Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-03-01

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 1
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
351 head
199 vs last sale 152 4 vs year ago 355 · 1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
48 vs last sale 38 16 vs year ago 70 · +22.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
7 vs last sale 3 1 vs year ago 11 · 9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers 600 lbs and over sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.68/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$126.68
147 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.51
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2521128.61671117
Medium and Large 2-3505119.1860230
One grade step is worth $9.43/cwt here — about $69 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 sale147 hd
126.68
KY average30 barns · 7,229 hd
128.19
−1.51
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
BullsLow1,81588.681,60910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28856.3372660
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54255.828617thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02640.994219thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522139.75/cwt133.00–147.0072913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-280097.00/cwt97.00–97.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2601117.00/cwt114.00–118.507036
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2268146.00/cwt146.00–146.003916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528126.79/cwt124.00–130.0066916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2310180.00/cwt180.00–180.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331142.45/cwt135.00–153.004724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576120.37/cwt118.50–123.5069317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532143.86/cwt140.00–145.0076519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2379141.29/cwt137.00–145.0053512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681114.80/cwt114.00–115.0078210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688120.97/cwt119.50–127.008327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2711125.00/cwt125.00–125.008895
HeifersMedium and Large 1-287795.00/cwt95.00–95.008336
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added509131.25/cwt131.00–132.006684
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added613137.00/cwt137.00–137.008407
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added472168.00/cwt168.00–168.007932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453154.29/cwt149.00–157.006993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725110.50/cwt110.50–110.508013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708109.25/cwt108.00–114.007735
BullsMedium and Large 1-2557132.99/cwt129.00–135.007413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627125.95/cwt120.00–129.0079018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567135.59/cwt134.00–137.0076912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280171.00/cwt171.00–171.004791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy640132.00/cwt132.00–132.008451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added433174.75/cwt171.00–175.0075715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835118.00/cwt118.00–118.009853
Bulls1,64576.40/cwt74.50–78.501,2572
Bulls1,85791.75/cwt85.50–94.501,7048
CowsLean 85-90%1,18030.00/cwt30.00–30.003541
CowsLean 85-90%1,00742.36/cwt40.00–45.004278
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54255.82/cwt53.00–57.508617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14949.76/cwt45.00–54.005729
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09968.24/cwt60.00–83.007506
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,120880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,8561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2303174.63/cwt170.00–181.005293
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360180.49/cwt180.00–181.006502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30657.10/cwt51.00–62.5074648
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41763.75/cwt62.50–65.509033
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3518113.46/cwt112.00–115.005882
BullsMedium and Large 2-3623114.78/cwt110.00–118.007154
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004501
SteersMedium and Large 2-3572115.00/cwt115.00–115.006584
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,410810.00/cwt810.00–810.0011,4211
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06368.76/cwt62.50–76.007312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3255137.00/cwt137.00–137.003491
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200132.00/cwt132.00–132.002641
HeifersMedium and Large 2-370086.00/cwt86.00–86.006021
SteersMedium and Large 2-3255137.96/cwt136.00–140.003522
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450140.00/cwt140.00–140.006301
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365145.68/cwt138.00–158.005323
BullsMedium and Large 2-3690111.00/cwt111.00–111.007661
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3416123.47/cwt112.00–128.005144
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3479123.04/cwt120.00–124.005895
BullsMedium and Large 2-3512124.00/cwt124.00–124.006352
BullsMedium and Large 2-382095.00/cwt95.00–95.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476135.66/cwt133.00–142.0064614
SteersMedium and Large 2-3780114.49/cwt114.00–115.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3315134.50/cwt134.00–135.004242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2607120.62/cwt116.00–123.007323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423159.53/cwt149.00–167.006757
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467151.19/cwt146.00–156.007066
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420144.76/cwt135.00–149.0060817
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573116.64/cwt116.50–117.0066810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3634112.25/cwt112.00–112.507124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433152.48/cwt149.00–156.006602

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.