Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-05-02

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 2
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
638 head
225 vs last sale 863 87 vs year ago 725 · 12.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
184 head
48 vs last sale 232 87 vs year ago 97 · +89.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
7 vs last sale 11 1 vs year ago 5 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of 10.00 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 $154.59/cwt on 203 head.
Average price
$154.59
203 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.74
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2500158.67794172
Medium and Large 2-3542131.9671531
One grade step is worth $26.71/cwt here — about $79 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 sale203 hd
154.59
KY average27 barns · 5,310 hd
149.86
+4.74
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
BullsHigh1,574112.791,7767thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44993.351,35310
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15185.9799084
CowsLean 85-90%High91465.8760210

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1-2576154.21/cwt150.00–160.0088833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376170.60/cwt167.00–175.0064115
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3535127.52/cwt126.00–129.006824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280176.55/cwt170.00–180.004943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523158.23/cwt144.00–172.0082835
SteersMedium and Large 2-3905120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0861
SteersMedium and Large 2-3670141.63/cwt133.00–150.009492
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added392207.00/cwt207.00–207.0081114
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335130.26/cwt130.00–131.004364
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added410199.00/cwt199.00–199.008161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468167.58/cwt167.00–169.0078414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570177.03/cwt173.00–178.501,00921
SteersMedium and Large 1-2322190.00/cwt190.00–190.006122
SteersMedium and Large 2-3575162.00/cwt162.00–162.009321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422166.33/cwt161.00–170.0070229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383196.91/cwt194.00–200.0075413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419186.85/cwt175.00–193.0078311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725153.32/cwt152.00–155.001,1123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2823143.99/cwt140.00–148.001,1852
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added520199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469192.89/cwt189.00–199.0090531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2631162.13/cwt159.00–164.001,0236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added724152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1007
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added603177.66/cwt176.50–180.001,0716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added335214.00/cwt214.00–214.007175
SteersMedium and Large 2-3465162.53/cwt160.00–165.007562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671159.26/cwt152.00–167.001,0695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280203.69/cwt200.00–207.005702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2884138.51/cwt138.51–138.511,2244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515187.85/cwt178.00–194.0096713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2271207.55/cwt192.00–217.005625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660145.88/cwt138.00–150.009633
BullsMedium and Large 1-2377191.67/cwt181.00–200.0072313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2789127.35/cwt120.00–139.001,0055
BullsMedium and Large 1-2421185.40/cwt180.00–195.0078124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2572160.62/cwt150.00–167.0091919
CowsLean 85-90%88674.02/cwt67.00–79.006564
CowsLean 85-90%93360.44/cwt50.00–66.005646
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44993.35/cwt90.00–99.001,35310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24694.13/cwt90.00–103.001,17315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14084.88/cwt75.00–96.0096866
CowsBoner 80-85%92869.04/cwt67.00–70.006413
Bulls1,785124.98/cwt121.00–128.002,2312
Bulls1,490107.92/cwt93.00–115.001,6085
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-283095.00/cwt95.00–95.007891
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2905103.00/cwt103.00–103.009321
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0011,5001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2471180.40/cwt174.00–185.0085014
BullsMedium and Large 2-385595.00/cwt95.00–95.008121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2865123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0641
BullsMedium and Large 1-2321200.09/cwt189.00–207.006426
BullsMedium and Large 2-3657144.59/cwt144.00–148.009507
BullsMedium and Large 2-3422158.92/cwt121.00–170.006716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672137.67/cwt135.00–139.009256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2239174.65/cwt170.00–176.004174
BullsMedium and Large 2-3710129.97/cwt128.00–132.009232
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630140.00/cwt140.00–140.008822
BullsMedium and Large 2-3917105.00/cwt104.00–107.009633
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475154.61/cwt152.00–160.007343
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3684121.00/cwt121.00–121.008285
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3469151.46/cwt144.00–156.007105
BullsMedium and Large 2-3390160.70/cwt120.00–187.006275
BullsMedium and Large 1-2630157.61/cwt157.00–160.009938
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524167.70/cwt163.00–174.0087917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629137.66/cwt134.00–139.008669
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3825119.00/cwt119.00–119.009821
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3570134.33/cwt127.00–141.007663
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3225150.00/cwt150.00–150.003381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2758128.49/cwt125.00–132.009742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2729137.00/cwt137.00–137.0099910
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415144.04/cwt143.00–145.005982
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3930100.00/cwt100.00–100.009303
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3388145.78/cwt137.50–160.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335168.00/cwt165.00–172.0056312

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.