Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-11-15

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 15
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
677 head
213 vs last sale 890 153 vs year ago 524 · +29.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
46 vs last sale 138 11 vs year ago 103 · 10.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
3 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 3 · 33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers weaned and vaccinated sold steady. Feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Plain quality feeders sold 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.36/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$144.36
171 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$869
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2610145.76889158
Medium and Large 2-3506127.3364413thin
One grade step is worth $18.44/cwt here — about $245 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 sale171 hd
144.36
KY average25 barns · 6,637 hd
146.53
−2.17
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
BullsLow1,53782.261,26512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45354.287899thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26351.6665333
CowsLean 85-90%Average95134.623298thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1-2Value Added505124.00/cwt124.00–124.006263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2223125.17/cwt120.00–130.002792
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2718122.53/cwt120.00–125.008802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611119.11/cwt115.00–120.0072811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481121.76/cwt115.00–124.0058629
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3875103.00/cwt103.00–103.009011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400130.00/cwt130.00–130.005201
SteersMedium and Large 2-3316123.15/cwt110.00–130.003893
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775136.00/cwt131.00–138.001,0545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420132.10/cwt123.00–136.0055517
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3522115.00/cwt115.00–115.006004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2662120.71/cwt117.00–122.007994
SteersMedium and Large 1-2865127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0991
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
SteersMedium and Large 2-3576131.72/cwt125.00–134.007594
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625120.48/cwt120.00–121.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3318117.00/cwt117.00–117.003723
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485136.97/cwt134.00–140.006642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added655152.95/cwt152.95–152.951,00222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2536143.71/cwt137.00–149.0077013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2347143.00/cwt143.00–143.004963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450144.00/cwt143.00–145.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2382142.95/cwt140.00–149.005466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664130.00/cwt130.00–130.008636
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585148.69/cwt140.00–157.5087066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2639135.18/cwt123.00–143.0086413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added733146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,07220
SteersMedium and Large 2-3705114.00/cwt114.00–114.008041
BullsMedium and Large 2-3718113.54/cwt110.00–117.008152
BullsMedium and Large 2-3529121.88/cwt115.00–127.0064516
BullsMedium and Large 1-2434136.17/cwt131.00–142.005917
BullsMedium and Large 1-2316138.72/cwt136.00–142.004386
BullsMedium and Large 1-2805100.00/cwt100.00–100.008051
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added613134.00/cwt134.00–134.008213
CowsLean 85-90%96038.50/cwt32.00–42.003703
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45354.28/cwt49.00–55.007899
CowsLean 85-90%95828.86/cwt25.00–30.002764
CowsLean 85-90%89546.00/cwt46.00–46.004121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28652.68/cwt47.00–55.0067729
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10044.23/cwt43.00–45.004874
Bulls1,35370.75/cwt62.00–76.009573
Bulls1,77591.94/cwt90.00–93.001,6324
Bulls1,45881.41/cwt75.00–86.001,1875
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01375.56/cwt70.00–80.007652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522128.73/cwt127.00–135.0067213
BullsMedium and Large 2-3308132.41/cwt120.00–142.004085
BullsMedium and Large 2-3437122.00/cwt117.00–125.005333
BullsMedium and Large 2-3393134.48/cwt133.00–136.005294
BullsMedium and Large 2-3675117.32/cwt116.00–118.007923
BullsMedium and Large 2-3220131.91/cwt128.00–136.002902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278127.62/cwt123.00–132.003552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2668122.45/cwt115.00–128.5081814
BullsMedium and Large 2-3759104.73/cwt95.00–108.007955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570131.84/cwt129.00–137.007516
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250127.00/cwt127.00–127.003181
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462137.81/cwt130.00–141.0063721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-357091.00/cwt91.00–91.005191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3278119.33/cwt118.00–120.003323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2534117.88/cwt115.00–123.0062923
BullsMedium and Large 2-3479122.21/cwt120.00–125.0058511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2616122.54/cwt120.00–128.5075529
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330131.37/cwt129.00–132.004345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582115.00/cwt115.00–115.006695
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372119.21/cwt117.00–121.004435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374131.94/cwt128.00–135.004939
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3484119.32/cwt115.00–127.0057815
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3608113.86/cwt113.00–116.0069213
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3720116.00/cwt116.00–116.008351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3418117.99/cwt116.00–120.004932

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.