Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 1
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 152▼ 4 vs year ago 355 · −1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 38▲ 16 vs year ago 70 · +22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 3▼ 1 vs year ago 11 · −9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers 600 lbs and over sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.68/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$126.68
147 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.51
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521128.61671117
Medium and Large 2-3505119.1860230
One grade step is worth $9.43/cwt here — about $69 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 sale147 hd
126.68
—
KY average30 barns · 7,229 hd
128.19
−1.51
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—Low1,81588.681,60910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28856.3372660
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54255.828617thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02640.994219thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3255137.96/cwt136.00–140.003522
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310180.00/cwt180.00–180.005581
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added433174.75/cwt171.00–175.0075715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433152.48/cwt149.00–156.006602
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2453154.29/cwt149.00–157.006993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472168.00/cwt168.00–168.007932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532143.86/cwt140.00–145.0076519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567135.59/cwt134.00–137.0076912
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3572115.00/cwt115.00–115.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added613137.00/cwt137.00–137.008407
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627125.95/cwt120.00–129.0079018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy640132.00/cwt132.00–132.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688120.97/cwt119.50–127.008327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711125.00/cwt125.00–125.008895
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3780114.49/cwt114.00–115.008932
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835118.00/cwt118.00–118.009853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3200132.00/cwt132.00–132.002641
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3255137.00/cwt137.00–137.003491
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2268146.00/cwt146.00–146.003916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315134.50/cwt134.00–135.004242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331142.45/cwt135.00–153.004724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379141.29/cwt137.00–145.0053512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3416123.47/cwt112.00–128.005144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420144.76/cwt135.00–149.0060817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476135.66/cwt133.00–142.0064614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3479123.04/cwt120.00–124.005895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509131.25/cwt131.00–132.006684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3518113.46/cwt112.00–115.005882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528126.79/cwt124.00–130.0066916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3573116.64/cwt116.50–117.0066810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576120.37/cwt118.50–123.5069317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601117.00/cwt114.00–118.507036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3634112.25/cwt112.00–112.507124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681114.80/cwt114.00–115.0078210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370086.00/cwt86.00–86.006021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725110.50/cwt110.50–110.508013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-280097.00/cwt97.00–97.007762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-287795.00/cwt95.00–95.008336
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280171.00/cwt171.00–171.004791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2303174.63/cwt170.00–181.005293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2360180.49/cwt180.00–181.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365145.68/cwt138.00–158.005323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2423159.53/cwt149.00–167.006757
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467151.19/cwt146.00–156.007066
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3512124.00/cwt124.00–124.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522139.75/cwt133.00–147.0072913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2557132.99/cwt129.00–135.007413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2607120.62/cwt116.00–123.007323
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3623114.78/cwt110.00–118.007154
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3690111.00/cwt111.00–111.007661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2708109.25/cwt108.00–114.007735
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-382095.00/cwt95.00–95.007791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64576.40/cwt74.50–78.501,2572
Bulls——1,85791.75/cwt85.50–94.501,7048
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00742.36/cwt40.00–45.004278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14949.76/cwt45.00–54.005729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18030.00/cwt30.00–30.003541
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30657.10/cwt51.00–62.5074648
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41763.75/cwt62.50–65.509033
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54255.82/cwt53.00–57.508617
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06368.76/cwt62.50–76.007312
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09968.24/cwt60.00–83.007506
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,120880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,8561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,410810.00/cwt810.00–810.0011,4211

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.