Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-05-17

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 17
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
556 head
255 vs last sale 301 22 vs year ago 534 · +4.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
49 vs last sale 60 13 vs year ago 96 · +13.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
2 vs last sale 5 3 vs year ago 6 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady 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 $126.13/cwt on 185 head.
Average price
$126.13
185 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$44
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.49
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2514128.91663136
Medium and Large 2-3522118.4261949
One grade step is worth $10.48/cwt here — about $44 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 sale185 hd
126.13
KY average29 barns · 5,181 hd
127.62
−1.49
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
BullsAverage1,65091.341,50715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58965.351,0385thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24362.6477846
CowsLean 85-90%Low98442.6241910

Every lot, as filed

80 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 2-3425134.00/cwt134.00–134.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2860120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568142.30/cwt134.00–145.0080810
BullsMedium and Large 2-3330136.86/cwt134.00–140.004522
BullsMedium and Large 2-385891.66/cwt90.00–93.007866
BullsMedium and Large 2-3436132.04/cwt121.00–140.005765
BullsMedium and Large 1-2469152.91/cwt147.00–157.0071710
BullsMedium and Large 1-2855124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0602
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433150.21/cwt140.00–155.0065010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285124.00/cwt124.00–124.003532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2701118.25/cwt116.00–119.008294
BullsMedium and Large 1-2803103.33/cwt102.00–104.008303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2225161.24/cwt150.00–173.003632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562123.94/cwt121.00–126.0069718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324138.11/cwt135.00–141.004476
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420162.16/cwt153.00–166.006816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765122.00/cwt122.00–122.009331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2416133.53/cwt130.00–135.0055511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729127.75/cwt127.00–129.009318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526130.77/cwt122.00–133.0068846
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400163.00/cwt163.00–163.006521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332163.00/cwt163.00–163.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469133.40/cwt130.00–138.0062614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2625116.02/cwt115.00–117.007258
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528149.15/cwt140.00–155.0078814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2838114.39/cwt114.00–116.009595
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528140.85/cwt135.00–147.0074425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2381162.45/cwt160.00–167.006194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385137.04/cwt134.00–138.0052812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468153.50/cwt149.00–158.007184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674134.64/cwt131.00–137.009075
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added518136.00/cwt136.00–136.007042
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added674138.00/cwt138.00–138.009308
SteersMedium and Large 1-2220166.00/cwt166.00–166.003651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619137.30/cwt130.00–143.5085035
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580128.74/cwt127.00–135.0074710
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623127.08/cwt123.00–129.5079219
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54064.69/cwt64.00–66.009964
Bulls1,67289.99/cwt83.00–94.001,50510
Bulls1,05580.00/cwt80.00–80.008442
Bulls1,975103.39/cwt100.00–105.002,0423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25562.65/cwt55.00–66.0078641
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78568.00/cwt68.00–68.001,2141
CowsLean 85-90%1,06030.00/cwt30.00–30.003181
CowsLean 85-90%1,00050.00/cwt50.00–50.005001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2673123.46/cwt118.00–129.0083115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378158.09/cwt153.00–165.0059811
Dairy SteersLarge 397676.00/cwt76.00–76.007424
CowsBoner 80-85%93354.49/cwt54.00–55.005082
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01075.00/cwt75.00–75.007581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2275170.00/cwt170.00–170.004683
BullsMedium and Large 2-3730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008762
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528119.49/cwt118.00–120.006314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28367.90/cwt67.00–70.008713
CowsLean 85-90%97243.28/cwt40.00–48.004218
BullsMedium and Large 2-3783102.02/cwt100.00–106.007993
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575119.61/cwt114.00–125.006883
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3378123.38/cwt121.00–129.004665
BullsMedium and Large 2-3375149.71/cwt143.00–153.005614
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3571114.92/cwt110.00–119.0065614
SteersMedium and Large 2-3568136.56/cwt134.00–139.007762
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3626110.81/cwt105.00–114.006948
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3458110.00/cwt110.00–110.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3230164.00/cwt164.00–164.003772
BullsMedium and Large 2-3260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003901
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675125.00/cwt125.00–125.008441
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485140.75/cwt132.00–144.006838
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3424126.84/cwt124.00–128.005388
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3662117.00/cwt117.00–117.007752
SteersMedium and Large 2-3545133.00/cwt133.00–133.007253
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300133.00/cwt133.00–133.003991
SteersMedium and Large 2-3468137.38/cwt131.00–142.006436
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662120.42/cwt118.00–122.0079715
SteersMedium and Large 2-3845114.00/cwt114.00–114.009631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-373494.28/cwt90.00–103.006923
BullsMedium and Large 2-390083.00/cwt83.00–83.007471
BullsMedium and Large 2-3655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008121
BullsMedium and Large 2-382899.10/cwt90.00–106.008214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705110.50/cwt110.00–111.007792

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.