Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-08-30

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 30
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
250 head
42 vs last sale 292 128 vs year ago 378 · 33.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
14 vs last sale 42 8 vs year ago 64 · 12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 2 5 vs year ago 6 · 83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.89/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$139.89
95 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$23
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.42
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2481144.7169570
Medium and Large 2-3532126.4067225
One grade step is worth $18.31/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 sale95 hd
139.89
KY average27 barns · 3,255 hd
138.47
+1.42
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
BullsAverage1,93398.411,9026thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57070.001,0992thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28166.2884915
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14652.996074thin

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 1-2755133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0041
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550126.00/cwt126.00–126.006931
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3665112.00/cwt112.00–112.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235164.00/cwt164.00–164.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478147.18/cwt140.00–150.0070410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512136.17/cwt130.00–140.006976
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433133.83/cwt128.00–140.005792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2655133.00/cwt133.00–133.008712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425150.49/cwt149.00–154.0064019
SteersMedium and Large 2-3740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2366177.39/cwt170.00–180.006498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626144.47/cwt143.00–147.009047
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610120.72/cwt120.50–122.007367
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710140.00/cwt137.00–143.009942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0821
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440165.00/cwt165.00–165.007262
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625132.00/cwt132.00–132.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2-3565144.00/cwt144.00–144.008141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330150.67/cwt150.00–151.004973
SteersMedium and Large 2-3385164.00/cwt164.00–164.006311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688142.00/cwt142.00–142.009772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573154.51/cwt154.00–155.008852
SteersMedium and Large 2-3510134.00/cwt134.00–134.006831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521157.14/cwt151.00–159.008198
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added573163.00/cwt163.00–163.009346
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290175.00/cwt175.00–175.005081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2338171.26/cwt169.00–173.005794
BullsMedium and Large 1-2220165.00/cwt165.00–165.003631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625130.00/cwt130.00–130.008131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655133.66/cwt131.00–135.008753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy339183.06/cwt181.00–184.006213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0992
CowsBoner 80-85%92059.00/cwt59.00–59.005431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32671.54/cwt71.00–72.009492
CowsLean 85-90%1,28557.00/cwt57.00–57.007321
CowsLean 85-90%1,04036.00/cwt36.00–36.003741
CowsLean 85-90%1,13059.48/cwt58.00–61.006722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30466.01/cwt61.00–70.0086112
Bulls1,93398.41/cwt94.00–103.001,9026
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5701,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0023,5501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2383178.20/cwt174.00–183.0068312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2581147.13/cwt146.00–148.008557
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430143.90/cwt135.00–155.006193
BullsMedium and Large 2-31,08077.50/cwt77.50–77.508378
BullsMedium and Large 1-2508155.42/cwt145.00–159.0079011
BullsMedium and Large 2-3532135.74/cwt130.00–144.007225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy340173.00/cwt173.00–173.005882
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300138.00/cwt138.00–138.004141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3235136.00/cwt136.00–136.003201
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485143.26/cwt132.00–155.006952
BullsMedium and Large 2-3578131.92/cwt120.00–139.007626
BullsMedium and Large 2-397076.00/cwt76.00–76.007372
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3455135.00/cwt135.00–135.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3541128.44/cwt115.00–135.006957
BullsMedium and Large 1-2447168.00/cwt168.00–168.007517
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465166.66/cwt165.00–167.007756
BullsMedium and Large 2-3605125.00/cwt125.00–125.007561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290152.00/cwt152.00–152.004412
HeifersMedium and Large 2-381091.00/cwt91.00–91.007371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390152.16/cwt149.00–156.005937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578133.19/cwt126.00–135.0077013
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3359137.32/cwt135.00–144.004934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2729129.98/cwt127.00–131.009484

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.