Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-03-08

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 8
● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,125 head
▲ 774 vs last sale 351▲ 674 vs year ago 451 · +149.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
171 head
▲ 85 vs last sale 86▲ 99 vs year ago 72 · +137.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 5 vs year ago 10 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and feeder bulls under 650 lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder heifers over 650 lbs sold steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.83/cwt on 311 head.
Average price
$132.83
311 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.19
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508136.55693254
Medium and Large 2-3587116.2568257
One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about $11 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 sale311 hd
132.83
—
KY average25 barns · 8,519 hd
129.64
+3.19
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—Average1,86186.651,61215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60458.209348thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25156.5370756
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01238.0538512

Every lot

102 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2240184.00/cwt184.00–184.004421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2270191.00/cwt191.00–191.005161
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3363141.72/cwt135.00–148.005142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372178.22/cwt169.00–185.0066310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420177.68/cwt176.50–180.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432165.85/cwt160.00–178.0071618
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3438132.94/cwt123.00–143.005822
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3450144.00/cwt144.00–144.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460169.99/cwt169.00–171.007822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461158.77/cwt150.00–164.0073214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529158.47/cwt150.00–163.0083815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531158.08/cwt157.00–168.0083912
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3569129.11/cwt128.00–140.0073520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574145.57/cwt137.00–155.008368
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added579158.25/cwt158.25–158.2591668
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600151.00/cwt151.00–151.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617136.38/cwt130.00–149.5084130
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3640119.73/cwt119.00–127.0076611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added672136.17/cwt133.00–139.5091512
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3678136.00/cwt136.00–136.009226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684128.35/cwt126.00–134.008785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723128.17/cwt122.00–129.2592728
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3730124.10/cwt117.00–125.509066
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785121.83/cwt121.00–122.009566
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3822118.50/cwt118.50–118.509748
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0025
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3895103.00/cwt103.00–103.009223
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2215173.96/cwt154.00–185.003745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265162.54/cwt156.00–168.004315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3310139.00/cwt139.00–139.004311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324157.56/cwt150.00–164.0051010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added358159.37/cwt159.00–160.005718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372148.95/cwt140.00–155.0055413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3372131.44/cwt123.00–137.004893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added414150.40/cwt148.00–155.006238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422144.18/cwt140.00–148.0060824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3429133.30/cwt123.00–138.005726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464145.51/cwt145.00–146.006756
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3471128.16/cwt110.00–137.0060411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475139.43/cwt137.00–144.0066240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added511140.00/cwt140.00–140.007155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528134.26/cwt130.00–138.0070923
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535116.64/cwt115.00–120.006243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574128.11/cwt123.00–133.0073553
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3582117.03/cwt112.00–120.006816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613122.77/cwt122.00–124.007539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added616123.25/cwt123.25–123.2575920
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3628110.57/cwt88.00–116.006947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671120.88/cwt118.50–124.5081115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3676112.09/cwt109.00–117.0075810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3735100.00/cwt100.00–100.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736114.00/cwt114.00–114.0083910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-376887.72/cwt85.00–93.006743
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-383195.50/cwt95.50–95.507946
Feeder Cattle · Bulls30 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3244124.00/cwt124.00–124.003035
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2245183.00/cwt183.00–183.004481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2279186.53/cwt182.00–190.005205
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy285200.00/cwt200.00–200.005701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3290160.00/cwt160.00–160.004641
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2338188.95/cwt184.00–190.0063911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3343163.00/cwt162.00–164.005593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added362173.00/cwt173.00–173.006262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2376166.05/cwt160.00–169.006249
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3394139.21/cwt134.00–151.005484
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415157.83/cwt145.00–169.006557
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425171.70/cwt169.00–174.007309
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430163.42/cwt157.00–168.0070312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added460172.01/cwt170.00–173.007913
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467156.26/cwt151.00–167.0073022
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485143.85/cwt130.00–149.0069817
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515152.21/cwt150.50–154.007846
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525145.73/cwt140.00–150.0076532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3533129.44/cwt116.00–143.006908
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2551140.20/cwt138.00–144.0077310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3573125.52/cwt117.00–129.007199
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3618115.52/cwt115.00–117.007144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620124.23/cwt120.00–128.0077018
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2664124.37/cwt122.00–125.0082627
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665118.62/cwt118.50–119.007894
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2733117.00/cwt117.00–117.008583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770114.01/cwt112.00–115.008783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3820108.00/cwt108.00–108.008861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-395584.00/cwt84.00–84.008021
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3407100.00/cwt100.00–100.004072
Dairy Steers—Large 357585.00/cwt85.00–85.004891
Dairy Steers—Large 364092.00/cwt92.00–92.005897
Dairy Steers—Large 31,01195.00/cwt95.00–95.0096044
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,85585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5771
Bulls——1,86186.77/cwt82.00–90.001,61514
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94527.00/cwt27.00–27.002551
Cows—Lean 85-90%99238.46/cwt32.00–42.0038210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14463.76/cwt63.00–64.007296
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26049.00/cwt49.00–49.006171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26455.80/cwt50.00–63.0070549
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28045.00/cwt45.00–45.005761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60458.20/cwt57.50–60.009348
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,380875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,0751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08082.00/cwt82.00–82.008861
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,09176.49/cwt64.00–84.008353
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,8001,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0026,1001

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.