Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-05-30

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 30
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
727 vs last sale 830 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
18 head
103 vs last sale 121 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
5 vs last sale 4 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trends available due to low receipts on holiday sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.89/cwt on 45 head.
Average price
$148.89
45 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$776
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.39
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509156.4179529
Medium and Large 2-3545135.2673716thin
One grade step is worth $21.15/cwt here — about $59 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 sale45 hd
148.89
KY average18 barns · 3,286 hd
150.28
−1.39
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
BullsAverage2,195115.002,5241thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23989.341,1077thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70588.001,5001thin
CowsLean 85-90%High97573.037123thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335180.00/cwt180.00–180.006032
BullsMedium and Large 2-3770113.00/cwt113.00–113.008701
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005601
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625120.00/cwt120.00–120.007501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3324125.66/cwt125.00–129.004076
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004802
SteersMedium and Large 2-3479151.18/cwt140.00–163.007242
SteersMedium and Large 2-3595131.00/cwt131.00–131.007791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581148.71/cwt148.00–152.0086411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2456165.00/cwt165.00–165.0075214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505175.00/cwt175.00–175.008841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2602168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,01413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420180.10/cwt172.00–188.007562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325140.00/cwt140.00–140.004551
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3475142.89/cwt120.00–150.006794
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642135.00/cwt135.00–135.008672
SteersMedium and Large 2-3405145.00/cwt145.00–145.005871
SteersMedium and Large 2-3630156.00/cwt156.00–156.009831
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430151.00/cwt151.00–151.006491
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520140.00/cwt140.00–140.007282
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3626127.58/cwt120.00–130.007994
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3587130.41/cwt125.00–133.007663
SteersMedium and Large 1-2482193.16/cwt180.00–194.0093116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655158.00/cwt157.00–159.001,0352
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009061
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2781101.30/cwt81.00–124.007918
CowsLean 85-90%92578.00/cwt78.00–78.007221
Bulls2,195115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,5241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23989.34/cwt80.00–97.001,1077
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5001
CowsLean 85-90%1,00070.54/cwt67.00–74.007052

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.