Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-11-08

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 8
● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
890 head
167 vs last sale 723 172 vs year ago 718 · +24.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
29 vs last sale 109 44 vs year ago 94 · +46.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 6 · 16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Weaned and Preconditions Feeder steers 600 lbs and over sold mostly steady. All other classes of feeders sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower , with largest losses in plain quality cattle. 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 $124.40/cwt on 262 head.
Average price
$124.40
262 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$633
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.79
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500128.52643168
Medium and Large 2-3524117.0361394
One grade step is worth $11.50/cwt here — about $29 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 sale262 hd
124.40
KY average24 barns · 7,723 hd
131.19
−6.79
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
BullsAverage1,70485.341,4545thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40555.027734thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24951.1263836
CowsLean 85-90%High97640.964005thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,468108.001,5852thin

Every lot, as filed

89 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 2-3314121.39/cwt110.00–140.003818
HeifersMedium and Large 2-371095.00/cwt95.00–95.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3627111.59/cwt109.00–119.0070012
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3432122.26/cwt120.00–130.005287
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463129.90/cwt122.00–136.0060134
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3586116.11/cwt114.00–119.0068021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320136.14/cwt130.00–140.0043611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372136.19/cwt130.00–138.005079
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617125.00/cwt125.00–125.007718
SteersMedium and Large 2-3760114.00/cwt114.00–114.008661
SteersMedium and Large 2-3475134.02/cwt130.00–136.006373
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3945100.00/cwt100.00–100.009451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522142.24/cwt136.00–147.0074221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added640149.50/cwt149.50–149.5095720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685123.00/cwt123.00–123.008431
SteersMedium and Large 2-3342153.00/cwt153.00–153.005232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679137.77/cwt131.00–141.009357
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2812110.00/cwt110.00–110.008932
SteersMedium and Large 2-3678124.41/cwt118.00–135.008433
SteersMedium and Large 2-3430134.00/cwt134.00–134.005761
SteersMedium and Large 2-3375142.00/cwt142.00–142.005331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2456146.49/cwt142.00–149.0066812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639144.49/cwt140.00–149.0092311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2865127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0991
SteersMedium and Large 2-3532130.32/cwt120.00–139.006938
SteersMedium and Large 2-3910114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0371
SteersMedium and Large 2-3616125.00/cwt125.00–125.007704
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575139.64/cwt134.00–143.0080324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415151.78/cwt146.00–154.0063010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2845127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2328157.12/cwt151.00–160.005153
SteersMedium and Large 1-2352156.00/cwt156.00–156.005493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758137.34/cwt134.00–139.001,0413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0213
Dairy SteersLarge 31,23063.00/cwt63.00–63.007752
Dairy SteersLarge 329587.00/cwt87.00–87.002571
Dairy SteersLarge 359178.00/cwt78.00–78.004614
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added442160.00/cwt160.00–160.007075
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed607123.00/cwt123.00–123.007475
BullsMedium and Large 1-2318154.82/cwt140.00–165.004927
BullsMedium and Large 1-2283155.55/cwt151.00–160.004406
BullsMedium and Large 1-2531124.61/cwt118.00–129.5066223
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570125.59/cwt120.00–128.5071620
SteersChoice1,468108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,5852
CowsLean 85-90%91248.00/cwt48.00–48.004381
CowsLean 85-90%99239.20/cwt30.00–43.003894
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40555.02/cwt54.00–56.007734
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25251.24/cwt45.00–56.0064235
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13547.00/cwt47.00–47.005331
Bulls1,67081.21/cwt78.00–86.001,3563
Bulls1,75491.53/cwt90.00–93.001,6052
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,010900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0902
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,330750.00/cwt750.00–750.009,9751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,435960.00/cwt960.00–960.0013,7761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,475875.00/cwt875.00–875.0012,9061
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,550900.00/cwt900.00–900.0013,9501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426141.83/cwt137.00–149.5060437
BullsMedium and Large 2-3422130.49/cwt129.00–135.005516
BullsMedium and Large 2-3723100.51/cwt98.00–106.007274
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250101.00/cwt101.00–101.002531
BullsMedium and Large 2-3664113.32/cwt100.00–125.007527
BullsMedium and Large 2-3371131.60/cwt124.00–153.004887
BullsMedium and Large 1-2460134.61/cwt130.00–140.0061911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618120.37/cwt110.00–127.0074410
BullsMedium and Large 2-3784102.51/cwt100.00–105.008044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520123.74/cwt120.00–129.5064342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2928120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3477121.58/cwt116.00–125.0058014
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3530113.92/cwt110.00–118.006044
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3393124.67/cwt120.00–127.004909
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3845107.00/cwt107.00–107.009042
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3235110.00/cwt110.00–110.002592
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3255130.37/cwt124.00–137.003322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434135.55/cwt135.00–137.005889
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added521130.32/cwt130.00–131.0067912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added557131.00/cwt131.00–131.007303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579123.11/cwt120.00–126.5071327
BullsMedium and Large 2-3473116.98/cwt110.00–125.0055313
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3658111.52/cwt90.00–118.0073411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2377149.85/cwt140.00–160.0056517
BullsMedium and Large 2-3572115.99/cwt109.00–121.006639
BullsMedium and Large 2-3618112.40/cwt107.00–124.006955
BullsMedium and Large 2-3526124.14/cwt110.00–130.0065319
BullsMedium and Large 2-380585.06/cwt80.00–95.006853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy389148.74/cwt147.00–150.005797
BullsMedium and Large 1-2712111.00/cwt111.00–111.007902
BullsMedium and Large 1-2670117.48/cwt114.00–123.007878
BullsMedium and Large 2-3305149.00/cwt149.00–149.004541

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.