Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-03-15

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 15
● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
680 head
445 vs last sale 1,125 404 vs year ago 276 · +146.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
51 vs last sale 171 72 vs year ago 48 · +150.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and 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 $126.74/cwt on 257 head.
Average price
$126.74
257 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$8
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.80
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523131.05686189
Medium and Large 2-3605114.7769468
One grade step is worth $16.28/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale257 hd
126.74
KY average26 barns · 9,256 hd
127.54
−0.80
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
BullsAverage1,70581.181,38415
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20454.1365262
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,39452.817364thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05844.3646913
SteersChoiceAverage1,43190.001,2887thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679133.14/cwt130.00–137.0090416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2436167.81/cwt164.00–182.0073210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322161.73/cwt159.50–168.0052111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383156.41/cwt152.00–161.005992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2781121.31/cwt120.00–126.009476
SteersMedium and Large 1-2366179.14/cwt175.00–184.006567
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571146.10/cwt140.00–163.0083414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2822105.00/cwt105.00–105.008631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2629125.57/cwt119.00–131.007905
BullsMedium and Large 1-2373180.29/cwt174.00–197.006728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615132.37/cwt127.00–139.0081410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added516162.90/cwt159.00–168.008417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2684115.46/cwt114.00–120.0079016
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580130.75/cwt130.00–131.007584
BullsMedium and Large 2-388097.00/cwt97.00–97.008541
BullsMedium and Large 2-3845101.00/cwt96.00–106.008532
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2716106.74/cwt101.00–112.007649
SteersMedium and Large 1-2509156.49/cwt147.00–158.0079713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531144.47/cwt138.00–151.0076723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2326173.16/cwt163.00–183.005655
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3562118.73/cwt116.00–124.0066712
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added569148.00/cwt148.00–148.008423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added458170.00/cwt170.00–170.007793
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425141.14/cwt134.00–145.0060029
BullsMedium and Large 1-2658126.36/cwt125.00–129.008313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520127.63/cwt120.00–134.0066438
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435171.72/cwt160.00–173.5074724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450151.00/cwt151.00–151.006802
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335183.47/cwt180.00–195.006154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2282170.50/cwt160.00–189.004813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479135.65/cwt133.00–147.0065019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2923108.04/cwt105.00–111.009972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added631142.34/cwt141.50–147.0089816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475162.94/cwt158.00–168.007745
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added430150.48/cwt150.00–152.006474
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy723123.00/cwt123.00–123.008892
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy512155.00/cwt155.00–155.007942
CowsLean 85-90%95836.99/cwt35.00–40.003543
CowsLean 85-90%1,08846.57/cwt42.00–49.0050710
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39452.81/cwt50.00–55.007364
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07643.17/cwt42.00–47.004654
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23862.12/cwt61.00–63.007695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21154.20/cwt50.00–60.0065653
SteersMedium and Large 2-3767113.62/cwt110.00–115.508713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added620122.00/cwt122.00–122.0075610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy320199.00/cwt199.00–199.006371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy206206.00/cwt206.00–206.004241
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy463170.00/cwt170.00–170.007876
Bulls1,84885.79/cwt82.00–90.001,58511
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3479127.54/cwt122.00–130.006116
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3773104.43/cwt102.00–107.008072
SteersChoice1,43190.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2887
Bulls1,31068.51/cwt65.00–75.008974
BullsMedium and Large 2-3572129.76/cwt121.00–141.007423
SteersMedium and Large 2-3574137.14/cwt132.00–145.007875
HeifersMedium and Large 2-381295.37/cwt90.00–102.007749
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3374143.47/cwt130.00–152.005375
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735123.83/cwt120.00–125.0091012
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-298674.90/cwt69.00–84.007395
BullsMedium and Large 2-3760115.00/cwt115.00–115.008741
SteersMedium and Large 2-3360176.00/cwt176.00–176.006341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3619114.40/cwt101.00–129.0070810
SteersMedium and Large 2-3865112.00/cwt112.00–112.009691
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3536117.06/cwt113.00–119.006278
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3705103.61/cwt95.00–108.007303
BullsMedium and Large 2-3504135.30/cwt128.00–136.506827
SteersMedium and Large 2-3490134.00/cwt134.00–134.006571
BullsMedium and Large 2-390580.00/cwt80.00–80.007243
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3659109.16/cwt106.00–113.007197
BullsMedium and Large 2-3380158.00/cwt158.00–158.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3240162.00/cwt162.00–162.003891
BullsMedium and Large 2-3489140.79/cwt138.00–145.0068810
BullsMedium and Large 2-3423136.03/cwt130.00–140.005753
BullsMedium and Large 1-294090.00/cwt90.00–90.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2469161.25/cwt149.00–168.0075616
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3425126.02/cwt125.00–129.005364
SteersMedium and Large 2-3535138.30/cwt120.00–145.0074015
SteersMedium and Large 2-3632117.42/cwt114.00–118.007427
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245186.00/cwt186.00–186.004561
BullsMedium and Large 1-2736113.20/cwt112.00–116.008335
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285200.52/cwt199.00–206.005715
SteersMedium and Large 2-3435154.00/cwt154.00–154.006701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-393085.00/cwt85.00–85.007912
BullsMedium and Large 2-3280161.00/cwt161.00–161.004512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2234195.89/cwt192.50–206.004584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565123.66/cwt120.00–129.0069933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622120.45/cwt116.00–124.0074912

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.