Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2022-12-19

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 19
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
477 head
193 vs last sale 670 223 vs year ago 254 · +87.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
39 vs last sale 127 28 vs year ago 60 · +46.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 3 1 vs year ago 5 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.30/cwt on 164 head.
Average price
$143.30
164 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$22.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.88
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550149.26820120
Medium and Large 2-3526127.0666844
One grade step is worth $22.19/cwt here — about $152 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 sale164 hd
143.30
KY average22 barns · 5,133 hd
149.18
−5.88
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
BullsAverage1,780100.161,7837thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47869.501,0272thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28267.7786958
CowsLean 85-90%Average95057.075423thin

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)1,000$7401thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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
SteersMedium and Large 2-3605152.00/cwt152.00–152.009202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730163.75/cwt163.50–164.001,1952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385176.65/cwt174.00–182.506804
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621167.19/cwt166.00–170.001,0385
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added537188.94/cwt188.50–197.001,01520
SteersMedium and Large 2-3662159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,0532
SteersMedium and Large 2-3477155.18/cwt147.50–162.507404
SteersMedium and Large 2-3705136.00/cwt136.00–136.009591
SteersMedium and Large 2-3588159.00/cwt159.00–159.009354
SteersMedium and Large 2-3377155.60/cwt150.00–167.505875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added679149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,0158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added583151.50/cwt151.50–151.5088317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463190.31/cwt182.50–196.0088115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2756162.33/cwt160.00–163.501,2273
SteersMedium and Large 1-2687163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,12011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521181.05/cwt173.00–186.0094319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635142.42/cwt140.00–146.009045
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700141.00/cwt141.00–141.009875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2392134.00/cwt134.00–134.005252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475151.84/cwt145.00–155.0072144
SteersMedium and Large 2-3503146.00/cwt146.00–146.007343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added788153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2067
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3333120.00/cwt120.00–120.004002
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3667118.03/cwt102.00–122.007877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2692149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577150.59/cwt146.00–154.008699
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36675.37/cwt73.00–76.501,0308
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28567.75/cwt60.50–72.0087146
CowsLean 85-90%93547.85/cwt46.00–50.004472
CowsLean 85-90%98075.50/cwt75.50–75.507401
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07452.87/cwt45.00–59.505684
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47869.50/cwt69.50–69.501,0272
Bulls1,908102.16/cwt97.50–106.001,9494
Bulls1,52890.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3752
BullsMedium and Large 1-2684152.01/cwt146.00–163.001,0408
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623158.90/cwt140.00–165.009908
BullsMedium and Large 1-2733140.38/cwt130.00–149.001,0298
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433170.19/cwt161.00–175.007376
BullsMedium and Large 1-2463173.31/cwt167.00–175.008025
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568149.34/cwt149.00–150.008483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586167.75/cwt163.00–186.009837
Bulls1,775112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,9971
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-294080.80/cwt78.00–88.007606
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,000740.00/head740.00–740.007401
BullsMedium and Large 2-3278159.12/cwt157.50–160.004423
BullsMedium and Large 2-3383143.80/cwt135.50–152.005512
BullsMedium and Large 2-3418133.38/cwt127.00–140.005582
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007981
BullsMedium and Large 1-291590.00/cwt90.00–90.008241
BullsMedium and Large 2-3513138.46/cwt137.00–140.007102
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615137.50/cwt137.50–137.508461
BullsMedium and Large 1-2810121.00/cwt121.00–121.009801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3624126.14/cwt115.00–134.007875
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525160.00/cwt160.00–160.008401
BullsMedium and Large 2-3838101.23/cwt82.80–120.008482
BullsMedium and Large 2-3582138.27/cwt137.00–142.008058
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3471126.46/cwt110.00–140.005968
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315152.50/cwt152.50–152.504801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415144.86/cwt142.00–150.006019
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3240122.50/cwt122.50–122.502941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3318147.32/cwt140.00–155.004682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008641
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3820100.00/cwt100.00–100.008201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2825125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0311
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573132.38/cwt129.00–135.007597
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3514128.53/cwt127.00–130.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3431136.52/cwt120.00–155.005887
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1767
SteersMedium and Large 2-3345152.00/cwt152.00–152.005241
SteersMedium and Large 2-3415167.50/cwt167.50–167.506951
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3388131.67/cwt127.50–136.005112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527146.80/cwt140.00–152.0077410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414179.16/cwt170.00–184.007428

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.