Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-06-14

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 14
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
▼ 266 vs last sale 614▼ 323 vs year ago 671 · −48.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 121▼ 64 vs year ago 135 · −47.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 4▼ 9 vs year ago 10 · −90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $130.88/cwt on 138 head.
Average price
$130.88
138 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$730
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$16
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.20
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540135.41732104
Medium and Large 2-3612117.0171634
One grade step is worth $18.40/cwt here — about $16 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 sale138 hd
130.88
—
KY average26 barns · 5,465 hd
132.08
−1.20
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—High1,748100.751,7616thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32970.5093748
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45670.311,0246thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91550.394612thin

Every lot

62 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 2-3323151.79/cwt149.00–155.004902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added419164.00/cwt164.00–164.006878
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430157.00/cwt157.00–157.006751
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added480163.15/cwt162.00–164.0078311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485157.99/cwt156.00–159.007663
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500164.00/cwt164.00–164.0082016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527153.23/cwt148.00–158.008083
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3538139.50/cwt139.00–140.007512
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3561134.98/cwt130.00–139.007574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575149.00/cwt140.00–150.0085718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619139.86/cwt135.00–142.0086613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669137.59/cwt135.00–139.0092016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723134.50/cwt134.50–134.509723
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3765120.00/cwt120.00–120.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774125.33/cwt123.00–130.009708
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831123.77/cwt120.00–125.001,0294
Steers—Medium and Large 2-394094.00/cwt94.00–94.008841
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380142.00/cwt142.00–142.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3393137.48/cwt135.00–140.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415138.00/cwt138.00–138.005731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431148.00/cwt148.00–148.0063810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477140.02/cwt136.00–141.0066819
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3495131.00/cwt131.00–131.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515134.98/cwt125.00–139.0069523
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3525116.83/cwt111.00–123.006132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561130.04/cwt121.00–133.5073012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added567141.50/cwt141.50–141.5080219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575121.32/cwt118.00–125.0069814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620113.29/cwt110.00–115.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625122.18/cwt120.00–125.0076410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2652122.00/cwt122.00–122.007952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3675105.01/cwt104.00–106.007092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3721110.98/cwt106.00–115.008005
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733120.43/cwt120.00–120.508837
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-385797.35/cwt92.00–100.008343
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285153.00/cwt153.00–153.004361
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430154.51/cwt154.00–155.006642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3465140.00/cwt140.00–140.006511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483157.00/cwt157.00–157.007582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2522153.16/cwt142.00–158.007995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566138.41/cwt136.00–148.007837
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3586136.04/cwt127.00–138.007977
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635132.00/cwt132.00–132.008381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3645121.00/cwt121.00–121.007804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3690100.73/cwt92.00–118.006953
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3772102.33/cwt102.00–103.007903
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2774119.21/cwt116.00–120.009235
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-384085.00/cwt85.00–85.007141
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-390886.50/cwt86.50–86.507853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-297886.50/cwt86.50–86.508463
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2191
Bulls——1,805107.59/cwt104.50–110.001,9422
Bulls——1,835100.11/cwt98.00–102.001,8373
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91550.39/cwt48.00–53.004612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25366.81/cwt62.00–70.5083718
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37472.72/cwt70.00–78.0099930
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42468.95/cwt67.00–70.009824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52173.03/cwt72.00–74.001,1112
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,185625.00/cwt625.00–625.007,4061

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.