Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers sold 2.00-3.00. Slaughter cows sold steady-2.00 higher, Slaughter bulls sold 2.00-3.00 higher. There was good demand for all feeder cattle, with moderate offerings and good buyer activity this week. Buyers showed good interest in weaned steers and heifers with favorable condition.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.49/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$172.49

187 head · 516 lb average

Value per head Derived

$890

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$28.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.42

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	521	175.06	912	170
Medium and Large 2-3	465	146.80	683	17thin

One grade step is worth $28.27/cwt here — about $229 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 sale187 hd

172.49

—

KY average24 barns · 5,816 hd

174.92

−2.42

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,607	108.88	1,750	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,545	88.67	1,370	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,187	83.93	996	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	902	71.67	646	6thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	985	$1,130	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,088	$1,084	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,027	$1,006	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$950	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,542	92.28/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,423	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,526	88.75/cwt	87.00–89.50	1,354	8
Bulls	—	—	1,615	106.69/cwt	100.00–112.50	1,723	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	480	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	639	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	71.76/cwt	71.00–72.00	689	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	330	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	367	233.38/cwt	232.50–235.00	857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	179.74/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,109	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	204.85/cwt	192.00–214.00	979	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	479	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,059	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	559	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,003	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,129	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	684	165.95/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	187.53/cwt	184.00–196.00	992	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	159.02/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	602	170.75/cwt	170.75–170.75	1,028	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	178.29/cwt	165.00–188.00	749	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	169.76/cwt	162.00–178.00	969	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	431	224.99/cwt	222.50–230.00	970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	725	179.37/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,300	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	192.37/cwt	180.00–200.00	704	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	186.48/cwt	182.50–192.50	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	187.41/cwt	185.00–192.50	497	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	174.52/cwt	160.00–187.50	824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	213.78/cwt	197.50–218.00	872	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,367	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	600	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	845	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	213.35/cwt	210.00–221.00	1,120	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	180.69/cwt	176.00–184.50	1,232	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	173.89/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,228	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	190.35/cwt	183.00–194.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	621	188.29/cwt	187.00–189.50	1,169	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	652	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,232	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	160.96/cwt	156.00–169.00	1,404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	662	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	223	205.51/cwt	200.00–210.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,080	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	163.52/cwt	163.00–165.00	921	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	167.57/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,136	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	366	228.90/cwt	227.50–230.00	838	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	77.45/cwt	75.00–79.00	895	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	97.52/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,048	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	83.09/cwt	79.00–89.00	1,005	26
Bulls	—	—	1,030	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,009	1
Bulls	—	—	1,782	117.63/cwt	115.00–120.00	2,096	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	103.09/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,026	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	111.15/cwt	99.00–142.50	1,070	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,088	1,084.28/head	1,020.00–1,140.00	1,084	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	1,130.00/head	1,130.00–1,130.00	1,130	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	1,005.55/head	950.00–1,095.00	1,006	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	155.93/cwt	152.50–157.00	826	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	345	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	543	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	458	217.46/cwt	210.00–220.00	996	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	196.17/cwt	185.00–207.50	914	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	180.68/cwt	153.00–186.50	1,129	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	178.08/cwt	165.00–188.00	823	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	172.84/cwt	163.00–179.00	906	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	157.17/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,106	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	156.86/cwt	153.50–163.00	1,059	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	373	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	417	193.15/cwt	190.00–194.00	805	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	147.43/cwt	137.50–160.00	700	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	322	162.42/cwt	147.50–170.00	523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	150.04/cwt	147.50–152.50	650	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	329	232.22/cwt	217.50–240.00	764	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	201.29/cwt	195.00–205.00	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	196.59/cwt	180.00–205.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	325	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	282	202.29/cwt	197.50–212.50	570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	425	223.69/cwt	219.00–230.00	951	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	164.49/cwt	154.00–173.00	1,244	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	486	176.38/cwt	169.00–180.00	857	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,255	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	179.19/cwt	165.00–186.00	1,018	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	183.48/cwt	175.00–194.00	961	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	203.62/cwt	192.50–205.00	892	9

