Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-02-21

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 21
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
764 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 620▲ 612 vs year ago 152 · +402.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 97▲ 72 vs year ago 38 · +189.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.22/cwt on 246 head.
Average price
$146.22
246 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$49
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.51
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2511149.11762201
Medium and Large 2-3535133.3271345
One grade step is worth $15.79/cwt here — about $49 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 sale246 hd
146.22
—
KY average26 barns · 7,754 hd
149.73
−3.51
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—Low1,814105.711,9176thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56678.321,2266thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25671.8990357
CowsLean 85-90%Low96245.9744213

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2260190.00/cwt190.00–190.004941
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3265157.00/cwt157.00–157.004161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2303198.51/cwt194.00–200.006014
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3374173.72/cwt170.00–178.006504
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377192.12/cwt183.00–200.007244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414185.11/cwt180.00–190.007665
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3420143.90/cwt140.00–148.006042
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481170.16/cwt161.00–179.0081820
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added485180.00/cwt180.00–180.008733
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3488164.57/cwt160.00–169.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3524149.01/cwt141.00–154.007816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533164.87/cwt158.00–174.0087930
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570144.84/cwt139.00–151.008266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,0056
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616154.21/cwt149.00–164.0095016
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3640144.00/cwt144.00–144.009221
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3655147.00/cwt147.00–147.009631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2692154.14/cwt153.00–154.751,06720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727151.69/cwt148.00–156.501,1037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,13421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2787141.80/cwt141.75–142.001,1165
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2802149.21/cwt140.00–150.751,1977
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3845138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added850148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,2645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2858143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,2312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1771
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2230131.00/cwt131.00–131.003011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3282141.63/cwt135.00–150.003993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2310156.22/cwt153.00–158.004844
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3341151.86/cwt143.00–156.005185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377163.71/cwt159.00–168.0061718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390146.00/cwt146.00–146.005691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415162.42/cwt157.00–168.0067434
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3432153.49/cwt141.00–162.006639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455163.00/cwt163.00–163.007422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480153.20/cwt148.00–157.5673541
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485141.33/cwt141.00–142.006853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added503151.44/cwt149.50–155.007627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523144.28/cwt133.00–151.0075521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3550126.50/cwt123.00–130.006962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561145.00/cwt145.00–145.008136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574140.02/cwt134.00–145.0080412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600143.00/cwt143.00–143.0085811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603134.94/cwt132.00–136.0081418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3614121.67/cwt113.00–130.007475
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3662119.46/cwt117.00–120.0079111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674134.52/cwt125.00–139.0090724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718134.50/cwt134.50–134.509662
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3723114.72/cwt106.00–124.008296
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3148140.00/cwt140.00–140.002072
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3328156.42/cwt133.00–173.005134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2344190.53/cwt183.00–191.0065560
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy380194.00/cwt194.00–194.007372
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382178.07/cwt175.00–180.006803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3384147.84/cwt131.00–170.005685
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405190.00/cwt190.00–190.007702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3418154.72/cwt139.00–178.006479
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427182.42/cwt170.00–187.0077919
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471162.19/cwt151.00–169.0076416
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3492155.00/cwt155.00–155.007632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527152.30/cwt148.00–161.008038
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3533142.48/cwt131.00–144.007598
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2561142.24/cwt141.00–146.0079812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578129.63/cwt110.00–139.007494
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626138.26/cwt135.00–142.008666
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2671140.11/cwt138.50–144.009408
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2740137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2783125.02/cwt120.00–130.009792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3860112.00/cwt112.00–112.009631
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,752100.81/cwt91.00–111.001,7663
Bulls——1,78593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,6601
Bulls——1,921119.41/cwt118.00–121.002,2942
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91635.00/cwt35.00–35.003211
Cows—Lean 85-90%96646.88/cwt43.00–50.0045312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16663.18/cwt55.00–65.007376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23470.67/cwt67.00–80.0087246
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56678.32/cwt75.00–85.001,2266
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,57093.56/cwt90.00–98.001,4695

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.