Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-09-27

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 27
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
642 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 542▲ 25 vs year ago 617 · +4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 103▼ 57 vs year ago 63 · −90.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 86 vs last sale 2▲ 84 vs year ago 4 · +2,100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower, with instances of 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bull 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 $129.00/cwt on 196 head.
Average price
$129.00
196 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$55
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.30
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506132.03668140
Medium and Large 2-3505121.4061356
One grade step is worth $10.63/cwt here — about $55 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 sale196 hd
129.00
—
KY average26 barns · 6,057 hd
135.29
−6.30
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—High1,83389.341,6387thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60857.929317thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27557.1772944
CowsLean 85-90%Average99036.733647thin

Every lot

67 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3382142.88/cwt136.00–154.005465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442158.00/cwt158.00–158.006982
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006231
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3462128.00/cwt128.00–128.005914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472152.87/cwt149.00–153.507227
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3513125.04/cwt120.00–137.006416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516149.89/cwt144.00–152.5077312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565146.83/cwt143.00–149.0083017
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3585132.04/cwt129.00–135.007724
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624145.50/cwt138.00–146.0090830
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669137.87/cwt137.00–139.009224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720131.81/cwt126.50–137.0094910
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3785126.22/cwt124.00–128.509914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2832136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,1369
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3280124.34/cwt123.00–125.003483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3327126.00/cwt115.00–131.004125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328137.96/cwt136.00–142.004539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2359134.31/cwt133.00–138.004824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3387126.23/cwt125.00–130.004898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419131.52/cwt128.00–135.0055112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3422125.42/cwt123.00–130.0052911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478130.72/cwt129.00–134.0062511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485126.00/cwt126.00–126.006111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512138.70/cwt135.50–139.5071036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519129.63/cwt125.00–133.0067342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3528122.47/cwt120.00–126.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563121.34/cwt120.00–122.006833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574126.51/cwt123.50–129.0072616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619122.49/cwt120.00–124.007584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3620117.18/cwt112.00–122.0072711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655126.00/cwt126.00–126.008252
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3662123.12/cwt120.00–124.008157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2740121.50/cwt121.50–121.508994
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-377591.74/cwt86.00–103.007113
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2235159.00/cwt159.00–159.003741
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290158.02/cwt157.00–159.004582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327153.95/cwt153.00–156.005033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3343138.24/cwt138.00–139.004744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3362134.94/cwt133.00–136.004883
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379151.16/cwt149.00–154.005737
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2425152.60/cwt150.00–157.006498
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3426139.26/cwt137.00–142.005936
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2480147.37/cwt143.00–149.0070713
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3482130.86/cwt122.00–136.0063120
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3526125.83/cwt114.00–129.0066211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532135.52/cwt133.00–137.0072121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565134.19/cwt130.00–135.0075810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3579124.02/cwt117.00–129.007185
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3623117.99/cwt110.00–120.0073511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626125.47/cwt122.00–133.0078511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658120.00/cwt120.00–120.007902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3678115.99/cwt115.00–117.007862
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008143
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-376091.00/cwt91.00–91.006921
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 331097.00/cwt97.00–97.003011
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2921
Bulls——1,735100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,7351
Bulls——1,90488.68/cwt85.00–90.001,6885
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99044.22/cwt42.00–46.004384
Cows—Lean 85-90%99026.75/cwt22.00–30.002653
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23449.84/cwt47.00–52.006154
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26957.61/cwt53.00–62.0073138
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46563.52/cwt63.00–64.009312
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60857.92/cwt54.00–61.009317
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13768.57/cwt60.00–82.007803
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19875.76/cwt69.00–80.009083

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.