Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-05-10

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 10
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
301 head
424 vs last sale 725 92 vs year ago 393 · 23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
37 vs last sale 97 2 vs year ago 58 · +3.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 6 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady on a light test. 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 $122.53/cwt on 108 head.
Average price
$122.53
108 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.12
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2491129.9763863
Medium and Large 2-3579112.1364945
One grade step is worth $17.84/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale108 hd
122.53
KY average26 barns · 3,509 hd
128.66
−6.12
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
BullsAverage1,45785.951,2529thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60864.581,0385thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25860.9276728
CowsLean 85-90%Average93844.504173thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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 2-3421127.72/cwt127.00–129.005384
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365142.00/cwt142.00–142.005181
BullsMedium and Large 2-3340145.00/cwt145.00–145.004931
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570113.92/cwt109.00–123.006497
BullsMedium and Large 1-2422151.31/cwt150.00–153.006396
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326139.01/cwt133.00–144.004536
SteersMedium and Large 2-3505130.00/cwt130.00–130.006572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2292140.00/cwt140.00–140.004093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2205151.00/cwt151.00–151.003101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2673119.19/cwt116.00–120.008025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2543123.81/cwt122.00–125.006725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371139.04/cwt137.00–143.005165
BullsMedium and Large 2-3765105.00/cwt105.00–105.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429139.76/cwt139.00–140.006004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729128.53/cwt125.00–130.0093712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2364152.31/cwt150.00–154.0055410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572123.10/cwt122.00–123.5070415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250152.00/cwt152.00–152.003802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2716116.00/cwt116.00–116.008314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422150.00/cwt150.00–150.006332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475133.82/cwt131.00–140.0063612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2692130.00/cwt130.00–130.009002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2904107.00/cwt107.00–107.009677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2561137.79/cwt136.00–143.007739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620117.21/cwt114.00–119.007274
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531144.82/cwt130.00–149.007699
SteersMedium and Large 1-2467153.24/cwt148.00–157.007165
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580125.00/cwt125.00–125.007251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54664.22/cwt64.00–65.009934
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0321
Bulls1,48387.32/cwt80.00–94.001,2958
Bulls1,24575.00/cwt75.00–75.009341
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24860.69/cwt53.00–65.0075727
CowsLean 85-90%93844.50/cwt39.00–49.004173
Dairy SteersLarge 3318108.51/cwt106.00–109.003456
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85566.00/cwt66.00–66.001,2241
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530128.44/cwt126.00–131.006814
BullsMedium and Large 2-3284151.39/cwt150.00–154.004303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy470154.04/cwt150.00–155.007245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640133.68/cwt129.00–135.5085612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2233164.00/cwt164.00–164.003821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500131.13/cwt130.00–131.506564
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3584114.06/cwt110.00–119.006664
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615117.00/cwt117.00–117.007201
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-290466.90/cwt60.00–75.006055
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3318131.23/cwt121.00–139.004173
HeifersMedium and Large 2-398583.00/cwt83.00–83.008184
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3706102.33/cwt90.00–104.507227
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620105.76/cwt102.00–110.006566
BullsMedium and Large 2-387093.00/cwt93.00–93.008091
HeifersMedium and Large 2-365094.00/cwt94.00–94.006112
HeifersMedium and Large 2-382585.00/cwt85.00–85.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520114.79/cwt114.00–116.005975
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625119.06/cwt115.00–123.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3486123.02/cwt122.00–126.005984
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
SteersMedium and Large 2-3680125.00/cwt125.00–125.008501
SteersMedium and Large 2-3577123.59/cwt122.00–127.007135
SteersMedium and Large 2-3472132.52/cwt126.00–140.006254
BullsMedium and Large 2-3667110.46/cwt107.00–115.007379
BullsMedium and Large 2-3468116.97/cwt116.00–118.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3390130.99/cwt128.00–139.005114
SteersMedium and Large 2-3430142.38/cwt139.00–146.006122
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3240139.00/cwt139.00–139.003341
SteersMedium and Large 2-397295.00/cwt95.00–95.009232
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518141.00/cwt137.00–145.007304
BullsMedium and Large 1-2472137.03/cwt135.00–139.006473

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.