Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-05-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 16
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
595 head
44 vs last sale 551 39 vs year ago 556 · +7.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
18 vs last sale 124 3 vs year ago 109 · 2.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady . Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.03/cwt on 203 head.
Average price
$150.03
203 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$56
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.94
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558151.74847171
Medium and Large 2-3561140.8579132
One grade step is worth $10.89/cwt here — about $56 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
150.03
KY average26 barns · 5,351 hd
152.97
−2.94
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
BullsAverage1,781117.602,09410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46397.351,4249thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24590.861,13243
CowsLean 85-90%Average90968.896269thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,205120.001,4461thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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 1-2524152.78/cwt140.00–157.0080115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2717132.99/cwt123.00–136.009547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574149.28/cwt141.00–157.0085731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2258180.00/cwt180.00–180.004642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650143.50/cwt143.50–143.5093322
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3686130.27/cwt127.00–137.008944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added518160.00/cwt160.00–160.008292
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669139.77/cwt139.00–140.509356
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622143.29/cwt142.00–150.0089129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2975123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1991
SteersMedium and Large 2-3581164.04/cwt161.00–166.009534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473165.08/cwt157.00–170.0078121
SteersMedium and Large 2-3364159.00/cwt159.00–159.005794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added660165.25/cwt165.25–165.251,09127
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy495193.00/cwt193.00–193.009551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy373198.94/cwt198.00–200.007422
SteersMedium and Large 2-3730137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500169.00/cwt169.00–169.008451
SteersMedium and Large 2-3820135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1071
SteersMedium and Large 2-3472151.83/cwt149.00–157.007176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295202.00/cwt202.00–202.005961
SteersMedium and Large 2-3640129.00/cwt129.00–129.008261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440183.00/cwt183.00–183.008051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2508179.02/cwt173.00–183.009097
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466189.83/cwt187.00–191.008857
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420142.00/cwt142.00–142.005961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708151.41/cwt145.00–153.001,0725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2831146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,21914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added705162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1425
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685163.16/cwt153.00–163.501,11830
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572170.51/cwt167.00–175.0097517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2612165.06/cwt158.00–169.001,01018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369178.69/cwt178.00–182.006596
BullsMedium and Large 1-2255180.00/cwt180.00–180.004592
BullsMedium and Large 1-2235186.00/cwt186.00–186.004371
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529154.39/cwt151.50–164.0081713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378180.07/cwt170.00–189.006813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440181.79/cwt170.00–191.0080014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy370202.00/cwt202.00–202.007472
SteersChoice1,205120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20785.92/cwt74.00–96.001,03728
CowsLean 85-90%90968.89/cwt63.00–72.006269
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48999.45/cwt97.00–102.001,4817
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37089.99/cwt86.00–95.001,2332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,317100.09/cwt97.00–106.001,31815
Bulls1,749115.04/cwt110.00–118.002,0128
Bulls1,908127.84/cwt125.00–131.002,4392
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07089.53/cwt89.00–90.009582
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,2501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3725120.54/cwt115.00–126.008746
BullsMedium and Large 2-3545150.50/cwt150.00–151.008202
BullsMedium and Large 1-2323169.81/cwt165.00–175.005482
BullsMedium and Large 2-3565135.81/cwt115.00–157.007672
BullsMedium and Large 2-3970108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,0481
BullsMedium and Large 2-3685136.00/cwt136.00–136.009321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3415168.00/cwt168.00–168.006971
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365164.00/cwt164.00–164.005991
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475165.46/cwt160.00–173.0078613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2661142.95/cwt138.50–149.0094517
BullsMedium and Large 2-3633140.82/cwt137.00–144.008916
BullsMedium and Large 2-3910109.01/cwt108.00–110.009922
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3804138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1104
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372155.39/cwt141.00–161.005788
BullsMedium and Large 2-3828121.97/cwt120.00–124.001,0102
BullsMedium and Large 1-2584155.33/cwt152.00–156.0090712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2717140.35/cwt130.00–144.001,0068
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465176.06/cwt170.00–179.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2761124.48/cwt123.00–125.009474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373166.30/cwt150.00–173.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added722142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0292
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3925101.00/cwt101.00–101.009341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3565147.00/cwt147.00–147.008313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2629143.74/cwt140.00–153.009047
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3614139.34/cwt138.00–140.008563
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3414139.77/cwt130.00–147.005793
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3705120.00/cwt120.00–120.008462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411169.03/cwt157.00–179.0069522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313170.09/cwt166.00–172.005323
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3478142.95/cwt133.00–150.006834

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.