Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-12-06

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 6
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,185 head
▲ 512 vs last sale 673▲ 187 vs year ago 998 · +18.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 127▲ 11 vs year ago 163 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 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 $132.00/cwt on 416 head.
Average price
$132.00
416 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.09
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506133.70676336
Medium and Large 2-3519124.8864880
One grade step is worth $8.82/cwt here — about $29 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 sale416 hd
132.00
—
KY average24 barns · 7,975 hd
133.09
−1.09
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—Average1,80587.011,57112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65456.979424thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20952.9264053
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02534.373529thin

Every lot

78 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2272180.00/cwt180.00–180.004902
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365173.49/cwt173.00–175.006334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418169.29/cwt168.00–170.007083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added458175.00/cwt175.00–175.008025
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480163.36/cwt158.00–168.0078412
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3482151.66/cwt148.00–154.007316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added523160.00/cwt160.00–160.008373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530155.42/cwt152.00–158.5082417
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3532145.27/cwt142.00–147.007734
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3565143.00/cwt143.00–143.008081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581149.34/cwt145.00–158.0086835
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3618128.10/cwt110.00–137.007925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628144.11/cwt138.00–148.0090529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added662149.50/cwt149.50–149.509906
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3672133.79/cwt130.00–135.0089911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677141.82/cwt139.00–143.0096016
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3709130.41/cwt130.00–132.009255
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2738140.89/cwt139.00–141.501,04023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762142.59/cwt135.00–144.751,08718
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3775111.00/cwt111.00–111.008601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2859138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1772
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2246164.00/cwt164.00–164.004034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3289135.81/cwt130.00–139.003924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added326152.00/cwt152.00–152.004964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2335144.97/cwt144.00–147.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3338138.04/cwt136.00–139.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371149.05/cwt144.00–157.0055337
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3388146.35/cwt138.00–151.505687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added400150.00/cwt150.00–150.006002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425141.58/cwt132.00–154.0060263
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3434131.65/cwt124.00–138.005715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473127.19/cwt121.00–128.5060215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475136.07/cwt129.00–139.0064624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517130.32/cwt120.00–135.00674102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3521120.88/cwt120.00–124.006309
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3572118.74/cwt111.00–125.0067921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575123.26/cwt120.00–129.0070927
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3615115.66/cwt105.00–120.007119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617121.29/cwt119.00–125.0074823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664123.98/cwt119.50–127.2582342
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3695127.00/cwt127.00–127.008831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2700122.75/cwt120.00–124.008594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3723115.22/cwt106.00–118.008335
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3790117.00/cwt117.00–117.009241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815115.00/cwt115.00–115.009371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2285196.00/cwt196.00–196.005592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330179.98/cwt162.00–189.0059414
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3341147.29/cwt141.00–157.005026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368168.88/cwt158.00–184.0062114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3385121.00/cwt121.00–121.004661
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2417174.02/cwt159.00–179.0072637
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435127.02/cwt120.00–154.0055315
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462158.85/cwt148.00–173.0073426
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3481139.21/cwt128.00–156.0067012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy515149.00/cwt149.00–149.007671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3516129.25/cwt111.00–140.006676
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523146.57/cwt143.00–156.0076724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565140.32/cwt128.00–149.0079376
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578122.47/cwt120.00–125.007082
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3613118.02/cwt116.00–122.007233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630129.51/cwt126.00–132.0081616
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2669123.43/cwt120.00–126.0082625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3672119.98/cwt118.00–122.008063
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-370597.00/cwt97.00–97.006841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718120.58/cwt115.00–129.0086618
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3760123.00/cwt123.00–123.009353
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2775117.43/cwt112.00–123.009102
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3834108.42/cwt100.00–112.009045
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-387898.24/cwt82.00–117.008635
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3905100.00/cwt100.00–100.009051
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,79585.58/cwt82.00–92.001,53610
Bulls——1,85694.17/cwt92.00–96.001,7482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02543.00/cwt43.00–43.004411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02534.37/cwt33.00–38.003529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21052.98/cwt48.00–58.0064151
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34460.00/cwt60.00–60.008061
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65456.97/cwt55.00–58.009424

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.