Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-07-18

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 18
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
374 head
179 vs last sale 553 311 vs year ago 685 · 45.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
31 vs last sale 175 67 vs year ago 77 · +87.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 4 · +275.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Feeders plain in quality sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.18/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$145.18
147 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$18.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537148.12795124
Medium and Large 2-3548129.2770823
One grade step is worth $18.85/cwt here — about $87 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 sale147 hd
145.18
KY average25 barns · 7,012 hd
155.34
−10.17
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
BullsAverage1,801102.671,8494thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51281.451,23213
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19478.2493470
CowsLean 85-90%High93968.1664018

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,803$1,7801thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,417$1,2709

Every lot, as filed

72 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 2-3835115.00/cwt115.00–115.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2358155.00/cwt155.00–155.005551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245150.00/cwt150.00–150.003681
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3368136.40/cwt129.00–144.005023
HeifersMedium and Large 2-391099.00/cwt99.00–99.009012
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3270144.53/cwt144.00–145.003902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512147.50/cwt144.00–154.0075510
SteersMedium and Large 2-3380147.40/cwt145.00–150.005602
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620143.79/cwt140.00–147.0089116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2853134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2338150.68/cwt150.00–151.005093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2287153.15/cwt150.00–155.004405
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004951
SteersMedium and Large 2-3447168.00/cwt168.00–168.007513
SteersMedium and Large 2-3623135.49/cwt135.00–136.008442
SteersMedium and Large 2-3590147.47/cwt144.00–151.008702
SteersMedium and Large 2-3780126.00/cwt126.00–126.009831
SteersMedium and Large 2-3540149.00/cwt149.00–149.008051
SteersMedium and Large 2-3463154.00/cwt154.00–154.007133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574166.50/cwt160.00–174.0095618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2470166.40/cwt160.00–176.007828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383172.24/cwt171.00–176.006608
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514176.99/cwt176.50–178.009106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0486
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2241
Dairy SteersLarge 3853102.00/cwt102.00–102.008707
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623157.35/cwt155.00–160.009803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415170.00/cwt170.00–170.007062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added845154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,3015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729155.57/cwt152.00–160.001,13418
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518153.40/cwt151.00–154.007955
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445144.00/cwt144.00–144.006413
BullsMedium and Large 1-2388166.54/cwt160.00–170.0064611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2225150.00/cwt150.00–150.003381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2652140.00/cwt140.00–140.009132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465154.00/cwt154.00–154.007162
CowsLean 85-90%97674.13/cwt72.50–77.007245
CowsLean 85-90%92565.87/cwt59.00–74.0060913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59084.21/cwt84.00–85.001,3394
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47880.22/cwt74.00–83.501,1869
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02564.00/cwt64.00–64.006561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28984.92/cwt84.00–87.001,0959
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18277.48/cwt66.00–83.5091660
Bulls1,918103.56/cwt98.00–112.001,9863
Bulls1,450100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-284193.07/cwt86.00–105.007835
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,8031,780.00/head1,780.00–1,780.001,7801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4011,250.99/head925.00–1,580.001,2518
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,5451,420.00/head1,420.00–1,420.001,4201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575146.17/cwt145.00–151.008405
BullsMedium and Large 2-3923103.01/cwt100.00–106.009512
BullsMedium and Large 2-3858108.52/cwt100.00–117.009312
BullsMedium and Large 2-3672132.34/cwt131.00–135.008893
BullsMedium and Large 2-3220140.00/cwt140.00–140.003081
BullsMedium and Large 2-3522142.52/cwt132.00–150.007445
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419149.73/cwt145.00–153.0062712
BullsMedium and Large 2-3564142.00/cwt142.00–142.008014
BullsMedium and Large 1-294598.00/cwt98.00–98.009263
BullsMedium and Large 1-2403168.87/cwt160.00–170.006819
BullsMedium and Large 2-3455149.98/cwt148.00–152.006822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2284169.97/cwt168.00–175.004837
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3508135.99/cwt135.00–138.006913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743122.00/cwt122.00–122.009063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471151.60/cwt148.00–154.0071436
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570145.45/cwt142.00–147.0082911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668150.76/cwt145.00–155.001,00722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2760130.00/cwt130.00–130.009881
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3872123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0733
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635121.21/cwt95.00–140.007703
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485143.00/cwt143.00–143.006941
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3218137.82/cwt125.00–145.003003
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3790115.00/cwt115.00–115.009091

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.