Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-06-28

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 28
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
291 head
115 vs last sale 176 255 vs year ago 546 · 46.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
64 vs last sale 27 7 vs year ago 84 · +8.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
13 vs last sale 5 10 vs year ago 8 · +125.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady. Feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. 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 $131.83/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$131.83
89 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$23
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.94
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500135.8167960
Medium and Large 2-3568123.6170229
One grade step is worth $12.20/cwt here — about −$23 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 sale89 hd
131.83
KY average27 barns · 5,495 hd
136.77
−4.94
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
BullsHigh1,81999.531,81011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50272.381,08713
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21965.9480437
CowsLean 85-90%Average99754.165405thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 2-3590130.00/cwt130.00–130.007672
BullsMedium and Large 2-3660110.00/cwt110.00–110.007261
BullsMedium and Large 2-3373137.58/cwt125.00–146.005136
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3417132.28/cwt130.00–134.005523
BullsMedium and Large 2-388891.00/cwt91.00–91.008082
SteersMedium and Large 2-3513138.00/cwt137.00–139.007082
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481138.23/cwt135.00–140.006659
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373146.61/cwt141.00–155.005475
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463147.33/cwt145.00–149.006829
SteersMedium and Large 2-3570146.00/cwt146.00–146.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577129.69/cwt128.00–132.0074813
BullsMedium and Large 2-382081.00/cwt81.00–81.006641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2911120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,0989
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2718118.55/cwt116.00–120.008517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435140.92/cwt135.00–145.006133
BullsMedium and Large 2-390092.00/cwt92.00–92.008282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519135.82/cwt131.00–139.0070511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2383150.96/cwt149.00–153.005782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700142.50/cwt142.50–142.509985
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added558160.50/cwt160.50–160.508963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2716136.69/cwt130.00–139.009797
BullsMedium and Large 1-2278164.77/cwt160.00–170.004582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0041
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2331147.30/cwt146.50–155.0048811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2880120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665146.00/cwt146.00–146.009713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430151.67/cwt151.00–153.006523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630118.50/cwt118.50–118.507471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2626130.50/cwt128.00–134.008178
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3478132.95/cwt129.00–135.006363
SteersMedium and Large 2-3727114.04/cwt112.00–115.008293
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3589119.99/cwt110.00–125.007073
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3510124.50/cwt121.00–128.006352
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372137.00/cwt137.00–137.005102
SteersMedium and Large 2-3905116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3538133.69/cwt125.00–138.007193
SteersMedium and Large 2-3412146.99/cwt146.00–148.006063
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3330132.00/cwt132.00–132.004361
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3721121.75/cwt114.00–123.008787
HeifersMedium and Large 2-398093.00/cwt93.00–93.009111
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3240139.00/cwt139.00–139.003341
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4471,324.03/cwt1,230.00–1,370.0019,1593
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3275141.00/cwt141.00–141.003881
HeifersMedium and Large 2-387087.00/cwt87.00–87.007571
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3628115.45/cwt110.00–119.007254
BullsMedium and Large 2-3470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006822
BullsMedium and Large 2-3618125.00/cwt125.00–125.007732
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,1501,086.96/cwt1,000.00–1,160.0012,5004
BullsMedium and Large 2-3414145.53/cwt131.00–149.006025
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2381,190.85/cwt930.00–1,335.0014,7436
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3101,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0013,1001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-291576.00/cwt76.00–76.006951
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12580.00/cwt80.00–80.009001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,340810.00/cwt810.00–810.0010,8542
BullsMedium and Large 1-2225167.00/cwt167.00–167.003761
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29557.00/cwt57.00–57.007381
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34871.77/cwt70.00–76.009678
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32568.86/cwt67.00–70.009125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61374.58/cwt70.00–80.001,2038
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583154.80/cwt154.00–155.0090210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2709133.30/cwt123.00–136.009455
BullsMedium and Large 1-2662131.93/cwt128.00–138.008735
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524145.00/cwt145.00–145.007604
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516157.92/cwt151.00–160.008157
SteersMedium and Large 1-2460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2637149.88/cwt149.50–153.009559
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562137.00/cwt137.00–137.007702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18064.60/cwt59.00–69.0076228
CowsLean 85-90%1,02855.95/cwt50.00–59.005754
CowsLean 85-90%87547.00/cwt47.00–47.004111
Bulls1,929104.01/cwt103.00–105.002,0066
Bulls1,73497.20/cwt93.00–100.001,6854
Bulls1,49582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2261

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.