Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-04-25

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 25
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
863 head
633 vs last sale 230 147 vs year ago 716 · +20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
232 head
173 vs last sale 59 127 vs year ago 105 · +121.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
7 vs last sale 4 6 vs year ago 5 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4 .00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.94/cwt on 281 head.
Average price
$152.94
281 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.81
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500154.51772216
Medium and Large 2-3467147.6968965
One grade step is worth $6.82/cwt here — about $83 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 sale281 hd
152.94
KY average24 barns · 7,325 hd
151.12
+1.81
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
BullsAverage1,885104.481,96910
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46888.981,3068thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23083.811,03158
CowsLean 85-90%Low92864.5859913

Every lot, as filed

78 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 2-3524141.06/cwt131.00–155.007395
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3373161.47/cwt150.00–171.0060220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326164.40/cwt157.00–187.0053626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630140.26/cwt136.00–146.0088423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381165.79/cwt153.00–174.5063216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569148.89/cwt144.00–155.0084721
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3462145.77/cwt120.00–159.0067311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790129.52/cwt127.00–132.001,0236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705129.00/cwt129.00–129.009091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200176.00/cwt176.00–176.003521
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522157.47/cwt155.00–163.0082216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422162.93/cwt156.00–172.5068830
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535148.99/cwt140.00–158.0079727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added605172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570179.55/cwt170.00–188.001,02327
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686157.02/cwt153.00–158.001,07710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476188.16/cwt184.00–194.0089610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335194.33/cwt194.00–195.006519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681137.09/cwt134.00–139.5093415
SteersMedium and Large 2-3835137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2912136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,2458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527182.24/cwt165.00–188.0096019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425190.82/cwt189.00–200.0081116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625162.15/cwt151.00–167.001,01315
SteersMedium and Large 2-3395176.00/cwt176.00–176.006951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2882134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1822
SteersMedium and Large 2-3403174.75/cwt174.00–175.507042
SteersMedium and Large 2-3505155.00/cwt155.00–155.007831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725147.78/cwt147.00–150.001,0717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2773140.39/cwt139.50–145.001,0856
SteersMedium and Large 2-3471171.58/cwt169.50–175.008086
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added705151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,0683
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390200.00/cwt200.00–200.007805
BullsMedium and Large 1-2318180.28/cwt175.00–185.005732
BullsMedium and Large 1-2845104.00/cwt104.00–104.008791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2776144.63/cwt139.00–146.001,1225
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623147.31/cwt145.00–150.0091810
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy579170.00/cwt170.00–170.009847
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy530184.00/cwt184.00–184.009752
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45591.56/cwt90.00–95.001,3323
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47587.43/cwt86.00–89.001,2905
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32694.00/cwt90.00–100.001,2465
CowsLean 85-90%82044.00/cwt44.00–44.003611
CowsLean 85-90%98475.08/cwt72.00–76.007396
CowsLean 85-90%89057.51/cwt50.00–69.005126
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22783.25/cwt74.00–89.001,02152
CowsBoner 80-85%88562.00/cwt62.00–62.005491
Bulls1,924106.09/cwt102.00–112.002,0419
Bulls1,53090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3771
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01191.51/cwt83.00–108.009253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,275870.00/cwt870.00–870.0011,0931
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,1531,058.09/cwt925.00–1,200.0012,2002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,1751,080.00/cwt1,080.00–1,080.0012,6901
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,1331,124.37/cwt940.00–1,300.0012,7392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3301,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0016,9582
BullsMedium and Large 2-3733121.00/cwt121.00–121.008873
BullsMedium and Large 2-3555140.00/cwt140.00–140.007771
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410156.00/cwt156.00–156.006401
BullsMedium and Large 2-3314164.78/cwt147.00–175.005174
BullsMedium and Large 2-3360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005761
BullsMedium and Large 2-3230158.00/cwt158.00–158.003631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463180.77/cwt179.50–182.0083721
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708134.00/cwt134.00–134.009492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378183.04/cwt164.00–199.0069230
BullsMedium and Large 2-3266166.17/cwt163.00–170.004425
BullsMedium and Large 2-3866109.49/cwt108.00–110.009484
BullsMedium and Large 2-3473154.05/cwt140.00–160.007294
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3662126.20/cwt119.00–130.008353
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3439154.60/cwt153.00–157.0067915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350183.00/cwt183.00–183.006411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2502171.67/cwt164.00–176.0086213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432183.07/cwt177.00–191.0079127
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577160.43/cwt158.00–166.0092623
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3338159.96/cwt158.00–162.005412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278167.61/cwt165.00–170.004662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474161.57/cwt157.00–169.0076631
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573127.08/cwt114.00–139.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3702110.50/cwt110.50–110.507766

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.