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 classPick one — the panels below update

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

Price by quality 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
Bulls—High1,669125.202,08911
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,530106.661,6323thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,302104.091,35643
CowsLean 85-90%Average94391.928679thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2223335.00/cwt335.00–335.007474
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3290280.00/cwt280.00–280.008121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2300300.00/cwt300.00–300.009001
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3300290.00/cwt290.00–290.008701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added340337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,1461
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435293.47/cwt292.00–300.001,2775
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3464238.72/cwt230.00–262.001,1085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465323.53/cwt322.00–327.001,50410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478311.72/cwt307.00–317.001,49016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2507291.38/cwt290.00–295.001,47711
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3540260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4041
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3572262.98/cwt220.00–267.001,50420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580263.99/cwt225.00–287.001,53113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4847
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642240.84/cwt240.00–241.001,5466
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683224.58/cwt220.00–229.001,5342
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3722209.69/cwt207.00–211.001,5143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2737219.70/cwt217.00–221.001,6193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785220.18/cwt217.00–222.001,72810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added803221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,77516
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3848196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,6622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862211.14/cwt206.00–212.001,8207
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added885219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,94314
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3890185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,6471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2900212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,9081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,015188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,9081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,070183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,9582
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324286.29/cwt272.00–289.009286
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3324259.41/cwt210.00–295.008404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369285.10/cwt270.00–297.001,05214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added403297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,1973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431288.19/cwt282.00–297.001,24218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3434252.17/cwt248.00–262.001,0947
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3456249.81/cwt230.00–260.001,1393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470272.58/cwt261.00–281.001,28122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added517259.64/cwt251.00–262.501,3424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520243.00/cwt240.00–250.001,2645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3524208.88/cwt202.00–230.001,0954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2572232.89/cwt220.00–250.001,33211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3595217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,2911
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3608191.06/cwt172.00–202.001,1624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610212.54/cwt212.00–217.001,29615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680188.45/cwt180.00–200.001,2815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714209.17/cwt196.00–214.001,49316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3745182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,4143
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3804178.47/cwt172.00–185.001,4354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2980180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3238275.00/cwt275.00–275.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2288290.77/cwt250.00–322.008373
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3290315.00/cwt315.00–315.009141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3325285.00/cwt285.00–285.009261
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2341331.62/cwt330.00–332.001,13110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371318.13/cwt305.00–337.001,1805
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3381249.46/cwt230.00–285.009506
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423315.44/cwt282.00–330.001,33428
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465297.88/cwt272.00–307.001,38512
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3470249.09/cwt230.00–267.001,1712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2502290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4564
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3533250.14/cwt240.00–260.001,3332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574230.73/cwt220.00–252.001,3244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3577203.87/cwt180.00–215.001,1763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2609221.15/cwt212.00–228.001,3478
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3640200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668217.55/cwt212.00–222.001,45316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2737189.53/cwt185.00–191.001,3974
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3830175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4532
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,626123.65/cwt120.00–127.002,0119
Bulls——1,860132.18/cwt130.00–134.002,4592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93188.45/cwt85.00–95.008234
Cows—Lean 85-90%95394.70/cwt92.00–98.009025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27587.00/cwt87.00–87.001,1091
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,302103.96/cwt93.00–113.001,35440
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,323115.25/cwt114.00–117.001,5252
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,433102.49/cwt99.00–106.001,4692
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,725115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9841

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.