Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-04-19

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 19
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
782 head
28 vs last sale 754 284 vs year ago 498 · +57.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
87 head
10 vs last sale 97 2 vs year ago 85 · +2.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
5 vs last sale 6 4 vs year ago 7 · +57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. 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 $140.40/cwt on 258 head.
Average price
$140.40
258 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$661
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.02
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2474142.22674225
Medium and Large 2-3449128.0257433
One grade step is worth $14.20/cwt here — about $100 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 sale258 hd
140.40
KY average26 barns · 7,381 hd
138.38
+2.02
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
BullsLow1,84789.721,65715
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26163.8680535
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62363.191,0265thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10851.665726thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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 1-2620129.52/cwt123.00–134.0080319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2732123.10/cwt122.50–125.009014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2276162.17/cwt153.00–165.004488
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666134.73/cwt129.00–139.5089713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525131.94/cwt126.00–136.5069315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478169.61/cwt166.00–171.008118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631146.98/cwt142.00–149.0092718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2675128.16/cwt124.00–133.008656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373149.83/cwt139.00–161.0055927
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2341153.07/cwt144.00–162.0052225
BullsMedium and Large 1-2371169.53/cwt162.00–177.0062912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2726127.31/cwt124.00–131.009249
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519151.38/cwt142.00–159.0078635
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427166.10/cwt159.00–170.0070921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475140.42/cwt137.00–144.0066731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270165.00/cwt165.00–165.004463
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568129.50/cwt124.00–134.0073627
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2416149.89/cwt130.00–171.0062443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2323171.65/cwt165.00–178.005544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added405174.00/cwt174.00–174.0070512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245152.00/cwt152.00–152.003721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567158.82/cwt154.00–160.009015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2376170.98/cwt163.00–176.0064312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522170.48/cwt169.00–174.008904
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555150.58/cwt141.00–156.0083612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515161.62/cwt156.00–164.0083211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2819130.44/cwt130.00–131.001,0687
SteersMedium and Large 1-2773138.15/cwt134.50–145.001,0686
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660144.65/cwt139.00–146.5095512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added434173.00/cwt173.00–173.007518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added552145.67/cwt144.00–149.008046
SteersMedium and Large 1-2433167.21/cwt160.00–170.0072412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0084
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added587160.50/cwt160.50–160.509423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2476161.78/cwt148.00–173.0077031
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25163.51/cwt55.00–69.0079533
Bulls1,18076.00/cwt76.00–76.008971
Bulls1,983101.28/cwt100.00–102.002,0083
CowsLean 85-90%1,03255.34/cwt55.00–56.005713
CowsLean 85-90%1,18347.97/cwt47.00–49.005673
Bulls1,87187.81/cwt80.00–92.001,64311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2287167.73/cwt160.00–171.004819
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,200900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2900670.00/cwt670.00–670.006,0301
Dairy SteersLarge 3515104.00/cwt104.00–104.005361
Dairy SteersLarge 3400110.00/cwt110.00–110.004401
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62363.19/cwt60.00–66.001,0265
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365120.00/cwt120.00–120.004381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42569.56/cwt69.00–70.009912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2218170.27/cwt170.00–171.003714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added514144.23/cwt139.00–145.007418
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00879.97/cwt76.00–87.008067
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3670116.00/cwt116.00–116.007772
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,293990.00/cwt990.00–990.0012,8012
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3368133.37/cwt126.00–144.004916
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3479125.48/cwt120.00–132.006014
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3558122.68/cwt120.00–125.006853
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625118.00/cwt118.00–118.007381
SteersMedium and Large 2-3570149.35/cwt145.00–152.008515
BullsMedium and Large 1-2626132.83/cwt131.00–136.008326
BullsMedium and Large 2-3524137.00/cwt137.00–137.007184
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3274143.68/cwt140.00–150.003945
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620107.97/cwt106.00–110.006692
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
SteersMedium and Large 2-3466119.59/cwt104.00–144.005575
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3424130.72/cwt127.00–140.005547
HeifersMedium and Large 2-370590.00/cwt90.00–90.006351
SteersMedium and Large 2-3390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005461
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3523119.04/cwt118.00–120.006232
SteersMedium and Large 2-3539152.00/cwt137.00–156.008197
BullsMedium and Large 2-3476134.73/cwt128.00–140.006415
SteersMedium and Large 2-3665132.70/cwt130.00–135.008824
SteersMedium and Large 2-3745116.00/cwt116.00–116.008642
SteersMedium and Large 2-3915106.50/cwt106.50–106.509742
SteersMedium and Large 2-3622134.00/cwt134.00–134.008332
SteersMedium and Large 2-3795115.00/cwt115.00–115.009141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2312166.76/cwt160.00–172.0052013
BullsMedium and Large 2-3439154.24/cwt154.00–155.006774
BullsMedium and Large 2-3835108.00/cwt108.00–108.009021
BullsMedium and Large 2-3725148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0731
BullsMedium and Large 2-3862104.00/cwt104.00–104.008962
BullsMedium and Large 2-3571135.92/cwt130.00–139.007768

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.