Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-10-11

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 11
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
681 head
▲ 275 vs last sale 406▲ 268 vs year ago 413 · +64.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 76▼ 19 vs year ago 126 · −15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 2▲ 5 vs year ago 9 · +55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, with instances of 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 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 $136.14/cwt on 236 head.
Average price
$136.14
236 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.19
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509139.06708178
Medium and Large 2-3494127.1762858
One grade step is worth $11.89/cwt here — about $81 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 sale236 hd
136.14
—
KY average25 barns · 4,630 hd
130.95
+5.19
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—Average1,81488.901,6134thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52453.808208thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28052.8767738
CowsLean 85-90%Average99341.674143thin

Every lot

75 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 1-2295163.00/cwt163.00–163.004811
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328165.02/cwt164.00–166.005412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370189.35/cwt189.00–190.007013
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3410154.00/cwt154.00–154.006312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430170.77/cwt157.00–185.0073420
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added452173.00/cwt173.00–173.007822
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481156.00/cwt156.00–156.007506
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485142.00/cwt142.00–142.006891
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530142.96/cwt141.00–144.0075815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531151.50/cwt151.50–151.508048
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3536133.16/cwt122.00–136.0071416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566143.21/cwt140.00–153.0081117
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575132.93/cwt129.00–139.007646
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3615132.93/cwt130.00–136.008182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628138.42/cwt130.00–142.008698
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667137.29/cwt133.00–140.009169
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009361
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2873127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1093
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2205160.00/cwt160.00–160.003281
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3268156.00/cwt156.00–156.004182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272145.00/cwt145.00–145.003942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3323127.58/cwt122.00–134.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332150.00/cwt150.00–150.004983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374151.08/cwt144.00–158.0056518
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3381134.40/cwt119.00–145.005126
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3413132.72/cwt125.00–138.0054815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430148.14/cwt145.00–150.0063723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added449150.25/cwt150.25–150.2567515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3468124.37/cwt120.00–132.0058210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477140.25/cwt132.00–148.0066938
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3523126.30/cwt113.00–140.006615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527140.00/cwt140.00–140.007389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532134.77/cwt130.00–137.0071715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568134.03/cwt130.00–137.5076112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3576122.36/cwt116.00–129.007059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633125.99/cwt120.00–130.0079823
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3648119.00/cwt119.00–119.007712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3658117.50/cwt117.00–118.007732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676123.93/cwt121.00–127.0083813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705124.00/cwt124.00–124.008742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3713116.63/cwt111.00–121.008323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2784124.00/cwt124.00–124.009724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3795113.00/cwt113.00–113.008981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-393599.00/cwt99.00–99.009261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2200166.00/cwt166.00–166.003321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2283186.74/cwt177.00–196.005284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2324182.97/cwt160.00–194.005933
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382182.99/cwt165.00–190.006998
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3424132.67/cwt126.00–150.005636
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added425175.01/cwt174.00–176.007442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2443167.58/cwt162.00–170.0074211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2476153.64/cwt140.00–163.0073122
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3482132.00/cwt125.00–134.0063610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2532142.53/cwt132.00–147.0075822
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3533132.09/cwt127.00–134.507047
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3571123.57/cwt116.00–129.0070611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584130.62/cwt128.00–131.007638
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629126.15/cwt122.50–131.0079318
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3631119.22/cwt114.00–129.007524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666121.57/cwt120.00–125.008108
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2701121.00/cwt120.00–123.008483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2765114.00/cwt114.00–114.008721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2840107.00/cwt107.00–107.008992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-388580.00/cwt80.00–80.007083
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,81488.90/cwt82.00–92.001,6134
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99341.67/cwt41.00–42.004143
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16546.56/cwt41.00–50.005424
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29453.61/cwt50.00–56.0069434
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52453.80/cwt52.00–57.008208
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,29065.00/cwt65.00–65.008391
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2795800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,3601
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2855760.00/cwt760.00–760.006,4981
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0851,149.77/cwt1,100.00–1,175.0012,4756

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.