Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-05-03

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 3
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
725 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 716▲ 243 vs year ago 482 · +50.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 105▲ 7 vs year ago 90 · +7.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 5▼ 7 vs year ago 12 · −58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $127.21/cwt on 297 head.
Average price
$127.21
297 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.02
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532129.93691236
Medium and Large 2-3542116.7063261
One grade step is worth $13.23/cwt here — about $59 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 sale297 hd
127.21
—
KY average26 barns · 4,821 hd
129.23
−2.02
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—Average1,79390.901,6306thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53862.919685thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20159.0770941
CowsLean 85-90%High94542.5940311

Every lot

83 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365160.96/cwt159.00–162.005883
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3400146.00/cwt146.00–146.005842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428153.46/cwt150.00–156.006574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added445163.00/cwt163.00–163.007252
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470151.54/cwt147.00–155.0071214
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3479142.49/cwt140.00–145.006834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510147.77/cwt144.00–154.0075417
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3531137.99/cwt126.00–143.0073319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2552143.80/cwt142.00–145.007945
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3579134.43/cwt130.00–139.007784
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added605137.00/cwt137.00–137.008291
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3617125.37/cwt118.00–129.007746
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619133.11/cwt129.00–135.0082413
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654133.23/cwt127.00–134.5087126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added665137.00/cwt137.00–137.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723129.01/cwt127.00–131.009338
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776123.86/cwt123.00–124.509617
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3865109.58/cwt104.00–115.009483
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3200126.00/cwt126.00–126.002521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2258135.00/cwt135.00–135.003482
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3328134.50/cwt134.00–135.004412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331140.98/cwt134.00–148.004674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376143.93/cwt142.00–146.0054113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3383127.68/cwt116.00–138.004896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added409146.12/cwt145.00–146.5059812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3419126.76/cwt122.00–130.005318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437133.56/cwt130.00–135.005849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484134.04/cwt130.00–138.0064933
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3487122.57/cwt121.00–124.005977
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3524119.48/cwt118.00–121.006266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525133.00/cwt133.00–133.0069812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527128.73/cwt124.50–134.0067863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3566120.09/cwt110.00–123.5068011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568129.99/cwt128.00–134.0073827
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3615106.94/cwt100.00–123.006589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618118.62/cwt118.00–119.0073316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623126.43/cwt125.00–126.7578826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662120.33/cwt119.00–122.0079712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3675112.40/cwt109.00–116.007592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731105.00/cwt105.00–105.007687
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-376891.47/cwt90.00–93.507027
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3805105.00/cwt105.00–105.008451
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3205121.00/cwt121.00–121.002481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280164.00/cwt164.00–164.004594
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3285158.00/cwt158.00–158.004501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2320160.38/cwt159.00–164.005138
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3340149.00/cwt149.00–149.005072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3358149.09/cwt147.00–153.005343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2384156.47/cwt152.50–159.0060113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added411160.00/cwt160.00–160.006584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3432139.38/cwt139.00–141.006025
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435148.77/cwt145.00–155.0064717
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2464148.21/cwt143.00–150.0068812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473141.81/cwt135.00–149.006712
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516137.32/cwt135.00–145.0070930
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3530126.13/cwt119.00–133.006682
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580124.42/cwt120.00–129.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582128.43/cwt124.50–136.0074711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625127.77/cwt126.50–129.0079914
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3629111.89/cwt100.00–120.007046
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2690116.12/cwt114.00–124.0080111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3700112.00/cwt112.00–112.007841
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375795.50/cwt95.50–95.507235
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-380490.09/cwt87.00–90.507249
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820117.00/cwt117.00–117.009592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-394590.00/cwt90.00–90.008512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,605100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6051
Bulls——1,83189.08/cwt85.00–91.001,6315
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92849.33/cwt48.00–50.004583
Cows—Lean 85-90%94541.50/cwt39.00–46.003927
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00030.00/cwt30.00–30.003001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00548.00/cwt48.00–48.004821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19158.82/cwt54.00–63.0070137
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39065.81/cwt65.00–68.009153
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52061.70/cwt61.00–62.009383
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56564.72/cwt64.00–65.501,0132
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-293875.53/cwt65.00–86.007082
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20363.14/cwt55.00–80.007603

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.