Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-01-18

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 18
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
369 head
467 vs last sale 836 381 vs year ago 750 · 50.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
39 vs last sale 94 24 vs year ago 79 · 30.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
3 vs last sale 2 0 vs year ago 5 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders under 600 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeders 600 lbs and over sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.25/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$116.25
121 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.79
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500123.9161947
Medium and Large 2-3516111.3857474
One grade step is worth $12.53/cwt here — about $45 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 sale121 hd
116.25
KY average28 barns · 6,656 hd
119.03
−2.79
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
BullsAverage1,80787.391,5797thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54051.027863thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,30448.5863326
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00536.223645thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280139.00/cwt139.00–139.003891
BullsMedium and Large 1-2391173.98/cwt168.00–176.006804
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468162.49/cwt153.50–169.007608
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3740104.00/cwt104.00–104.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369134.95/cwt130.00–137.004988
SteersMedium and Large 1-2690120.00/cwt120.00–120.008282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2342137.60/cwt133.00–139.004715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458127.48/cwt123.00–139.005846
BullsMedium and Large 1-2479138.58/cwt135.00–146.006646
BullsMedium and Large 2-374088.00/cwt88.00–88.006511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423143.76/cwt140.00–150.006083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2755104.00/cwt104.00–104.007851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627124.18/cwt121.00–131.0077913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2689110.00/cwt110.00–110.007585
BullsMedium and Large 1-2559126.87/cwt125.00–127.507094
BullsMedium and Large 1-2709109.00/cwt106.00–111.507735
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700103.00/cwt103.00–103.007211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530137.47/cwt136.00–139.007294
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290141.00/cwt141.00–141.004091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2980100.00/cwt100.00–100.009801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy415168.66/cwt168.00–170.007003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2642119.00/cwt119.00–119.007642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369175.48/cwt151.00–181.006486
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy509145.71/cwt143.00–149.007424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588130.00/cwt130.00–130.007648
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528131.12/cwt121.00–139.0069217
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295188.00/cwt188.00–188.005551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700120.00/cwt120.00–120.008404
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2815103.00/cwt103.00–103.008393
CowsLean 85-90%89030.00/cwt30.00–30.002671
CowsLean 85-90%1,03437.78/cwt32.00–46.003914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54051.02/cwt50.00–52.007863
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49056.00/cwt56.00–56.008342
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30449.07/cwt43.00–55.0064022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11335.82/cwt32.00–39.003992
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3665103.15/cwt100.00–104.006866
SteersMedium and Large 2-3560132.00/cwt132.00–132.007391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2334177.56/cwt174.00–179.005934
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14562.84/cwt56.00–77.007204
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy463149.67/cwt149.00–150.006933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy405131.00/cwt131.00–131.005312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3575105.77/cwt103.00–107.0060813
BullsMedium and Large 2-3230155.00/cwt155.00–155.003571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500152.00/cwt152.00–152.007602
Bulls1,80787.39/cwt80.00–94.001,5797
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3627103.55/cwt94.00–108.006497
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625124.00/cwt124.00–124.007751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3479121.43/cwt110.00–139.005826
SteersMedium and Large 2-3495148.00/cwt148.00–148.007331
SteersMedium and Large 2-3530130.00/cwt130.00–130.006891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775120.00/cwt120.00–120.009307
BullsMedium and Large 2-3755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3670107.00/cwt107.00–107.007171
SteersMedium and Large 2-3902111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,0065
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3530110.40/cwt105.00–114.0058513
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3260125.00/cwt125.00–125.003251
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3394125.63/cwt125.50–126.004954
BullsMedium and Large 1-2676110.44/cwt107.50–113.507476
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422129.97/cwt123.00–134.005487
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320119.43/cwt115.00–124.003822
SteersMedium and Large 2-3395141.00/cwt141.00–141.005571
BullsMedium and Large 2-3584121.45/cwt117.00–126.007094
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3419116.23/cwt111.00–123.0048711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2432168.71/cwt166.00–174.007295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2518116.73/cwt110.00–121.006056
BullsMedium and Large 2-3516116.00/cwt116.00–116.005993
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615108.58/cwt105.00–113.0066812
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3474114.95/cwt106.00–121.0054516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2855112.00/cwt112.00–112.009581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605114.00/cwt114.00–114.006901

How this sale compares

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.