Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-08-29

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 29
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
407 head
79 vs last sale 328 157 vs year ago 250 · +62.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
57 vs last sale 61 62 vs year ago 56 · +110.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
11 vs last sale 0 10 vs year ago 1 · +1,000.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week :Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady on average to plain quality offering. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.70/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$165.70
149 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$772
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.46
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2471170.16801103
Medium and Large 2-3455155.7070946
One grade step is worth $14.47/cwt here — about $93 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 sale149 hd
165.70
KY average24 barns · 5,148 hd
165.24
+0.46
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
BullsAverage1,895108.712,0604thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52194.031,4307thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16386.931,01145
CowsLean 85-90%Average97673.167144thin

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 PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$9301thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 2-3288170.00/cwt170.00–170.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2326172.78/cwt166.00–176.005636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2878147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,2912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added573166.02/cwt165.75–169.0095112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513164.80/cwt157.00–171.0084513
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2560154.66/cwt153.00–157.008663
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3584153.90/cwt142.00–155.0089912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584181.20/cwt180.00–184.001,0585
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265175.00/cwt175.00–175.004641
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3332163.71/cwt148.00–190.005448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2354172.84/cwt172.00–175.006126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417173.97/cwt168.00–177.5072529
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added376181.00/cwt181.00–181.006819
SteersMedium and Large 2-3495162.00/cwt162.00–162.008021
SteersMedium and Large 2-3590165.00/cwt165.00–165.009741
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3352173.00/cwt173.00–173.006092
SteersMedium and Large 2-3810160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2961
SteersMedium and Large 2-3730150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added738183.75/cwt183.75–183.751,3563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2767170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3049
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721172.66/cwt172.01–176.001,2456
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2729151.46/cwt148.00–153.001,1047
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606179.97/cwt177.00–181.001,0914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370200.00/cwt200.00–200.007403
SteersMedium and Large 2-3505148.00/cwt148.00–148.007471
Dairy SteersLarge 3538105.00/cwt105.00–105.005652
Dairy SteersLarge 3290109.00/cwt109.00–109.003161
SteersMedium and Large 2-3625144.00/cwt144.00–144.009001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485180.00/cwt180.00–180.008731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300185.00/cwt185.00–185.005551
SteersMedium and Large 1-2685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1651
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428191.00/cwt191.00–191.008174
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725159.01/cwt158.00–160.001,1532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2561163.73/cwt159.00–165.009195
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625156.79/cwt136.00–166.009804
BullsMedium and Large 1-2221182.79/cwt176.00–191.004044
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy410193.21/cwt190.00–194.007925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy385190.00/cwt190.00–190.007321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05279.85/cwt72.00–90.008403
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,3601
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51795.03/cwt92.00–99.001,4426
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12384.33/cwt74.00–88.0094728
CowsLean 85-90%97673.16/cwt70.00–76.007144
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26793.66/cwt90.00–98.001,18714
Bulls1,895108.71/cwt105.00–110.002,0604
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-273089.00/cwt89.00–89.006501
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,02496.27/cwt83.00–103.009864
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,150930.00/head930.00–930.009301
BullsMedium and Large 2-3820132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0821
BullsMedium and Large 2-3220171.00/cwt171.00–171.003761
BullsMedium and Large 2-3690144.00/cwt144.00–144.009941
BullsMedium and Large 1-2790151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1931
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425185.77/cwt182.00–190.0079022
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378176.39/cwt171.00–181.0066711
BullsMedium and Large 2-3427164.56/cwt159.00–176.0070319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2328184.25/cwt180.00–187.006046
BullsMedium and Large 2-3478155.98/cwt144.00–175.007466
BullsMedium and Large 2-3633150.02/cwt149.00–151.009502
BullsMedium and Large 2-3855100.00/cwt100.00–100.008551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3975120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468180.00/cwt180.00–180.008422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2685155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0621
BullsMedium and Large 2-3577154.79/cwt150.00–160.0089313
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300178.00/cwt178.00–178.005342
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250184.33/cwt184.00–185.004613
BullsMedium and Large 2-3519154.75/cwt151.00–159.008034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472173.47/cwt169.00–178.0081911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2512168.27/cwt164.00–172.0086215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added420186.46/cwt185.00–188.007832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2205179.00/cwt179.00–179.003671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy365191.00/cwt191.00–191.006971
BullsMedium and Large 2-3704140.00/cwt140.00–140.009868
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3422147.66/cwt138.00–158.006233
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3238159.00/cwt159.00–159.003783
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3511146.70/cwt138.00–150.007508
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3655148.00/cwt148.00–148.009691
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3468154.00/cwt140.00–160.007217

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.