Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-08-23

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 23
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
292 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 410▼ 74 vs year ago 366 · −20.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 91▼ 34 vs year ago 76 · −44.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 2▼ 4 vs year ago 6 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. 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 $133.74/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$133.74
108 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$124
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.01
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2562137.9577582
Medium and Large 2-3541120.4565126
One grade step is worth $17.50/cwt here — about $124 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 sale108 hd
133.74
—
KY average25 barns · 4,459 hd
140.74
−7.01
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—Low1,84597.771,8048thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37570.679723thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22364.4278819
CowsLean 85-90%Average92149.884594thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325160.00/cwt160.00–160.005201
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380173.00/cwt173.00–173.006571
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3412154.00/cwt154.00–154.006342
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3474146.86/cwt140.00–154.006963
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475153.50/cwt153.50–153.507292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529162.33/cwt159.00–163.008599
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569157.84/cwt157.00–158.0089813
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3585140.39/cwt132.50–145.008218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637156.62/cwt154.00–157.009988
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3638138.00/cwt138.00–138.008802
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660153.29/cwt150.00–153.501,01217
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3670138.00/cwt138.00–138.009251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710134.00/cwt134.00–134.009511
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3715125.00/cwt125.00–125.008941
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3750121.00/cwt121.00–121.009081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0654
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3820111.00/cwt111.00–111.009101
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2322147.52/cwt145.00–151.004755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3400127.00/cwt127.00–127.005083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420141.66/cwt139.00–146.005957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476141.58/cwt139.50–148.0067410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485127.89/cwt122.00–135.0062011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529138.91/cwt133.00–148.0073515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3538123.48/cwt120.50–125.006646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575133.00/cwt133.00–133.007652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624137.63/cwt136.00–140.0085926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657136.50/cwt130.00–138.5089710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-369199.00/cwt97.00–100.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2738124.66/cwt124.00–126.009203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2752120.00/cwt120.00–120.009023
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-379597.00/cwt97.00–97.007711
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-382094.00/cwt94.00–94.007711
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3310154.00/cwt154.00–154.004771
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340159.00/cwt159.00–159.005411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382155.60/cwt151.00–164.005944
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414155.49/cwt153.00–160.006448
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3467143.05/cwt135.00–146.006685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471144.87/cwt142.00–148.006824
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3525133.09/cwt127.00–135.006994
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2538143.62/cwt140.00–145.0077310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3567129.35/cwt125.00–131.007336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2576141.67/cwt140.00–143.008166
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2624136.50/cwt132.00–143.008525
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3638119.94/cwt115.00–125.007652
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3681110.93/cwt95.00–117.007555
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2710124.00/cwt124.00–124.008801
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3742110.00/cwt110.00–110.008162
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-375292.00/cwt92.00–92.006922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2761120.00/cwt120.00–120.009137
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-393587.00/cwt87.00–87.008131
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68598.36/cwt92.00–103.501,6576
Bulls——2,31582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,8981
Bulls——2,335110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,5691
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92149.88/cwt45.00–57.004594
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06154.74/cwt53.00–57.505814
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24075.00/cwt75.00–75.009301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26866.43/cwt61.00–70.0084214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34870.00/cwt70.00–70.009442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43072.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,110900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,9901
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,280870.00/cwt870.00–870.0011,1361

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.