Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.86/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$128.86

98 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$9.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.48

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	517	131.05	677	76
Medium and Large 2-3	413	121.31	501	22

One grade step is worth $9.74/cwt here — about $176 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 sale98 hd

128.86

—

KY average27 barns · 5,405 hd

133.34

−4.48

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,561	79.32	1,238	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,167	51.29	599	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,420	50.00	710	1thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	149.48/cwt	139.00–160.00	644	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,290	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	120.67/cwt	120.00–122.00	883	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	148.33/cwt	147.00–151.00	792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	502	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	708	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	492	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	271	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	335	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	814	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	131.17/cwt	127.00–136.50	624	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	137.31/cwt	134.00–147.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	129.41/cwt	123.50–134.00	716	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	137.33/cwt	129.00–140.00	596	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	145.96/cwt	145.00–148.00	851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	129.63/cwt	129.00–130.50	691	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	160.41/cwt	160.00–161.00	592	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	128.17/cwt	120.00–138.00	665	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	131.77/cwt	130.00–133.00	746	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	125.58/cwt	122.00–128.00	823	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	120.74/cwt	116.00–125.00	519	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	119.50/cwt	118.00–121.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	453	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	562	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	841	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	698	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	321	124.82/cwt	123.00–130.00	401	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	51.41/cwt	46.00–58.00	594	21
Bulls	—	—	1,561	79.32/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,238	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	710	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	846	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	466	1

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY

Mon Oct 18, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 480Last week 681Year ago 626

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 107Year ago 112

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	280	164.00	164.00
10	—	431	139.00–160.00	149.48
6	—	614	128.75	128.75
2	—	768	168.00	168.00
3	—	732	120.00–122.00	120.67
5	—	369	160.00–161.00	160.41
19	—	519	120.00–138.00	128.17
5	—	566	130.00–133.00	131.77
5	—	655	122.00–128.00	125.58
2	—	485	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	126.00	126.00
2	—	430	135.00	135.00
4	—	605	118.00–121.00	119.50
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
9	—	453	124.00	124.00
5	—	841	83.00	83.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	310	157.00	157.00
2	—	490	153.00	153.00
9	—	534	147.00–151.00	148.33
2	—	410	167.00	167.00
5	—	636	128.00	128.00
6	—	583	145.00–148.00	145.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	154.00	154.00
2	—	502	141.00	141.00
3	—	492	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	714	122.00	122.00
15	—	476	127.00–136.50	131.17
4	—	383	134.00–147.00	137.31
4	—	617	127.00	127.00
22	—	553	123.50–134.00	129.41
13	—	434	129.00–140.00	137.33
14	—	533	129.00–130.50	129.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	271	123.00–124.00	123.50
1	—	750	111.00	111.00
2	—	480	122.00	122.00
1	—	820	109.00	109.00
9	—	430	116.00–125.00	120.74
5	—	321	123.00–130.00	124.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,156	46.00–58.00	51.41
1	—	1,410	60.00	60.00
1	—	1,165	40.00	40.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,420	50.00	50.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,561	75.00–89.00	79.32

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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