Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-05-17

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 17
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
▲ 255 vs last sale 301▲ 22 vs year ago 534 · +4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 60▲ 13 vs year ago 96 · +13.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 5▼ 3 vs year ago 6 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady 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 $126.13/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$126.13
185 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.49
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514128.91663136
Medium and Large 2-3522118.4261949
One grade step is worth $10.48/cwt here — about $44 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 sale185 hd
126.13
—
KY average29 barns · 5,181 hd
127.62
−1.49
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—Average1,65091.341,50715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58965.351,0385thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24362.6477846
CowsLean 85-90%Low98442.6241910

Every lot

80 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2220166.00/cwt166.00–166.003651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2332163.00/cwt163.00–163.005412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381162.45/cwt160.00–167.006194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420162.16/cwt153.00–166.006816
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3425134.00/cwt134.00–134.005701
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2468153.50/cwt149.00–158.007184
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3468137.38/cwt131.00–142.006436
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528149.15/cwt140.00–155.0078814
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3545133.00/cwt133.00–133.007253
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568142.30/cwt134.00–145.0080810
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3568136.56/cwt134.00–139.007762
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619137.30/cwt130.00–143.5085035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674138.00/cwt138.00–138.009308
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674134.64/cwt131.00–137.009075
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729127.75/cwt127.00–129.009318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2838114.39/cwt114.00–116.009595
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3845114.00/cwt114.00–114.009631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2860120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0322
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3230164.00/cwt164.00–164.003772
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285124.00/cwt124.00–124.003532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3300133.00/cwt133.00–133.003991
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2324138.11/cwt135.00–141.004476
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3378123.38/cwt121.00–129.004665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385137.04/cwt134.00–138.0052812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416133.53/cwt130.00–135.0055511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3424126.84/cwt124.00–128.005388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3458110.00/cwt110.00–110.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469133.40/cwt130.00–138.0062614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518136.00/cwt136.00–136.007042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526130.77/cwt122.00–133.0068846
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3528119.49/cwt118.00–120.006314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562123.94/cwt121.00–126.0069718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3571114.92/cwt110.00–119.0065614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625116.02/cwt115.00–117.007258
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3626110.81/cwt105.00–114.006948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662120.42/cwt118.00–122.0079715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3662117.00/cwt117.00–117.007752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705110.50/cwt110.00–111.007792
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-373494.28/cwt90.00–103.006923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls27 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2225161.24/cwt150.00–173.003632
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2275170.00/cwt170.00–170.004683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3330136.86/cwt134.00–140.004522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3375149.71/cwt143.00–153.005614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378158.09/cwt153.00–165.0059811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400163.00/cwt163.00–163.006521
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2433150.21/cwt140.00–155.0065010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3436132.04/cwt121.00–140.005765
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2469152.91/cwt147.00–157.0071710
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485140.75/cwt132.00–144.006838
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528140.85/cwt135.00–147.0074425
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3575119.61/cwt114.00–125.006883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580128.74/cwt127.00–135.0074710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2623127.08/cwt123.00–129.5079219
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2673123.46/cwt118.00–129.0083115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2701118.25/cwt116.00–119.008294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765122.00/cwt122.00–122.009331
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3783102.02/cwt100.00–106.007993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2803103.33/cwt102.00–104.008303
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-382899.10/cwt90.00–106.008214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2855124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-385891.66/cwt90.00–93.007866
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-390083.00/cwt83.00–83.007471
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 397676.00/cwt76.00–76.007424
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,05580.00/cwt80.00–80.008442
Bulls——1,67289.99/cwt83.00–94.001,50510
Bulls——1,975103.39/cwt100.00–105.002,0423
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%93354.49/cwt54.00–55.005082
Cows—Lean 85-90%97243.28/cwt40.00–48.004218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00050.00/cwt50.00–50.005001
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06030.00/cwt30.00–30.003181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25562.65/cwt55.00–66.0078641
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28367.90/cwt67.00–70.008713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54064.69/cwt64.00–66.009964
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,78568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,2141
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01075.00/cwt75.00–75.007581

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.