Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-10-03

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 3
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
673 head
89 vs last sale 584 267 vs year ago 406 · +65.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
89 vs last sale 21 34 vs year ago 76 · +44.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
88 vs last sale 93 3 vs year ago 2 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower to sharply lower in instances. Offering was largely unweaned and plain quality. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.67/cwt on 195 head.
Average price
$139.67
195 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$15.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.05
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2445145.20647126
Medium and Large 2-3535129.5969369
One grade step is worth $15.61/cwt here — about −$46 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 sale195 hd
139.67
KY average24 barns · 5,439 hd
149.73
−10.05
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
BullsLow1,680107.141,80014
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40585.781,2052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21374.8790853
CowsLean 85-90%High98664.696388thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 2-3677127.00/cwt127.00–127.008603
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3850105.00/cwt105.00–105.008932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577139.65/cwt135.00–147.008069
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3725102.00/cwt102.00–102.007401
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3365135.00/cwt135.00–135.004931
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3980117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1471
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2274140.79/cwt130.00–144.0038626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2695148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488146.38/cwt140.00–151.0071421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437145.77/cwt135.00–150.0063721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2339151.56/cwt151.00–154.0051410
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3275125.00/cwt125.00–125.003441
SteersMedium and Large 2-3655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added516177.00/cwt177.00–177.009134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425167.00/cwt167.00–167.007102
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385144.00/cwt144.00–144.005542
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725137.50/cwt137.50–137.509971
SteersMedium and Large 2-3529150.60/cwt138.00–155.0079711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2960140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3441
SteersMedium and Large 2-3465152.28/cwt150.00–156.007085
SteersMedium and Large 2-3705137.00/cwt137.00–137.009661
SteersMedium and Large 2-3605132.50/cwt132.50–132.508021
SteersMedium and Large 2-3432136.86/cwt135.00–138.005915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517164.90/cwt162.00–168.008538
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,010136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,3741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668154.93/cwt149.00–159.001,03510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569165.48/cwt159.00–171.0094233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1461
SteersMedium and Large 2-3595159.00/cwt159.00–159.009461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485168.08/cwt160.00–174.0081518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632160.15/cwt150.00–164.001,01215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2305150.00/cwt150.00–150.0045812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2940111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0431
BullsMedium and Large 1-2330165.00/cwt165.00–165.005452
BullsMedium and Large 1-2378161.43/cwt156.00–165.0061014
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526141.52/cwt141.00–143.007448
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478148.62/cwt140.00–160.007108
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568146.59/cwt146.00–150.008337
CowsLean 85-90%88070.00/cwt70.00–70.006161
CowsLean 85-90%1,00163.93/cwt61.00–67.006407
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40585.78/cwt83.50–88.001,2052
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27885.64/cwt84.00–88.501,0943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06165.52/cwt62.00–69.006953
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21974.78/cwt70.00–82.0091247
Bulls1,49387.94/cwt82.00–95.001,3132
Bulls1,711110.34/cwt102.00–118.001,88812
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15582.00/cwt82.00–82.009474
BullsMedium and Large 2-3965115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1101
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250122.00/cwt122.00–122.003051
BullsMedium and Large 2-3759125.64/cwt116.00–132.009545
BullsMedium and Large 2-3668132.53/cwt130.00–135.008852
BullsMedium and Large 2-3825117.50/cwt117.50–117.509691
BullsMedium and Large 2-3358148.25/cwt130.00–167.005313
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700119.00/cwt119.00–119.008331
BullsMedium and Large 2-3481140.66/cwt122.50–155.006778
BullsMedium and Large 1-2414151.72/cwt142.50–160.0062811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3567136.44/cwt135.00–140.0077414
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625125.26/cwt105.00–135.007835
BullsMedium and Large 2-3912104.76/cwt95.00–117.009553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2708135.00/cwt135.00–135.009562
BullsMedium and Large 2-3345137.50/cwt137.50–137.504741
BullsMedium and Large 2-3532130.27/cwt122.00–146.0069310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2604139.66/cwt139.00–140.008446
BullsMedium and Large 1-2664150.54/cwt144.00–153.001,0005
BullsMedium and Large 1-2870117.72/cwt102.00–134.001,0242
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3581133.73/cwt120.00–147.507774
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415136.67/cwt125.00–157.0056712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added514151.00/cwt151.00–151.0077612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628147.53/cwt140.00–149.009266
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522144.48/cwt140.00–152.0075417
BullsMedium and Large 2-3440135.90/cwt130.00–141.005984
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3471131.11/cwt119.00–139.0061821
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3622129.00/cwt129.00–129.008022
HeifersMedium and Large 2-394592.50/cwt92.50–92.508741
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3335143.00/cwt143.00–143.004791
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3520135.63/cwt125.00–139.0070515
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3829103.80/cwt100.00–115.008614

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.