14/cwt154.50–159.001,0506
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674160.85/cwt159.50–163.001,08419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715153.64/cwt150.00–154.501,0997
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,0723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added772152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2810147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2900137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2995129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240150.00/cwt150.00–150.003601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2258153.29/cwt150.00–160.003953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3331130.91/cwt120.00–135.004334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340155.00/cwt155.00–155.005271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy342168.00/cwt168.00–168.005755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360155.06/cwt144.00–160.005588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414153.80/cwt141.00–161.0063717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy419165.38/cwt164.00–166.506938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460159.82/cwt159.50–163.0073511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469153.00/cwt138.00–158.0071817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510155.12/cwt154.00–157.0079116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528147.16/cwt133.00–153.5077723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586142.32/cwt142.00–143.008349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627136.66/cwt128.00–138.508576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635141.29/cwt141.00–142.008977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2668138.65/cwt137.00–140.009263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2703138.00/cwt138.00–138.009708
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375599.00/cwt99.00–99.007471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,0233
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3245151.00/cwt151.00–151.003701
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2255191.00/cwt191.00–191.004871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3305161.00/cwt161.00–161.004911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327179.82/cwt174.00–185.005883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2388180.00/cwt180.00–180.006982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2411165.00/cwt155.00–174.006788
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3438144.00/cwt144.00–144.006312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474173.91/cwt160.00–184.0082411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505175.00/cwt175.00–175.008841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520159.14/cwt145.00–166.5082817
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3570139.00/cwt139.00–139.007921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574148.04/cwt146.00–149.008504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2621144.05/cwt140.00–148.0089514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2661144.38/cwt136.00–149.009545
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720137.51/cwt137.00–138.009902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2788129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0173
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2830128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2930103.50/cwt103.00–104.009632
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28089.07/cwt88.00–90.001,1402
Bulls——1,716108.78/cwt105.00–116.001,86710
Bulls——1,838102.49/cwt101.00–104.001,8842
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94757.55/cwt54.00–60.005453
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05265.80/cwt64.00–69.006927
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12476.18/cwt73.00–79.008564
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28866.81/cwt63.00–70.008614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33381.53/cwt72.00–90.001,08722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63182.79/cwt75.00–89.001,3506
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-292294.94/cwt88.00–109.0087510

This sale against other markets

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.