Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-08-21

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 21
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
564 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 567▲ 236 vs year ago 328 · +72.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 79▲ 13 vs year ago 61 · +21.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1 .00 to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $242.26/cwt on 128 head.
Average price
$242.26
128 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,742
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$446
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.36
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2734244.231,793114
Medium and Large 2-3596226.221,34714thin
One grade step is worth $18.00/cwt here — about $446 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 sale128 hd
242.26
—
KY average25 barns · 5,761 hd
244.62
−2.36
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—Average1,651124.252,05111
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25797.471,22536
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39597.001,3531thin
CowsLean 85-90%High89875.816818thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340260.00/cwt260.00–260.008841
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3365237.00/cwt237.00–237.008652
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369260.00/cwt260.00–260.009591
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3405255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431277.69/cwt270.00–287.001,1976
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462267.47/cwt261.00–277.001,2364
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3470252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,1841
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3523233.41/cwt227.00–240.001,2212
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3041
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571250.18/cwt242.00–255.001,4294
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,5526
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3625220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632243.47/cwt225.00–250.001,53913
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3669220.58/cwt200.00–237.001,4764
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2702241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,6927
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3760212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2814230.25/cwt230.25–230.251,87414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added826241.25/cwt241.25–241.251,99355
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2927219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,0303
Steers—Medium and Large 2-31,070170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2195260.00/cwt260.00–260.005072
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3223216.16/cwt190.00–225.004824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2260252.00/cwt252.00–252.006552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3277218.46/cwt180.00–237.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325240.82/cwt235.00–247.007832
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3326216.47/cwt180.00–227.007065
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360187.00/cwt187.00–187.006731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373236.81/cwt230.00–247.008834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2418244.23/cwt235.00–260.001,02132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3434207.95/cwt205.00–230.009038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468241.82/cwt230.00–252.001,13217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3470200.00/cwt200.00–200.009401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523230.25/cwt220.00–237.001,20410
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3560195.00/cwt180.00–210.001,0922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567234.61/cwt227.00–240.001,3305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626224.26/cwt222.00–225.001,4044
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659219.37/cwt215.00–232.001,44610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3740175.97/cwt172.00–180.001,3022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2772217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,67512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3885150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3281
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2245261.96/cwt250.00–275.006429
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3245255.00/cwt255.00–255.006251
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3314235.52/cwt230.00–240.007408
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2330240.00/cwt240.00–240.007921
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3383236.69/cwt225.00–242.009074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2397275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414276.61/cwt275.00–277.001,1455
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468266.54/cwt262.00–271.001,24711
Bulls—Medium and Large 3469215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,00812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473231.66/cwt220.00–245.001,0966
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added501260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,30323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525227.14/cwt222.00–237.001,1923
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3531218.00/cwt200.00–232.001,15811
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3576225.84/cwt210.00–255.001,3014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580232.86/cwt220.00–237.001,3514
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620219.69/cwt215.00–227.001,3624
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2665205.97/cwt202.00–210.001,3702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3730180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3141
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5201
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,370110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5071
Bulls——1,659123.08/cwt115.00–127.002,0428
Bulls——1,758136.03/cwt135.00–137.002,3912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87570.76/cwt64.00–75.006195
Cows—Lean 85-90%93784.22/cwt83.00–87.007893
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17083.04/cwt75.00–89.009726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27499.52/cwt90.00–109.001,26828
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280112.04/cwt111.00–113.001,4342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,3531

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.