Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-01-24

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 24
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
720 head
488 vs last sale 232 216 vs year ago 504 · +42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
41 vs last sale 61 32 vs year ago 70 · +45.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 4 4 vs year ago 6 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to no report last week. However there was a higher undertone noted. Strong demand for weaned and preconditioned feeders. Strong demand for slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.63/cwt on 294 head.
Average price
$137.63
294 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.79
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550139.03764239
Medium and Large 2-3500131.5565755
One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $107 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 sale294 hd
137.63
KY average24 barns · 4,906 hd
142.42
−4.79
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
BullsAverage1,69197.421,64711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45668.6199910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19364.1976643
CowsLean 85-90%Average98547.424676thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,02848.46/cwt40.00–54.004983
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45668.61/cwt62.00–72.0099910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21850.53/cwt50.00–51.006152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09075.00/cwt75.00–75.008181
CowsLean 85-90%88525.00/cwt25.00–25.002211
Bulls1,58992.22/cwt85.00–97.001,4657
Bulls1,869106.53/cwt100.00–115.001,9914
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2900900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0441
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2251,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,4751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3679122.38/cwt115.00–126.008315
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3270138.19/cwt133.00–143.003732
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3855114.96/cwt108.00–122.009832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521139.15/cwt133.00–143.0072550
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added464185.00/cwt185.00–185.008587
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2674131.50/cwt128.00–133.0088623
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3523126.10/cwt120.00–132.0066011
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3235134.00/cwt134.00–134.003151
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3571131.87/cwt128.00–140.007537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285150.00/cwt150.00–150.004283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528170.09/cwt160.00–175.0089814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579136.56/cwt129.00–138.7579132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368150.50/cwt143.00–158.0055421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added420155.16/cwt154.00–156.006527
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2640132.50/cwt127.50–134.5084837
SteersMedium and Large 2-3671140.52/cwt139.00–145.009434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added545178.00/cwt178.00–178.009702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added445184.00/cwt184.00–184.008191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added595176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,05015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772121.00/cwt121.00–121.009342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469143.48/cwt139.00–148.0067325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2386185.24/cwt180.00–192.0071514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2713144.27/cwt142.00–147.251,02925
SteersMedium and Large 2-3623136.96/cwt134.00–140.008532
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428180.51/cwt177.00–181.0077310
SteersMedium and Large 2-3470138.00/cwt138.00–138.006491
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320180.00/cwt180.00–180.005761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added630162.92/cwt161.50–165.001,02617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2767145.80/cwt143.00–147.001,11813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482170.50/cwt164.00–178.0082212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2814135.17/cwt131.00–137.001,1005
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615154.11/cwt141.50–166.0094822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666151.98/cwt144.00–156.501,0129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579165.95/cwt147.00–176.009616
BullsMedium and Large 1-2283161.48/cwt159.00–164.004572
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615140.09/cwt125.00–149.0086222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2428175.35/cwt170.00–184.007508
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710123.43/cwt122.00–124.508767
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy640144.50/cwt144.50–144.509256
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy465176.00/cwt176.00–176.008181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19464.60/cwt58.00–71.2577140
CowsLean 85-90%97057.06/cwt56.00–58.005532
BullsMedium and Large 2-3380153.79/cwt146.00–162.005842
BullsMedium and Large 2-3335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2330164.78/cwt161.00–170.005445
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630124.43/cwt120.00–129.007842
BullsMedium and Large 2-392092.00/cwt92.00–92.008461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2677132.00/cwt130.00–135.5089412
BullsMedium and Large 2-3852114.00/cwt114.00–114.009712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523154.61/cwt146.00–164.008092
BullsMedium and Large 2-3840108.00/cwt108.00–108.009071
BullsMedium and Large 2-3756117.97/cwt114.00–120.008924
BullsMedium and Large 2-3523135.00/cwt135.00–135.007062
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3429132.98/cwt130.00–134.005708
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429148.92/cwt140.00–152.0063911
BullsMedium and Large 2-3569132.91/cwt121.00–141.007565
BullsMedium and Large 1-2484166.79/cwt160.00–171.008075
BullsMedium and Large 2-3487152.61/cwt145.00–156.007439
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578149.78/cwt144.00–153.008669
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745123.00/cwt123.00–123.009161
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470139.68/cwt138.00–143.006563
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3667126.99/cwt122.00–132.008476
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added586146.00/cwt146.00–146.008564
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added778131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2235150.00/cwt150.00–150.003531
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3345144.00/cwt144.00–144.004973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added612136.00/cwt136.00–136.0083214
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3358139.87/cwt130.00–149.005018
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3625122.29/cwt120.00–125.007644

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.