Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-04-26

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 26
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
716 head
66 vs last sale 782 300 vs year ago 416 · +72.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
18 vs last sale 87 43 vs year ago 62 · +69.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
6 vs last sale 11 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeders over 600 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Steady increases in CME Corn prices is pressuring the cattle market lower. 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 $129.33/cwt on 245 head.
Average price
$129.33
245 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$670
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$36
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.39
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2508133.95681165
Medium and Large 2-3538119.8164480
One grade step is worth $14.14/cwt here — about $36 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 sale245 hd
129.33
KY average25 barns · 5,707 hd
133.73
−4.39
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
BullsHigh1,77290.001,59517
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52863.479706thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24859.3074046
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02549.005022thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1-2760128.00/cwt128.00–128.009731
BullsMedium and Large 1-2803105.66/cwt104.00–106.008486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2215144.00/cwt144.00–144.003101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2540155.10/cwt153.00–157.008389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2210152.00/cwt152.00–152.003191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280160.00/cwt160.00–160.004481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518146.30/cwt140.00–151.0075812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2362145.79/cwt141.00–154.0052814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2561135.58/cwt133.00–138.0076117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2563149.53/cwt148.00–151.0084211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2587127.27/cwt125.00–127.7574727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512131.76/cwt125.00–136.0067525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671118.43/cwt116.00–120.007955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418157.32/cwt149.00–162.0065815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680129.55/cwt122.00–131.0088111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419144.90/cwt140.00–151.0060733
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2338158.42/cwt156.00–166.005359
BullsMedium and Large 2-3573124.00/cwt124.00–124.007117
BullsMedium and Large 2-3468135.73/cwt131.00–144.0063512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2763112.49/cwt110.00–120.008584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614125.64/cwt120.00–129.0077115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735126.92/cwt123.00–130.0093312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added630141.20/cwt140.50–143.0089031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331144.63/cwt143.00–145.004795
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476133.23/cwt130.00–137.0063419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added659140.37/cwt140.25–140.5092517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added740130.00/cwt130.00–130.0096214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680135.20/cwt134.00–136.0091913
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470149.36/cwt142.00–153.0070216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2742118.00/cwt118.00–118.008765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2805123.00/cwt123.00–123.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370163.00/cwt163.00–163.006031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600127.25/cwt127.25–127.2576412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added428151.00/cwt151.00–151.006462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476151.79/cwt147.00–159.007237
SteersMedium and Large 1-2421159.97/cwt157.00–165.006734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635136.34/cwt134.00–137.008666
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54363.16/cwt60.00–65.009755
CowsBoner 80-85%92545.00/cwt45.00–45.004161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39965.45/cwt64.00–68.009164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24159.05/cwt50.00–63.0073341
Bulls1,83099.03/cwt98.00–100.001,8122
Bulls1,76488.80/cwt83.00–95.001,56615
Dairy HeifersLarge 3765111.00/cwt111.00–111.008491
Dairy HeifersLarge 391959.00/cwt59.00–59.005426
Dairy HeifersLarge 342564.00/cwt64.00–64.002722
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45565.00/cwt65.00–65.009461
CowsLean 85-90%1,03051.00/cwt51.00–51.005251
CowsLean 85-90%1,02047.00/cwt47.00–47.004791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290164.00/cwt164.00–164.004761
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy707127.00/cwt127.00–127.008983
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy530153.00/cwt153.00–153.008112
Dairy HeifersLarge 374858.50/cwt58.50–58.5043812
Dairy HeifersLarge 328964.00/cwt64.00–64.0018520
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,05658.84/cwt57.00–68.006216
BullsMedium and Large 2-390587.00/cwt87.00–87.007871
HeifersMedium and Large 2-371089.00/cwt89.00–89.006323
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410138.00/cwt138.00–138.005661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2714123.16/cwt112.00–128.008794
BullsMedium and Large 1-2359158.76/cwt156.00–161.005705
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-298172.21/cwt63.00–87.007085
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3670112.01/cwt95.00–119.507504
BullsMedium and Large 2-3806103.30/cwt98.00–106.008333
BullsMedium and Large 2-3358134.90/cwt120.00–150.004832
SteersMedium and Large 2-3435149.00/cwt149.00–149.006482
BullsMedium and Large 2-3775110.34/cwt105.00–114.008553
BullsMedium and Large 2-3310121.00/cwt121.00–121.003751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3684115.00/cwt115.00–115.007875
SteersMedium and Large 2-3602127.00/cwt127.00–127.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3379134.21/cwt128.00–139.0050910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618130.35/cwt120.00–134.0080617
SteersMedium and Large 2-3555139.00/cwt139.00–139.007711
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3478131.21/cwt127.00–135.0062713
SteersMedium and Large 2-3523145.00/cwt145.00–145.007583
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350158.00/cwt158.00–158.005531
HeifersMedium and Large 2-387285.00/cwt85.00–85.007416
BullsMedium and Large 2-3525133.17/cwt118.00–137.0069913
SteersMedium and Large 2-3468139.38/cwt132.00–147.006522
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3305137.62/cwt135.00–139.004203
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3228121.00/cwt121.00–121.002762
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3515121.13/cwt117.50–126.0062416
BullsMedium and Large 2-3713109.00/cwt108.00–110.007772
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3416127.13/cwt119.00–141.005296
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3816103.00/cwt100.00–104.008404
BullsMedium and Large 2-3295154.00/cwt154.00–154.004541
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635105.37/cwt97.00–114.006692
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3576121.22/cwt114.00–127.0069811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625118.00/cwt118.00–118.007381

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.