Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-05-03

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 3
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
725 head
9 vs last sale 716 243 vs year ago 482 · +50.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
8 vs last sale 105 7 vs year ago 90 · +7.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 7 vs year ago 12 · 58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.21/cwt on 297 head.
Average price
$127.21
297 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.23/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 1-2532129.93691236
Medium and Large 2-3542116.7063261
One grade step is worth $13.23/cwt here — about $59 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 sale297 hd
127.21
KY average26 barns · 4,821 hd
129.23
−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
BullsAverage1,79390.901,6306thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53862.919685thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20159.0770941
CowsLean 85-90%High94542.5940311

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
BullsMedium and Large 2-3629111.89/cwt100.00–120.007046
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615106.94/cwt100.00–123.006589
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added409146.12/cwt145.00–146.5059812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437133.56/cwt130.00–135.005849
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280164.00/cwt164.00–164.004594
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3419126.76/cwt122.00–130.005318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2258135.00/cwt135.00–135.003482
BullsMedium and Large 2-3358149.09/cwt147.00–153.005343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428153.46/cwt150.00–156.006574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2690116.12/cwt114.00–124.0080111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2731105.00/cwt105.00–105.007687
BullsMedium and Large 2-380490.09/cwt87.00–90.507249
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527128.73/cwt124.50–134.0067863
BullsMedium and Large 1-2384156.47/cwt152.50–159.0060113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added665137.00/cwt137.00–137.009113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2552143.80/cwt142.00–145.007945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662120.33/cwt119.00–122.0079712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582128.43/cwt124.50–136.0074711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2464148.21/cwt143.00–150.0068812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484134.04/cwt130.00–138.0064933
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435148.77/cwt145.00–155.0064717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654133.23/cwt127.00–134.5087126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added605137.00/cwt137.00–137.008291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331140.98/cwt134.00–148.004674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added525133.00/cwt133.00–133.0069812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470151.54/cwt147.00–155.0071214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2723129.01/cwt127.00–131.009338
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added445163.00/cwt163.00–163.007252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619133.11/cwt129.00–135.0082413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510147.77/cwt144.00–154.0075417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added623126.43/cwt125.00–126.7578826
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625127.77/cwt126.50–129.0079914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618118.62/cwt118.00–119.0073316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2365160.96/cwt159.00–162.005883
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added411160.00/cwt160.00–160.006584
CowsLean 85-90%92849.33/cwt48.00–50.004583
CowsLean 85-90%94541.50/cwt39.00–46.003927
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56564.72/cwt64.00–65.501,0132
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52061.70/cwt61.00–62.009383
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00548.00/cwt48.00–48.004821
Bulls1,83189.08/cwt85.00–91.001,6315
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20363.14/cwt55.00–80.007603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320160.38/cwt159.00–164.005138
BullsMedium and Large 1-2820117.00/cwt117.00–117.009592
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19158.82/cwt54.00–63.0070137
Bulls1,605100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6051
CowsLean 85-90%1,00030.00/cwt30.00–30.003001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3473141.81/cwt135.00–149.006712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39065.81/cwt65.00–68.009153
SteersMedium and Large 2-3479142.49/cwt140.00–145.006834
BullsMedium and Large 2-3580124.42/cwt120.00–129.007224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2776123.86/cwt123.00–124.509617
BullsMedium and Large 1-2516137.32/cwt135.00–145.0070930
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700112.00/cwt112.00–112.007841
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-293875.53/cwt65.00–86.007082
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650120.00/cwt120.00–120.007801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-376891.47/cwt90.00–93.507027
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3524119.48/cwt118.00–121.006266
BullsMedium and Large 2-3432139.38/cwt139.00–141.006025
BullsMedium and Large 2-3340149.00/cwt149.00–149.005072
BullsMedium and Large 2-3205121.00/cwt121.00–121.002481
SteersMedium and Large 2-3579134.43/cwt130.00–139.007784
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3383127.68/cwt116.00–138.004896
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3487122.57/cwt121.00–124.005977
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675112.40/cwt109.00–116.007592
BullsMedium and Large 2-3285158.00/cwt158.00–158.004501
BullsMedium and Large 2-394590.00/cwt90.00–90.008512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008051
SteersMedium and Large 2-3617125.37/cwt118.00–129.007746
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530126.13/cwt119.00–133.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3805105.00/cwt105.00–105.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3566120.09/cwt110.00–123.5068011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376143.93/cwt142.00–146.0054113
SteersMedium and Large 2-3740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200126.00/cwt126.00–126.002521
SteersMedium and Large 2-3531137.99/cwt126.00–143.0073319
SteersMedium and Large 2-3865109.58/cwt104.00–115.009483
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3328134.50/cwt134.00–135.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568129.99/cwt128.00–134.0073827
BullsMedium and Large 2-3680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
BullsMedium and Large 2-375795.50/cwt95.50–95.507235
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400146.00/cwt146.00–146.005842

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.