Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-08-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 16
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
51 vs last sale 461 70 vs year ago 480 · 14.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
20 vs last sale 71 31 vs year ago 60 · +51.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 4 2 vs year ago 4 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.92/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$133.92
153 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$721
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$0
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.19
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2530135.94721125
Medium and Large 2-3577124.9172128
One grade step is worth $11.03/cwt here — about −$0 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 sale153 hd
133.92
KY average24 barns · 4,176 hd
138.11
−4.19
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
BullsLow1,69397.321,6479thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47068.881,0139thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26867.8086051
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06851.695527thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1-2505129.49/cwt128.00–137.0065426
BullsMedium and Large 2-3427139.52/cwt130.00–144.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3760108.00/cwt108.00–108.008211
BullsMedium and Large 2-3467138.09/cwt127.00–141.006456
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660147.24/cwt146.00–150.009728
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2340147.00/cwt147.00–147.005003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650139.00/cwt139.00–139.009042
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473123.16/cwt117.00–129.005832
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520126.00/cwt126.00–126.006553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636131.13/cwt128.00–133.508347
BullsMedium and Large 1-2448154.00/cwt154.00–154.006903
BullsMedium and Large 1-2778114.00/cwt114.00–114.008872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2363151.99/cwt151.00–153.005522
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3925104.00/cwt104.00–104.009621
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3665124.00/cwt124.00–124.008252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added707150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,06116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530153.08/cwt150.00–155.0081120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573138.42/cwt130.00–143.0079328
BullsMedium and Large 1-2721120.00/cwt120.00–120.008654
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3748113.00/cwt113.00–113.008451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3507132.13/cwt131.00–134.006708
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added502158.00/cwt158.00–158.007938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2407145.01/cwt138.00–147.505909
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476139.07/cwt135.00–144.0066232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2876130.74/cwt130.00–133.001,1454
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24266.51/cwt60.00–71.0082636
Bulls1,35084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,1341
CowsLean 85-90%1,01035.54/cwt30.00–40.003592
CowsLean 85-90%98564.48/cwt64.00–65.006352
Bulls1,668107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,7852
Bulls1,75896.31/cwt92.00–100.001,6936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372142.69/cwt140.00–144.005316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635149.23/cwt144.00–153.0094811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518140.94/cwt136.00–148.007305
Dairy SteersLarge 31,01183.50/cwt83.50–83.508445
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44573.24/cwt71.00–75.001,0584
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49065.40/cwt64.00–68.009745
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430133.00/cwt133.00–133.005723
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3568127.65/cwt126.00–128.007256
BullsMedium and Large 2-3683121.00/cwt121.00–121.008263
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22660.03/cwt54.00–67.007364
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36874.86/cwt72.00–84.001,02411
CowsLean 85-90%1,16353.93/cwt50.00–57.006273
BullsMedium and Large 2-3772109.00/cwt109.00–109.008414
BullsMedium and Large 2-3578130.75/cwt130.00–131.007564
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365145.43/cwt144.00–148.005313
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5001,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0016,6501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340153.00/cwt153.00–153.005201
Dairy SteersLarge 31,07563.00/cwt63.00–63.006771
SteersMedium and Large 1-2735140.93/cwt140.00–145.001,03611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2582138.45/cwt135.00–144.0080611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285135.00/cwt135.00–135.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620123.91/cwt123.00–126.007688
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800104.00/cwt104.00–104.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2821124.35/cwt123.00–124.501,02110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2606133.16/cwt129.00–138.008077
BullsMedium and Large 1-2476151.17/cwt150.00–156.007206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700123.00/cwt123.00–123.008611
BullsMedium and Large 2-3735101.00/cwt101.00–101.007421
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3230144.00/cwt144.00–144.003311
SteersMedium and Large 2-3545143.00/cwt143.00–143.007794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2553151.00/cwt151.00–151.008353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2762140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,06710

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.