Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-12-05

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 5
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,150 head
491 vs last sale 659 35 vs year ago 1,185 · 3.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
89 vs last sale 112 27 vs year ago 174 · +15.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady on large offering. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $145.91/cwt on 280 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 64.75 against this barn's trailing median of $210.67.
Average price
$145.91
280 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$803
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.21
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545153.75839175
Medium and Large 2-3559132.86743105
One grade step is worth $20.89/cwt here — about $96 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

15 sales
236213190168median 210.6701/0502/2304/1306/0108/10
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $221.57, low $181.71, median $210.67 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale280 hd
145.91
KY average23 barns · 3,690 hd
147.13
−1.21
This barn, trailing median15 sales
210.67
−64.75
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
BullsHigh1,66395.611,59013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55771.221,1098thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20969.7784487
CowsLean 85-90%High96157.5155313
HeifersChoiceAverage1,363131.001,7869thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,209120.751,46026

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2782138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0792
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435122.99/cwt122.00–125.005353
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3535126.06/cwt120.00–132.006742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2835132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1023
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3633125.98/cwt117.00–128.007976
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3322115.00/cwt115.00–115.003702
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473127.05/cwt120.00–137.0060112
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3565121.91/cwt121.00–122.0068911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523145.18/cwt142.00–148.0075925
SteersMedium and Large 2-3525140.00/cwt140.00–140.007352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2382141.78/cwt140.00–147.0054217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672142.02/cwt137.00–149.0095412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2342130.00/cwt130.00–130.004456
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372135.58/cwt130.00–143.005047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436143.87/cwt141.75–148.0062751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582162.09/cwt159.00–172.009435
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2210160.00/cwt160.00–160.003361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479144.18/cwt141.00–145.0069118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0072
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574137.36/cwt132.00–146.0078841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325174.00/cwt174.00–174.005662
SteersMedium and Large 2-3862120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0342
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615148.00/cwt144.00–152.009102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677162.34/cwt154.00–165.001,09920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2541167.16/cwt161.00–174.5090419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2616145.22/cwt140.00–149.0089524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added503176.00/cwt176.00–176.008853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610166.39/cwt165.00–167.001,01510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461180.42/cwt172.00–187.008326
SteersMedium and Large 2-3595157.00/cwt157.00–157.009341
SteersMedium and Large 1-2390188.00/cwt188.00–188.007333
BullsMedium and Large 1-2735130.12/cwt129.00–138.009568
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560151.44/cwt140.00–155.0084816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2467164.28/cwt162.00–167.0076715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy706146.26/cwt144.00–148.501,0338
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy395184.00/cwt184.00–184.007272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy453185.11/cwt184.00–186.008399
SteersChoice1,209120.75/cwt120.75–120.751,46026
HeifersChoice1,363131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,7869
CowsBoner 80-85%1,64082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3451
CowsLean 85-90%97565.00/cwt65.00–65.006341
CowsLean 85-90%96056.89/cwt54.00–61.0054612
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55771.22/cwt70.00–74.001,1098
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20469.63/cwt67.00–75.0083886
Bulls2,050110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,2551
Bulls1,76099.70/cwt98.00–102.001,7557
Bulls1,45087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,2625
BullsMedium and Large 1-2619145.92/cwt143.00–154.5090346
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525150.08/cwt146.00–156.0078835
BullsMedium and Large 2-3383159.36/cwt142.00–165.006106
BullsMedium and Large 1-2388183.77/cwt182.00–187.007134
BullsMedium and Large 2-388097.00/cwt97.00–97.008541
BullsMedium and Large 2-3612129.04/cwt119.00–150.0079032
BullsMedium and Large 1-2262163.15/cwt160.00–170.004277
BullsMedium and Large 2-3560125.91/cwt120.00–134.0070515
BullsMedium and Large 2-3527129.98/cwt110.00–134.0068510
BullsMedium and Large 2-395594.00/cwt94.00–94.008981
BullsMedium and Large 2-3706130.78/cwt114.00–135.009235
BullsMedium and Large 2-394387.00/cwt87.00–87.008203
BullsMedium and Large 1-2416168.33/cwt163.00–179.0070010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned480159.00/cwt159.00–159.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008483
BullsMedium and Large 2-3487146.24/cwt136.00–162.0071221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3421139.25/cwt128.00–145.005869
BullsMedium and Large 2-3130151.00/cwt151.00–151.001961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy337177.00/cwt177.00–177.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3185164.00/cwt164.00–164.003031
HeifersMedium and Large 2-395595.00/cwt95.00–95.009071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2318159.00/cwt159.00–159.005064
BullsMedium and Large 2-382595.00/cwt95.00–95.007841
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675146.57/cwt142.00–159.0098911
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3257136.87/cwt120.00–148.003525
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3780110.00/cwt110.00–110.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 2-381399.64/cwt81.00–108.008105

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.