Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-08-02

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 2
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
▼ 183 vs last sale 512▲ 61 vs year ago 268 · +22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 50▼ 2 vs year ago 58 · −3.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $136.98/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$136.98
109 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.95
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557140.3878283
Medium and Large 2-3527126.1266426
One grade step is worth $14.27/cwt here — about $118 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 sale109 hd
136.98
—
KY average26 barns · 4,319 hd
140.93
−3.95
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—Low1,676101.381,69911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43870.781,01811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27867.7786621
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12850.245678thin

Every lot

72 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 1-2260165.00/cwt165.00–165.004292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2305163.50/cwt163.50–163.504997
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3400151.00/cwt151.00–151.006041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411158.43/cwt158.00–158.506517
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3460138.00/cwt138.00–138.006352
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522152.50/cwt152.50–152.507965
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3533145.00/cwt145.00–145.007733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565156.00/cwt156.00–156.008812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612146.43/cwt140.00–149.008966
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added637155.53/cwt154.00–157.009916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,0407
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664151.08/cwt140.00–154.501,00310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added724151.80/cwt148.00–154.001,09911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730122.00/cwt122.00–122.008915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2855134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1461
Steers—Medium and Large 2-388595.00/cwt95.00–95.008412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2220150.50/cwt146.00–155.003312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265148.49/cwt144.00–157.003934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329150.80/cwt150.00–152.004965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3370128.29/cwt119.00–137.004756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372140.96/cwt137.00–143.005243
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422141.53/cwt141.00–142.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3462130.70/cwt120.00–137.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482135.00/cwt135.00–135.006512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525139.13/cwt131.00–144.007305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535121.00/cwt121.00–121.006471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560137.64/cwt132.00–142.0077113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added573149.05/cwt145.00–152.0085413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3579131.51/cwt128.00–134.007614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614139.11/cwt130.00–144.0085417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650146.00/cwt146.00–146.009496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665131.00/cwt131.00–131.008711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3675118.52/cwt117.00–120.008002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3729122.02/cwt113.00–131.008904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742127.00/cwt127.00–127.009425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2819119.50/cwt119.50–119.509795
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3842110.00/cwt110.00–110.009262
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285154.14/cwt150.00–158.004392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2341156.02/cwt153.00–157.005324
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3342159.00/cwt159.00–159.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3362147.43/cwt143.00–150.005344
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379161.31/cwt159.00–161.5061113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430143.80/cwt140.50–154.0061812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2465151.00/cwt151.00–151.007021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510144.86/cwt144.00–145.007397
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525137.72/cwt135.00–143.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580134.70/cwt134.00–136.0078110
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3592124.00/cwt124.00–124.007342
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006901
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2706121.01/cwt120.00–124.008544
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3745117.00/cwt117.00–117.008721
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3790110.00/cwt110.00–110.008691
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3810106.37/cwt100.00–110.008623
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3865100.00/cwt100.00–100.008651
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56498.83/cwt95.00–100.001,5464
Bulls——1,705105.14/cwt102.00–108.001,7936
Bulls——1,95089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,7361
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90540.00/cwt40.00–40.003621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,05355.59/cwt54.00–58.005852
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11749.49/cwt45.00–55.005536
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24865.51/cwt60.00–70.0081811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37573.93/cwt71.00–79.001,0178
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40168.96/cwt64.50–71.009666
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,42065.00/cwt65.00–65.009231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48372.97/cwt71.00–75.001,0825
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,32075.00/cwt75.00–75.009901

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.