Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-04-05

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 5
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
▼ 355 vs last sale 702▼ 183 vs year ago 530 · −34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 75▼ 17 vs year ago 86 · −19.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 4▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.02/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$129.02
135 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.87
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560130.9673498
Medium and Large 2-3512123.8963437
One grade step is worth $7.07/cwt here — about $99 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 sale135 hd
129.02
—
KY average25 barns · 5,176 hd
134.89
−5.87
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—Low1,63786.641,41812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55561.309532thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22358.6271729
CowsLean 85-90%Average93740.783823thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373185.00/cwt185.00–185.006902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430180.13/cwt176.00–186.007754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466165.17/cwt161.00–170.007704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532164.04/cwt160.00–167.5087321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566160.30/cwt155.00–165.5090717
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3595147.00/cwt144.00–150.008752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603142.16/cwt135.00–148.008575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy623150.50/cwt150.00–151.009382
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3660134.04/cwt129.00–139.008852
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689136.64/cwt135.00–137.0094111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2721132.99/cwt130.00–134.009594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2781125.50/cwt125.50–125.509809
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3782121.65/cwt119.00–123.009513
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3805118.00/cwt118.00–118.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0501
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3935104.00/cwt104.00–104.009721
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2232165.00/cwt165.00–165.003832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3258143.00/cwt143.00–143.003693
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3306140.10/cwt138.00–153.004297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310154.00/cwt154.00–154.004771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2369150.09/cwt147.00–152.005548
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3386147.00/cwt146.00–149.005676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415141.53/cwt140.00–145.005879
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3420117.00/cwt117.00–117.004912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy455148.00/cwt148.00–148.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469139.88/cwt135.00–142.006568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534134.10/cwt129.00–140.0071618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578130.23/cwt129.50–131.007538
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3593117.00/cwt116.00–118.006942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3603111.22/cwt110.00–116.006715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615120.33/cwt120.00–121.007403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631124.98/cwt124.50–127.0078926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685121.00/cwt121.00–121.008293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3693106.00/cwt106.00–106.007353
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3710111.01/cwt107.00–116.007883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734109.66/cwt109.50–110.008053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758113.00/cwt113.00–113.008572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-379393.51/cwt89.00–98.007422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3804100.00/cwt100.00–100.008043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828104.00/cwt104.00–104.008616
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3240140.00/cwt140.00–140.003362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3268161.87/cwt145.00–179.004346
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2270196.18/cwt177.00–203.005307
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2304197.26/cwt178.00–204.006004
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3342150.00/cwt150.00–150.005132
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3372137.00/cwt137.00–137.005103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382170.76/cwt161.00–180.006526
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2417172.93/cwt163.00–177.0072110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2457167.19/cwt166.00–169.007645
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485152.67/cwt150.00–154.007403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3505132.00/cwt132.00–132.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513152.99/cwt147.00–155.007854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2559149.07/cwt147.00–152.0083311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625127.19/cwt125.00–132.007954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665130.11/cwt124.00–135.5086514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700124.00/cwt124.00–124.008681
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007701
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3808102.50/cwt102.50–102.508282
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2837106.33/cwt105.00–107.008903
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,44678.15/cwt75.00–80.001,1304
Bulls——1,70788.36/cwt82.50–93.001,5086
Bulls——1,80898.45/cwt97.00–100.001,7802
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%92540.00/cwt40.00–40.003701
Cows—Lean 85-90%93740.78/cwt35.00–45.003823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21057.21/cwt52.00–60.0069220
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29164.48/cwt63.00–66.508328
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55561.30/cwt60.00–63.009532
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08579.51/cwt72.00–95.008634
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,17269.92/cwt69.00–71.008192
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,103757.82/cwt700.00–800.008,3592
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4031,127.84/cwt835.00–1,350.0015,8242
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5551,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0022,5481

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.