Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-04-18

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 18
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
230 head
▼ 524 vs last sale 754▼ 552 vs year ago 782 · −70.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 116▼ 28 vs year ago 87 · −32.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▼ 7 vs year ago 11 · −63.6%
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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 steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.13/cwt on 96 head.
Average price
$152.13
96 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$822
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$25.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.29
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517156.3580880
Medium and Large 2-3655131.0385816thin
One grade step is worth $25.32/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale96 hd
152.13
—
KY average24 barns · 5,175 hd
147.84
+4.29
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—Low1,827102.671,8766thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32586.091,14138
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53185.611,3116thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08070.947662thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380186.00/cwt186.00–186.007073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445168.00/cwt168.00–168.007483
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465174.89/cwt171.00–177.008139
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510162.00/cwt162.00–162.008261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530170.00/cwt170.00–170.009013
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3572156.00/cwt156.00–156.008922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574166.32/cwt160.00–173.0095512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612159.00/cwt159.00–159.009733
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2650164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0667
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2818141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,1574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853140.75/cwt139.00–141.501,20110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2950120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3270150.00/cwt150.00–150.004051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378167.04/cwt166.00–169.006313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439166.98/cwt160.00–169.0073317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467164.29/cwt159.00–169.5076723
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3484147.94/cwt133.00–153.007164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505156.37/cwt156.00–158.0079011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2535150.62/cwt147.00–154.008068
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590149.00/cwt149.00–149.008791
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3600137.50/cwt137.50–137.508252
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608144.00/cwt144.00–144.008762
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3676125.00/cwt125.00–125.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678136.93/cwt133.00–144.0092812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710124.00/cwt124.00–124.008801
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3755111.00/cwt111.00–111.008383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3826124.33/cwt97.00–131.001,0275
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3245167.00/cwt167.00–167.004091
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2323169.00/cwt169.00–169.005461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382186.00/cwt186.00–186.0071110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2448166.00/cwt166.00–166.007442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462166.00/cwt166.00–166.007675
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520150.96/cwt149.00–153.007852
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525161.50/cwt157.00–167.0084815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2575159.00/cwt159.00–159.009141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606155.00/cwt155.00–155.009394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2611148.81/cwt142.00–153.009099
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3655144.00/cwt144.00–144.009431
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2688141.98/cwt140.00–144.009772
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0151
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3735126.00/cwt126.00–126.009261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-396290.00/cwt90.00–90.008664
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3861
Bulls——1,806102.25/cwt100.00–106.001,8474
Bulls——2,200117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,5741
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08070.94/cwt68.00–74.007662
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32285.87/cwt79.00–89.001,13536
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38390.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53185.61/cwt82.00–89.501,3116
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-298095.00/cwt95.00–95.009311
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0122
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010825.00/cwt825.00–825.008,3331

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.