Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-11-22

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 22
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
362 head
315 vs last sale 677 31 vs year ago 393 · 7.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
36 vs last sale 92 70 vs year ago 58 · +120.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
22 vs last sale 2 23 vs year ago 1 · +2,300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.30/cwt on 140 head.
Average price
$124.30
140 head · 516 lb average
Value per head Derived
$641
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$27
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.57
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2495130.5964797
Medium and Large 2-3563110.1162043
One grade step is worth $20.48/cwt here — about $27 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 sale140 hd
124.30
KY average23 barns · 5,044 hd
129.87
−5.57
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
BullsHigh1,85183.261,54111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55452.4981614
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26950.2263756
CowsLean 85-90%Average99433.203307thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2-3473117.18/cwt113.00–125.005546
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772119.50/cwt119.50–119.509237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432141.85/cwt140.00–143.5061316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660114.00/cwt114.00–114.007522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575144.00/cwt144.00–144.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2281131.22/cwt130.00–135.003694
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3432111.02/cwt98.00–120.004803
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528124.06/cwt119.00–129.0065526
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3537104.00/cwt95.00–111.005586
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3353145.00/cwt145.00–145.005123
Dairy SteersLarge 338880.00/cwt80.00–80.003102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added744142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0605
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325136.39/cwt133.00–143.004433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381144.13/cwt135.00–148.0054914
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3812102.00/cwt102.00–102.008282
HeifersMedium and Large 2-375890.00/cwt90.00–90.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479133.34/cwt130.00–138.506399
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434152.77/cwt142.00–156.006634
SteersMedium and Large 2-3523126.79/cwt120.00–130.006635
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680139.42/cwt136.00–143.009482
SteersMedium and Large 2-3305152.00/cwt152.00–152.004641
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628130.79/cwt124.00–134.008213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2994119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1837
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514140.03/cwt135.00–148.507206
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added614145.50/cwt145.50–145.508934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719137.15/cwt131.00–139.0098626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2394147.52/cwt132.00–155.005818
BullsMedium and Large 1-2331166.23/cwt159.00–170.005508
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700115.00/cwt115.00–115.008052
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513135.17/cwt135.00–136.006936
BullsMedium and Large 1-2293147.44/cwt140.00–155.004322
BullsMedium and Large 2-3624115.28/cwt113.00–116.007194
CowsLean 85-90%99433.20/cwt30.00–40.003307
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55452.49/cwt48.00–58.0081614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21147.57/cwt42.00–59.005764
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30554.00/cwt54.00–54.007051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27350.35/cwt40.00–55.0064151
Bulls1,97393.00/cwt93.00–93.001,8352
Bulls1,87583.95/cwt80.00–88.001,5747
Bulls1,64571.10/cwt70.00–72.001,1702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,185700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,2951
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,328843.66/cwt750.00–900.0011,2043
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,028648.30/cwt560.00–750.006,6652
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,195700.00/cwt700.00–700.008,3651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,462901.82/cwt700.00–1,100.0013,1853
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,265854.54/cwt700.00–960.0010,8108
BullsMedium and Large 2-3272142.39/cwt138.00–151.003873
BullsMedium and Large 1-2208129.00/cwt129.00–129.002682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3471107.01/cwt92.00–149.005046
BullsMedium and Large 2-3385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2674108.96/cwt106.00–110.507346
BullsMedium and Large 2-373095.97/cwt94.00–98.007012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2437154.14/cwt140.00–159.0067410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478147.54/cwt139.00–158.0070510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2587117.21/cwt115.00–121.006889
BullsMedium and Large 2-3567121.82/cwt120.00–125.006915
BullsMedium and Large 2-3419128.69/cwt120.00–135.005394
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615120.50/cwt115.00–123.007416
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3625103.06/cwt100.00–104.506443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627114.76/cwt111.00–120.007203
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3696100.00/cwt100.00–100.006964
BullsMedium and Large 2-3520123.00/cwt123.00–123.006401
BullsMedium and Large 2-3666113.58/cwt113.00–115.007567
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577132.02/cwt125.00–133.0076210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added453137.00/cwt137.00–137.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3570110.45/cwt106.00–118.0063014

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.