Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-10-18

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
480 head
▼ 201 vs last sale 681▼ 146 vs year ago 626 · −23.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 107▼ 33 vs year ago 112 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.86/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$128.86
98 head · 493 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.48
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517131.0567776
Medium and Large 2-3413121.3150122
One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $176 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 sale98 hd
128.86
—
KY average27 barns · 5,405 hd
133.34
−4.48
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—Average1,56179.321,2384thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16751.2959923
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42050.007101thin

Every lot

43 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2310157.00/cwt157.00–157.004872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2410167.00/cwt167.00–167.006852
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430154.00/cwt154.00–154.006621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490153.00/cwt153.00–153.007502
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3492116.00/cwt116.00–116.005713
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3502141.00/cwt141.00–141.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534148.33/cwt147.00–151.007929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583145.96/cwt145.00–148.008516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636128.00/cwt128.00–128.008145
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3271123.50/cwt123.00–124.003354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3321124.82/cwt123.00–130.004015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383137.31/cwt134.00–147.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3430120.74/cwt116.00–125.005199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434137.33/cwt129.00–140.0059613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476131.17/cwt127.00–136.5062415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480122.00/cwt122.00–122.005862
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533129.63/cwt129.00–130.5069114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2553129.41/cwt123.50–134.0071622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617127.00/cwt127.00–127.007844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714122.00/cwt122.00–122.008714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3750111.00/cwt111.00–111.008331
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3820109.00/cwt109.00–109.008941
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280164.00/cwt164.00–164.004591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2369160.41/cwt160.00–161.005925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2431149.48/cwt139.00–160.0064410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3453124.00/cwt124.00–124.005629
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485134.00/cwt134.00–134.006502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3500125.00/cwt125.00–125.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519128.17/cwt120.00–138.0066519
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565126.00/cwt126.00–126.007121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566131.77/cwt130.00–133.007465
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3605119.50/cwt118.00–121.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2614128.75/cwt128.75–128.757916
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2655125.58/cwt122.00–128.008235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2732120.67/cwt120.00–122.008833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2768168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-384183.00/cwt83.00–83.006985
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,56179.32/cwt75.00–89.001,2384
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15651.41/cwt46.00–58.0059421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16540.00/cwt40.00–40.004661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41060.00/cwt60.00–60.008461
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42050.00/cwt50.00–50.007101

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.