Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-05-23

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 23
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
830 head
▲ 235 vs last sale 595▲ 179 vs year ago 651 · +27.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 106▲ 72 vs year ago 49 · +146.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 3 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher, except 400 lbs. heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.64/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$147.64
231 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.33
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550150.11826168
Medium and Large 2-3504141.0671263
One grade step is worth $9.04/cwt here — about $114 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 sale231 hd
147.64
—
KY average26 barns · 6,531 hd
150.97
−3.33
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—Average1,692126.032,13214
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17195.221,11560
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48594.681,4063thin
CowsLean 85-90%High90478.517107thin

Every lot

80 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2292204.00/cwt204.00–204.005961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006901
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added346212.66/cwt212.00–214.007366
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3395154.00/cwt154.00–154.006082
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3420165.00/cwt165.00–165.006931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425178.00/cwt178.00–178.007571
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy442199.00/cwt199.00–199.008804
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475188.46/cwt179.00–193.5089520
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530175.98/cwt170.00–187.009337
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3578137.00/cwt121.00–154.007922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583176.64/cwt170.00–183.001,0302
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy602177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,06913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2606165.27/cwt152.00–167.001,00216
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3620158.00/cwt158.00–158.009806
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3670140.00/cwt140.00–140.009381
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672159.40/cwt156.00–160.501,0718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2706148.01/cwt147.50–150.001,0455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2769147.11/cwt133.50–152.501,13121
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815139.56/cwt130.00–149.001,1372
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1947
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3910127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1561
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,064122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,30644
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,188116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3782
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy272191.00/cwt191.00–191.005204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285162.53/cwt160.00–165.004634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315129.44/cwt126.00–140.004084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336162.89/cwt160.00–166.005476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377166.88/cwt162.00–176.006297
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3380152.59/cwt151.00–159.005808
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420159.09/cwt156.00–165.0066818
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3435147.25/cwt138.00–155.0064115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466154.75/cwt150.50–158.0072122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470149.32/cwt139.00–158.007029
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3521143.49/cwt130.00–149.007487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523153.88/cwt151.00–158.5080519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added536159.50/cwt159.50–159.508555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571148.17/cwt145.00–156.0084617
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580136.79/cwt134.00–139.507936
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3617132.83/cwt125.00–138.008208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631142.20/cwt140.00–148.0089722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added670134.00/cwt134.00–134.008981
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679141.34/cwt135.00–149.0096018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712135.29/cwt130.00–140.0096317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3735125.00/cwt125.00–125.009193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2817130.42/cwt124.00–132.501,0668
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3885117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0351
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3900106.00/cwt106.00–106.009541
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3265160.00/cwt160.00–160.004241
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2286180.00/cwt180.00–180.005153
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3343167.50/cwt167.00–168.005752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375181.51/cwt171.00–188.006819
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3418166.68/cwt159.00–175.006973
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2429185.37/cwt177.00–195.0079518
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470182.17/cwt173.00–194.0085615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490168.00/cwt168.00–168.008231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy505176.00/cwt176.00–176.008892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2521167.64/cwt158.00–174.0087356
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3529151.72/cwt144.00–154.008039
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567155.77/cwt151.00–159.008835
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3569144.51/cwt130.00–153.008224
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620139.49/cwt135.00–141.008654
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2656151.50/cwt151.50–151.509944
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3665132.50/cwt125.00–140.008812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2722140.51/cwt139.00–143.001,0147
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3728119.90/cwt110.00–130.008732
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3658126.00/cwt126.00–126.0082916
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,417118.10/cwt113.00–121.001,6737
Bulls——1,966133.97/cwt130.00–137.002,6347
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89976.71/cwt71.00–82.006905
Cows—Lean 85-90%91883.00/cwt83.00–83.007622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01476.00/cwt76.00–76.007711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16692.87/cwt82.00–99.001,08345
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200104.16/cwt100.00–114.001,25014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48594.68/cwt92.00–97.001,4063
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02799.67/cwt99.00–100.001,0243
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,240.00/cwt1,240.00–1,240.0015,3141

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.