Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-08-02

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 2
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
329 head
183 vs last sale 512 61 vs year ago 268 · +22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
6 vs last sale 50 2 vs year ago 58 · 3.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
0 vs last sale 4 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. 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 $136.98/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$136.98
109 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.95
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557140.3878283
Medium and Large 2-3527126.1266426
One grade step is worth $14.27/cwt here — about $118 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 sale109 hd
136.98
KY average26 barns · 4,319 hd
140.93
−3.95
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
BullsLow1,676101.381,69911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43870.781,01811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27867.7786621
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12850.245678thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2482135.00/cwt135.00–135.006512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665131.00/cwt131.00–131.008711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265148.49/cwt144.00–157.003934
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379161.31/cwt159.00–161.5061113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422141.53/cwt141.00–142.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2220150.50/cwt146.00–155.003312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560137.64/cwt132.00–142.0077113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2819119.50/cwt119.50–119.509795
SteersMedium and Large 1-2305163.50/cwt163.50–163.504997
BullsMedium and Large 1-2580134.70/cwt134.00–136.0078110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2329150.80/cwt150.00–152.004965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664151.08/cwt140.00–154.501,00310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2411158.43/cwt158.00–158.506517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2742127.00/cwt127.00–127.009425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525139.13/cwt131.00–144.007305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730122.00/cwt122.00–122.008915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2260165.00/cwt165.00–165.004292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650146.00/cwt146.00–146.009496
SteersMedium and Large 1-2612146.43/cwt140.00–149.008966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565156.00/cwt156.00–156.008812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added573149.05/cwt145.00–152.0085413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614139.11/cwt130.00–144.0085417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610130.00/cwt130.00–130.007931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2855134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added724151.80/cwt148.00–154.001,09911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added652159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,0407
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added637155.53/cwt154.00–157.009916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007201
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522152.50/cwt152.50–152.507965
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40168.96/cwt64.50–71.009666
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24865.51/cwt60.00–70.0081811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05355.59/cwt54.00–58.005852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37573.93/cwt71.00–79.001,0178
Bulls1,95089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,7361
Bulls1,56498.83/cwt95.00–100.001,5464
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465151.00/cwt151.00–151.007021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48372.97/cwt71.00–75.001,0825
Bulls1,705105.14/cwt102.00–108.001,7936
CowsLean 85-90%90540.00/cwt40.00–40.003621
CowsLean 85-90%1,42065.00/cwt65.00–65.009231
CowsLean 85-90%1,11749.49/cwt45.00–55.005536
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3842110.00/cwt110.00–110.009262
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510144.86/cwt144.00–145.007397
BullsMedium and Large 1-2706121.01/cwt120.00–124.008544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2341156.02/cwt153.00–157.005324
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285154.14/cwt150.00–158.004392
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,32075.00/cwt75.00–75.009901
BullsMedium and Large 2-3362147.43/cwt143.00–150.005344
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370128.29/cwt119.00–137.004756
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3462130.70/cwt120.00–137.006043
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600115.00/cwt115.00–115.006901
BullsMedium and Large 2-3460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006672
SteersMedium and Large 2-388595.00/cwt95.00–95.008412
BullsMedium and Large 2-3342159.00/cwt159.00–159.005442
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675118.52/cwt117.00–120.008002
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3535121.00/cwt121.00–121.006471
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3729122.02/cwt113.00–131.008904
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3579131.51/cwt128.00–134.007614
BullsMedium and Large 2-3745117.00/cwt117.00–117.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415135.00/cwt135.00–135.005601
SteersMedium and Large 2-3460138.00/cwt138.00–138.006352
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400151.00/cwt151.00–151.006041
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003773
SteersMedium and Large 2-3533145.00/cwt145.00–145.007733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2430143.80/cwt140.50–154.0061812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3865100.00/cwt100.00–100.008651
BullsMedium and Large 2-3790110.00/cwt110.00–110.008691
BullsMedium and Large 2-3810106.37/cwt100.00–110.008623
BullsMedium and Large 2-3525137.72/cwt135.00–143.007233
BullsMedium and Large 2-3592124.00/cwt124.00–124.007342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372140.96/cwt137.00–143.005243

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.