Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-05-23

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 23
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
830 head
235 vs last sale 595 179 vs year ago 651 · +27.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
15 vs last sale 106 72 vs year ago 49 · +146.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 5 1 vs year ago 3 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher, except 400 lbs. heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.64/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$147.64
231 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.33
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550150.11826168
Medium and Large 2-3504141.0671263
One grade step is worth $9.04/cwt here — about $114 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 sale231 hd
147.64
KY average26 barns · 6,531 hd
150.97
−3.33
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
BullsAverage1,692126.032,13214
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17195.221,11560
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48594.681,4063thin
CowsLean 85-90%High90478.517107thin

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 1-2817130.42/cwt124.00–132.501,0668
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571148.17/cwt145.00–156.0084617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523153.88/cwt151.00–158.5080519
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3617132.83/cwt125.00–138.008208
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy602177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,06913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377166.88/cwt162.00–176.006297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2631142.20/cwt140.00–148.0089722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466154.75/cwt150.50–158.0072122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679141.34/cwt135.00–149.0096018
SteersMedium and Large 2-3395154.00/cwt154.00–154.006082
SteersMedium and Large 2-3578137.00/cwt121.00–154.007922
SteersMedium and Large 2-3475160.00/cwt160.00–160.007602
SteersMedium and Large 2-3620158.00/cwt158.00–158.009806
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583176.64/cwt170.00–183.001,0302
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy442199.00/cwt199.00–199.008804
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606165.27/cwt152.00–167.001,00216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2853140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1947
SteersMedium and Large 2-31,064122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,30644
SteersMedium and Large 1-2292204.00/cwt204.00–204.005961
SteersMedium and Large 2-3910127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1561
SteersMedium and Large 2-31,188116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425178.00/cwt178.00–178.007571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475188.46/cwt179.00–193.5089520
Dairy SteersLarge 3658126.00/cwt126.00–126.0082916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672159.40/cwt156.00–160.501,0718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706148.01/cwt147.50–150.001,0455
SteersMedium and Large 2-3670140.00/cwt140.00–140.009381
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420165.00/cwt165.00–165.006931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added717155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2769147.11/cwt133.50–152.501,13121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added346212.66/cwt212.00–214.007366
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530175.98/cwt170.00–187.009337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815139.56/cwt130.00–149.001,1372
BullsMedium and Large 2-3569144.51/cwt130.00–153.008224
BullsMedium and Large 1-2286180.00/cwt180.00–180.005153
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
BullsMedium and Large 2-3418166.68/cwt159.00–175.006973
BullsMedium and Large 1-2722140.51/cwt139.00–143.001,0147
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy505176.00/cwt176.00–176.008892
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01476.00/cwt76.00–76.007711
CowsLean 85-90%91883.00/cwt83.00–83.007622
CowsLean 85-90%89976.71/cwt71.00–82.006905
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200104.16/cwt100.00–114.001,25014
Bulls1,417118.10/cwt113.00–121.001,6737
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48594.68/cwt92.00–97.001,4063
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16692.87/cwt82.00–99.001,08345
Bulls1,966133.97/cwt130.00–137.002,6347
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02799.67/cwt99.00–100.001,0243
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,240.00/cwt1,240.00–1,240.0015,3141
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521167.64/cwt158.00–174.0087356
BullsMedium and Large 1-2567155.77/cwt151.00–159.008835
BullsMedium and Large 1-2429185.37/cwt177.00–195.0079518
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470182.17/cwt173.00–194.0085615
BullsMedium and Large 2-3529151.72/cwt144.00–154.008039
BullsMedium and Large 2-3620139.49/cwt135.00–141.008654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added670134.00/cwt134.00–134.008981
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2336162.89/cwt160.00–166.005476
BullsMedium and Large 1-2656151.50/cwt151.50–151.509944
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665132.50/cwt125.00–140.008812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3490168.00/cwt168.00–168.008231
BullsMedium and Large 2-3728119.90/cwt110.00–130.008732
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy272191.00/cwt191.00–191.005204
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3885117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0351
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470149.32/cwt139.00–158.007029
BullsMedium and Large 1-2375181.51/cwt171.00–188.006819
BullsMedium and Large 2-3343167.50/cwt167.00–168.005752
BullsMedium and Large 2-3265160.00/cwt160.00–160.004241
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675110.00/cwt110.00–110.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3521143.49/cwt130.00–149.007487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285162.53/cwt160.00–165.004634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420159.09/cwt156.00–165.0066818
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3380152.59/cwt151.00–159.005808
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3580136.79/cwt134.00–139.507936
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435147.25/cwt138.00–155.0064115
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3315129.44/cwt126.00–140.004084
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3735125.00/cwt125.00–125.009193
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3900106.00/cwt106.00–106.009541
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2712135.29/cwt130.00–140.0096317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added536159.50/cwt159.50–159.508555

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.