Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-05-22

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 22
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
832 head
▲ 184 vs last sale 648▲ 2 vs year ago 830 · +0.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 141▼ 9 vs year ago 121 · −7.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 2▲ 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.000 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $204.11/cwt on 235 head.
Average price
$204.11
235 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.94
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522212.521,110190
Medium and Large 2-3609168.601,02645
One grade step is worth $43.93/cwt here — about $83 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 sale235 hd
204.11
—
KY average23 barns · 6,680 hd
202.17
+1.94
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—Low1,656123.502,04612
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,279106.521,36271
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,426106.411,5174thin
CowsLean 85-90%High94285.478055thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,545$1,7142thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,028$1,1932thin

Every lot

79 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 1-2252235.00/cwt235.00–235.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2335250.00/cwt250.00–250.008382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393247.34/cwt237.00–249.009727
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411251.66/cwt247.00–254.001,03412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463244.27/cwt235.00–249.001,1313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513222.99/cwt210.00–233.001,1449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519243.72/cwt235.00–254.001,26518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added561240.69/cwt240.00–241.001,35016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574226.74/cwt216.00–237.001,30127
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3598210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2562
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3620140.00/cwt140.00–140.008682
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635232.91/cwt230.00–234.001,4797
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3675188.71/cwt187.50–190.001,2742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682209.48/cwt209.00–212.501,4297
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3706174.92/cwt145.00–185.001,2355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712199.79/cwt196.00–212.001,42332
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765192.67/cwt192.00–194.001,4743
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3772185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added815204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,6633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840190.26/cwt182.00–195.001,5984
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added858196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,68212
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3945165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5591
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2278237.00/cwt237.00–237.006592
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323226.17/cwt210.00–237.5073111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383225.96/cwt215.00–235.0086522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2417230.51/cwt217.00–237.0096124
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3418200.06/cwt190.00–210.008364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477216.78/cwt205.00–224.001,03429
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3486209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,0163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2519213.93/cwt200.00–223.001,11018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3554165.33/cwt160.00–200.0091619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561206.20/cwt190.00–219.001,15713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,24514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608205.59/cwt195.00–208.001,25021
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3619187.23/cwt186.00–188.001,1594
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3662179.86/cwt160.00–186.001,1916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666188.18/cwt184.00–190.001,25311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3718153.10/cwt147.00–159.001,0992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720184.76/cwt184.50–187.001,33010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,35213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770178.47/cwt177.00–180.001,3742
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3800128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3928122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1322
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3270215.00/cwt215.00–215.005812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280248.47/cwt247.00–250.006962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2322242.00/cwt242.00–242.007792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2382239.45/cwt222.00–245.0091520
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440239.61/cwt230.00–245.001,0549
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445172.50/cwt172.50–172.507681
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478235.41/cwt230.00–241.001,12510
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0672
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530220.85/cwt205.00–231.001,17130
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy563236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3297
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2573208.21/cwt199.00–227.001,19318
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3579192.58/cwt180.00–205.001,1154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625210.56/cwt200.00–218.001,31611
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3630179.51/cwt162.50–185.001,1314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650207.42/cwt200.00–208.001,34814
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3659180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1869
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3708161.66/cwt160.00–162.501,1453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2713199.73/cwt197.50–202.001,4242
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3765158.60/cwt147.50–170.001,2132
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3845161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3895151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2900131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,470111.66/cwt111.00–112.001,6413
Bulls——1,618121.15/cwt117.00–127.001,9605
Bulls——1,844135.33/cwt130.00–144.002,4954
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%83583.00/cwt83.00–83.006931
Cows—Lean 85-90%93482.84/cwt76.00–87.007744
Cows—Lean 85-90%97596.00/cwt96.00–96.009361
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213101.28/cwt89.00–110.001,22932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23399.05/cwt95.00–102.001,2212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,346111.55/cwt105.00–124.001,50138
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,618113.78/cwt111.50–116.001,8412
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29201,010.00/head1,010.00–1,010.001,0101
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5451,713.51/head1,650.00–1,775.001,7142

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.