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 classPick one — the panels below update

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 30 comparable sales and sits −145.37 against this barn's trailing median of $417.37.
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

Price by quality 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.

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 median30 sales
417.37
−145.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
502440378316median 417.3703/0204/2006/2208/3111/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $488.42, low $330.23, median $417.37 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,650144.002,3761thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,285136.181,74910
CowsLean 85-90%Average820100.008201thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3281
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5591
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3595257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5291
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2200310.00/cwt310.00–310.006201
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3280215.00/cwt215.00–215.006021
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3305240.00/cwt240.00–240.007321
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305240.00/cwt240.00–240.007321
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0081
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3640232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,4851
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5511
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2212316.30/cwt310.00–320.006713
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0242
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4204
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2608240.68/cwt240.00–242.001,4633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,650144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,3761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%820100.00/cwt100.00–100.008201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163148.35/cwt147.00–150.001,7252
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,315133.14/cwt128.00–141.001,7518

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.