Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-10-11

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 11
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
681 head
275 vs last sale 406 268 vs year ago 413 · +64.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
31 vs last sale 76 19 vs year ago 126 · 15.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
12 vs last sale 2 5 vs year ago 9 · +55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher, with instances of 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.14/cwt on 236 head.
Average price
$136.14
236 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.19
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509139.06708178
Medium and Large 2-3494127.1762858
One grade step is worth $11.89/cwt here — about $81 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 sale236 hd
136.14
KY average25 barns · 4,630 hd
130.95
+5.19
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
BullsAverage1,81488.901,6134thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52453.808208thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28052.8767738
CowsLean 85-90%Average99341.674143thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 2-3713116.63/cwt111.00–121.008323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added531151.50/cwt151.50–151.508048
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added527140.00/cwt140.00–140.007389
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3523126.30/cwt113.00–140.006615
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3795113.00/cwt113.00–113.008981
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3323127.58/cwt122.00–134.004122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2633125.99/cwt120.00–130.0079823
SteersMedium and Large 2-3315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615132.93/cwt130.00–136.008182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2205160.00/cwt160.00–160.003281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332150.00/cwt150.00–150.004983
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430148.14/cwt145.00–150.0063723
SteersMedium and Large 2-3575132.93/cwt129.00–139.007646
SteersMedium and Large 1-2667137.29/cwt133.00–140.009169
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628138.42/cwt130.00–142.008698
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532134.77/cwt130.00–137.0071715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2784124.00/cwt124.00–124.009724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477140.25/cwt132.00–148.0066938
SteersMedium and Large 1-2328165.02/cwt164.00–166.005412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295163.00/cwt163.00–163.004811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added452173.00/cwt173.00–173.007822
SteersMedium and Large 2-3410154.00/cwt154.00–154.006312
SteersMedium and Large 2-3536133.16/cwt122.00–136.0071416
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485142.00/cwt142.00–142.006891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2481156.00/cwt156.00–156.007506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530142.96/cwt141.00–144.0075815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430170.77/cwt157.00–185.0073420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566143.21/cwt140.00–153.0081117
SteersMedium and Large 2-3720130.00/cwt130.00–130.009361
SteersMedium and Large 1-2873127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370189.35/cwt189.00–190.007013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765114.00/cwt114.00–114.008721
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200166.00/cwt166.00–166.003321
BullsMedium and Large 1-2443167.58/cwt162.00–170.0074211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added425175.01/cwt174.00–176.007442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2476153.64/cwt140.00–163.0073122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2629126.15/cwt122.50–131.0079318
CowsLean 85-90%99341.67/cwt41.00–42.004143
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52453.80/cwt52.00–57.008208
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16546.56/cwt41.00–50.005424
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29453.61/cwt50.00–56.0069434
Bulls1,81488.90/cwt82.00–92.001,6134
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,29065.00/cwt65.00–65.008391
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2795800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,3601
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2855760.00/cwt760.00–760.006,4981
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0851,149.77/cwt1,100.00–1,175.0012,4756
BullsMedium and Large 2-3571123.57/cwt116.00–129.0070611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2840107.00/cwt107.00–107.008992
BullsMedium and Large 1-2324182.97/cwt160.00–194.005933
BullsMedium and Large 2-3482132.00/cwt125.00–134.0063610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2701121.00/cwt120.00–123.008483
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666121.57/cwt120.00–125.008108
BullsMedium and Large 2-388580.00/cwt80.00–80.007083
BullsMedium and Large 2-3424132.67/cwt126.00–150.005636
BullsMedium and Large 1-2283186.74/cwt177.00–196.005284
BullsMedium and Large 1-2584130.62/cwt128.00–131.007638
BullsMedium and Large 2-3533132.09/cwt127.00–134.507047
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365150.00/cwt150.00–150.005481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2382182.99/cwt165.00–190.006998
BullsMedium and Large 1-2532142.53/cwt132.00–147.0075822
BullsMedium and Large 2-3631119.22/cwt114.00–129.007524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676123.93/cwt121.00–127.0083813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705124.00/cwt124.00–124.008742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2272145.00/cwt145.00–145.003942
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3413132.72/cwt125.00–138.0054815
HeifersMedium and Large 2-393599.00/cwt99.00–99.009261
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568134.03/cwt130.00–137.5076112
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3268156.00/cwt156.00–156.004182
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3468124.37/cwt120.00–132.0058210
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3576122.36/cwt116.00–129.007059
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374151.08/cwt144.00–158.0056518
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3658117.50/cwt117.00–118.007732
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3381134.40/cwt119.00–145.005126
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3648119.00/cwt119.00–119.007712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added449150.25/cwt150.25–150.2567515

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.