Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-01-30

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 30
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
464 head
114 vs last sale 350 230 vs year ago 694 · 33.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
1 vs last sale 81 10 vs year ago 72 · +13.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
4 vs last sale 13 0 vs year ago 9 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $160.94/cwt on 152 head.
Average price
$160.94
152 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$841
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.09
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529163.78867115
Medium and Large 2-3502152.1176437
One grade step is worth $11.67/cwt here — about $102 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 sale152 hd
160.94
KY average23 barns · 4,036 hd
155.86
+5.09
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
BullsAverage1,363105.921,44411
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30287.161,13554
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,84584.031,5502thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91873.996794thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1-2531160.73/cwt156.00–167.0085334
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3655112.50/cwt112.50–112.507371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428180.39/cwt177.00–185.007729
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472201.39/cwt191.00–215.0095128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2274186.00/cwt186.00–186.005107
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2793143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1343
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3574149.46/cwt148.00–152.008584
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3760141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2719144.43/cwt134.00–149.001,03812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295222.50/cwt222.50–222.506561
SteersMedium and Large 2-3510163.00/cwt163.00–163.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2623152.91/cwt150.00–157.0095315
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3480158.33/cwt152.00–163.007608
SteersMedium and Large 2-3610177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,0801
SteersMedium and Large 2-3370175.00/cwt175.00–175.006481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576185.44/cwt183.00–187.501,06812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708170.50/cwt170.00–171.001,2074
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3359165.36/cwt150.00–178.005946
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3638132.49/cwt130.00–135.008452
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670172.12/cwt170.00–175.001,1538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435186.00/cwt186.00–186.008096
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520184.79/cwt180.00–188.009615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615176.42/cwt158.00–186.001,08544
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375223.00/cwt223.00–223.008363
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490188.00/cwt188.00–188.009211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2414208.26/cwt195.00–215.0086211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2561172.91/cwt160.00–180.009704
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285222.38/cwt217.50–224.006344
BullsMedium and Large 1-2824139.56/cwt136.00–147.001,1509
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25076.00/cwt76.00–76.009502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38295.21/cwt91.50–106.001,31615
CowsLean 85-90%91873.99/cwt73.00–75.006794
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84584.03/cwt83.50–84.501,5502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27284.50/cwt76.50–91.501,07537
Bulls1,363105.92/cwt100.00–111.001,44411
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292697.01/cwt72.00–138.008988
Stock CowsLarge 190092.00/cwt92.00–92.008281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365177.50/cwt177.50–177.506481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2681151.89/cwt150.00–166.001,0349
BullsMedium and Large 2-3505163.11/cwt150.00–182.008243
BullsMedium and Large 2-3745130.00/cwt130.00–130.009691
BullsMedium and Large 1-2742149.39/cwt148.00–151.001,1085
BullsMedium and Large 2-3675162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2332213.54/cwt185.55–220.007098
BullsMedium and Large 1-2369211.55/cwt195.00–219.007815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620159.13/cwt150.00–169.0098724
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518182.85/cwt174.00–192.0094724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500171.00/cwt171.00–171.008551
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485185.00/cwt185.00–185.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460182.25/cwt180.00–183.0083811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2586154.05/cwt148.00–155.5090310
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200155.00/cwt155.00–155.003101
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3708142.07/cwt138.00–150.001,0063
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3338161.96/cwt157.00–167.005472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370188.97/cwt185.00–190.006997
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3424163.71/cwt162.00–169.006944
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0261
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3515143.27/cwt127.50–150.007384
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325162.52/cwt160.00–165.005284
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0202

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.