Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-11-06

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 6
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
784 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 624▼ 68 vs year ago 852 · −8.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 108▼ 45 vs year ago 202 · −22.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 6▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Lightweight feeders sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. All other feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. Feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and 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 $195.62/cwt on 220 head.
Average price
$195.62
220 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.34
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2506201.161,018164
Medium and Large 2-3475179.4085156
One grade step is worth $21.76/cwt here — about $166 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 sale220 hd
195.62
—
KY average25 barns · 5,574 hd
206.96
−11.34
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—Average1,784118.412,1139thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50390.891,3666thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27486.251,09977
CowsLean 85-90%Average96971.2669012

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3245185.00/cwt185.00–185.004531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2290240.00/cwt240.00–240.006961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2371293.47/cwt290.00–297.001,08910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy385300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432200.00/cwt200.00–200.008642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added448295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3222
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3466216.36/cwt204.00–242.001,0083
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475254.08/cwt237.00–265.001,2073
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added525273.04/cwt270.00–277.001,43312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528238.41/cwt232.00–256.001,25914
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0801
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3555230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2772
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580224.49/cwt166.00–250.001,30232
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3625195.16/cwt185.00–205.001,2202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627234.61/cwt225.00–245.001,47125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673235.63/cwt215.00–240.001,58626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727224.48/cwt222.00–227.001,6324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2841225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8929
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3230157.00/cwt157.00–157.003611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3320183.32/cwt180.00–184.005876
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3361178.45/cwt157.00–200.006446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371189.72/cwt180.00–200.0070412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426218.92/cwt212.00–226.0093324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3436186.61/cwt167.00–207.0081414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2466206.54/cwt190.00–222.0096242
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3476195.06/cwt150.00–204.009289
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3527177.30/cwt165.00–180.009349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528193.05/cwt185.00–205.001,01935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,12111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575192.45/cwt180.00–202.001,10724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575165.55/cwt140.00–178.009523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616192.47/cwt182.00–205.001,18611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3616171.54/cwt153.00–197.001,0574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2685210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4391
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3688150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0322
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725207.31/cwt202.00–210.001,5033
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3740145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0731
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3825127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2940150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4101
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3282212.43/cwt185.00–230.005993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2290230.00/cwt230.00–230.006671
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3310210.11/cwt180.00–230.006513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2314254.67/cwt240.00–295.008004
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy370297.40/cwt295.00–300.001,1002
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380277.37/cwt275.00–280.001,0543
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395241.00/cwt241.00–241.009521
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420209.24/cwt204.00–215.008792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430258.26/cwt230.00–285.001,1117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added432286.64/cwt284.00–295.001,2384
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added452274.03/cwt270.00–280.001,2395
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471249.13/cwt225.00–264.001,17311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3473217.22/cwt210.00–225.001,0272
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517222.61/cwt213.00–232.001,15119
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3518189.66/cwt167.00–200.009826
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568219.28/cwt212.00–230.001,24619
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578181.16/cwt155.00–208.001,0472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3600191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,1461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2626216.79/cwt212.00–220.001,35711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3666184.70/cwt179.00–202.001,2304
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2672205.25/cwt195.00–212.001,3796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy679226.19/cwt225.00–227.001,5365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added690221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2708217.48/cwt215.00–220.001,54011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3758121.00/cwt120.00–122.009172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3820158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,2961
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2820151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3860162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,39312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2910125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-392092.00/cwt92.00–92.008461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2960145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3921
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,562103.73/cwt100.00–108.001,6202
Bulls——1,848122.61/cwt120.00–126.002,2667
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88552.00/cwt52.00–52.004601
Cows—Lean 85-90%97471.91/cwt69.00–79.0070010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00084.00/cwt84.00–84.008401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26077.00/cwt77.00–77.009701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27486.37/cwt77.00–97.001,10076
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50390.89/cwt89.00–92.501,3666
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-281894.00/cwt94.00–94.007692

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.