Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-04-05

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 5
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
355 vs last sale 702 183 vs year ago 530 · 34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
6 vs last sale 75 17 vs year ago 86 · 19.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
7 vs last sale 4 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.02/cwt on 135 head.
Average price
$129.02
135 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.87
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2560130.9673498
Medium and Large 2-3512123.8963437
One grade step is worth $7.07/cwt here — about $99 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 sale135 hd
129.02
KY average25 barns · 5,176 hd
134.89
−5.87
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
BullsLow1,63786.641,41812
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55561.309532thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22358.6271729
CowsLean 85-90%Average93740.783823thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 1-2625127.19/cwt125.00–132.007954
BullsMedium and Large 1-2270196.18/cwt177.00–203.005307
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3306140.10/cwt138.00–153.004297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578130.23/cwt129.50–131.007538
BullsMedium and Large 1-2457167.19/cwt166.00–169.007645
SteersMedium and Large 1-2875120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2532164.04/cwt160.00–167.5087321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469139.88/cwt135.00–142.006568
BullsMedium and Large 2-3342150.00/cwt150.00–150.005132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689136.64/cwt135.00–137.0094111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310154.00/cwt154.00–154.004771
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added631124.98/cwt124.50–127.0078926
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721132.99/cwt130.00–134.009594
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603142.16/cwt135.00–148.008575
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513152.99/cwt147.00–155.007854
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430180.13/cwt176.00–186.007754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2828104.00/cwt104.00–104.008616
BullsMedium and Large 1-2559149.07/cwt147.00–152.0083311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2304197.26/cwt178.00–204.006004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566160.30/cwt155.00–165.5090717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2369150.09/cwt147.00–152.005548
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy455148.00/cwt148.00–148.006731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685121.00/cwt121.00–121.008293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2781125.50/cwt125.50–125.509809
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466165.17/cwt161.00–170.007704
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08579.51/cwt72.00–95.008634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415141.53/cwt140.00–145.005879
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534134.10/cwt129.00–140.0071618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373185.00/cwt185.00–185.006902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy623150.50/cwt150.00–151.009382
Bulls1,44678.15/cwt75.00–80.001,1304
Bulls1,80898.45/cwt97.00–100.001,7802
CowsBoner 80-85%92540.00/cwt40.00–40.003701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29164.48/cwt63.00–66.508328
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21057.21/cwt52.00–60.0069220
CowsLean 85-90%93740.78/cwt35.00–45.003823
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700124.00/cwt124.00–124.008681
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17269.92/cwt69.00–71.008192
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55561.30/cwt60.00–63.009532
Bulls1,70788.36/cwt82.50–93.001,5086
BullsMedium and Large 2-3808102.50/cwt102.50–102.508282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,103757.82/cwt700.00–800.008,3592
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3710111.01/cwt107.00–116.007883
SteersMedium and Large 2-3782121.65/cwt119.00–123.009513
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5551,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0022,5481
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4031,127.84/cwt835.00–1,350.0015,8242
SteersMedium and Large 2-3805118.00/cwt118.00–118.009501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2837106.33/cwt105.00–107.008903
SteersMedium and Large 2-3935104.00/cwt104.00–104.009721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3258143.00/cwt143.00–143.003693
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3593117.00/cwt116.00–118.006942
BullsMedium and Large 2-3372137.00/cwt137.00–137.005103
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3386147.00/cwt146.00–149.005676
SteersMedium and Large 2-3595147.00/cwt144.00–150.008752
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3603111.22/cwt110.00–116.006715
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3804100.00/cwt100.00–100.008043
BullsMedium and Large 2-3770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007701
BullsMedium and Large 2-3268161.87/cwt145.00–179.004346
BullsMedium and Large 2-3505132.00/cwt132.00–132.006671
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2734109.66/cwt109.50–110.008053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2417172.93/cwt163.00–177.0072110
HeifersMedium and Large 2-379393.51/cwt89.00–98.007422
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420117.00/cwt117.00–117.004912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2382170.76/cwt161.00–180.006526
SteersMedium and Large 2-3660134.04/cwt129.00–139.008852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615120.33/cwt120.00–121.007403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2758113.00/cwt113.00–113.008572
BullsMedium and Large 2-3240140.00/cwt140.00–140.003362
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3693106.00/cwt106.00–106.007353
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665130.11/cwt124.00–135.5086514
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485152.67/cwt150.00–154.007403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2232165.00/cwt165.00–165.003832

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.