Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-12-20

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 20
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
254 head
▼ 388 vs last sale 642▲ 254 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 117▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 3▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeders sold mostly steady. Offering consisted of several average to plain quality feeders. 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 $128.32/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$128.32
74 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$7
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.39
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2490133.4865454
Medium and Large 2-3566114.3764720
One grade step is worth $19.11/cwt here — about $7 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 sale74 hd
128.32
—
KY average23 barns · 5,009 hd
136.71
−8.39
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—Average1,51582.441,24912
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,58355.688816thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27051.7765827
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13745.675193thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3440146.00/cwt146.00–146.006421
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3513134.70/cwt120.00–149.006916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580152.00/cwt152.00–152.008824
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613141.71/cwt138.00–145.0086911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650130.00/cwt130.00–130.008451
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718135.00/cwt135.00–135.009693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3275120.00/cwt120.00–120.003301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323129.00/cwt129.00–129.004172
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330120.00/cwt120.00–120.003962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2359133.35/cwt130.00–139.004798
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3395117.50/cwt110.00–125.004642
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3415116.00/cwt116.00–116.004811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419136.80/cwt135.00–142.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3473122.49/cwt120.00–125.005792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484136.97/cwt134.00–142.0066315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519134.44/cwt128.00–139.0069812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578137.88/cwt134.00–139.007976
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3593118.67/cwt116.00–120.007043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600121.80/cwt120.00–123.007315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3610105.00/cwt105.00–105.006411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2663116.00/cwt116.00–116.007692
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680111.00/cwt111.00–111.007552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3768106.48/cwt90.00–116.008183
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3815108.00/cwt108.00–108.008801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3865101.00/cwt101.00–101.008741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3285134.00/cwt134.00–134.003821
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2363157.45/cwt155.00–160.005722
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3390136.00/cwt136.00–136.005301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435151.59/cwt150.00–155.006596
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3474118.77/cwt108.00–125.005634
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2481148.50/cwt148.50–148.507144
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519133.12/cwt130.00–138.0069118
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3532112.45/cwt107.00–120.005983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2570139.46/cwt135.00–141.007954
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3580120.00/cwt120.00–120.006961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2636120.70/cwt118.00–129.007684
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3645117.00/cwt117.00–117.007551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2668124.95/cwt120.00–127.508356
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3669111.59/cwt107.00–116.007474
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3714110.99/cwt110.00–114.007924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-378580.00/cwt80.00–80.006281
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2855106.00/cwt106.00–106.009061
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-295090.00/cwt90.00–90.008551
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38376.28/cwt75.00–78.001,0552
Bulls——1,54082.97/cwt53.00–87.501,2789
Bulls——1,55590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09845.00/cwt45.00–45.004942
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10058.00/cwt58.00–58.006382
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21547.00/cwt47.00–47.005711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28051.73/cwt47.00–55.0066223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32845.96/cwt45.00–47.006102
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53258.21/cwt57.00–61.008923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63353.14/cwt50.00–55.008683
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,20872.47/cwt60.00–85.008752

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.