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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Mon Feb 27, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 582Last week 620Year ago 412

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 81Year ago 78

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 1Year ago 10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,542	90.00–99.00	92.28
8	—	1,526	87.00–89.50	88.75
1	—	1,715	70.00	70.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	60.00	60.00
1	—	770	83.00	83.00
4	—	960	71.00–72.00	71.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,156	75.00–79.00	77.45
4	—	1,075	95.00–99.00	97.52
26	—	1,210	79.00–89.00	83.09
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,615	100.00–112.50	106.69
1	—	1,030	98.00	98.00
3	—	1,782	115.00–120.00	117.63

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	330	227.50	227.50
3	—	367	232.50–235.00	233.38
4	—	479	221.00	221.00
3	—	431	222.50–230.00	224.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	617	170.00–185.00	179.74
10	—	478	192.00–214.00	204.85
4	—	529	184.00–196.00	187.53
8	—	408	197.50–218.00	213.78
1	—	1,005	136.00	136.00
1	—	970	149.00	149.00
1	—	290	230.00	230.00
1	—	760	161.00	161.00
15	—	682	176.00–184.50	180.69
10	—	706	172.00–175.00	173.89
3	—	587	183.00–194.00	190.35
3	—	872	156.00–169.00	160.96
1	—	845	158.00	158.00
1	—	305	217.00	217.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	190.00	190.00
3	—	684	160.00–169.00	165.95
5	—	472	160.00–187.50	174.52
1	—	600	160.00	160.00
1	—	440	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	725	178.00–180.00	179.37
1	—	845	173.00	173.00
15	—	525	210.00–221.00	213.35
18	—	621	187.00–189.50	188.29
6	—	652	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	559	179.50	179.50
15	—	678	166.50	166.50
5	—	602	170.75	170.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	155.00–165.00	159.02
15	—	420	165.00–188.00	178.29
15	—	571	162.00–178.00	169.76
1	—	780	157.00	157.00
11	—	366	180.00–200.00	192.37
3	—	322	182.50–192.50	186.48
4	—	265	185.00–192.50	187.41
11	—	462	165.00–188.00	178.08
50	—	524	163.00–179.00	172.84
1	—	820	149.00	149.00
5	—	704	150.00–159.00	157.17
9	—	675	153.50–163.00	156.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	145.00	145.00
1	—	735	125.00	125.00
1	—	570	150.00	150.00
5	—	475	137.50–160.00	147.43
3	—	322	147.50–170.00	162.42
1	—	820	111.00	111.00
3	—	433	147.50–152.50	150.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	205.00	205.00
5	—	417	190.00–194.00	193.15
1	—	325	220.00	220.00
3	—	282	197.50–212.50	202.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	223	200.00–210.00	205.51
1	—	730	148.00	148.00
6	—	678	160.00–180.00	167.57
1	—	920	150.00	150.00
23	—	466	185.00–207.50	196.17
19	—	625	153.00–186.50	180.68
4	—	379	195.00–205.00	201.29
6	—	337	180.00–205.00	196.59
2	—	802	165.00	165.00
7	—	756	154.00–173.00	164.49
1	—	890	141.00	141.00
23	—	568	165.00–186.00	179.19
29	—	524	175.00–194.00	183.48
9	—	438	192.50–205.00	203.62
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	563	163.00–165.00	163.52
4	—	530	152.50–157.00	155.93
1	—	345	157.50	157.50
6	—	486	169.00–180.00	176.38
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	366	227.50–230.00	228.90
4	—	458	210.00–220.00	217.46
7	—	329	217.50–240.00	232.22
7	—	425	219.00–230.00	223.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	995	100.00–104.00	103.09
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	963	99.00–142.50	111.15
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,088	1,020.00–1,140.00	1,084.28
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	1,130.00	1,130.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	755	950.00	950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,027	950.00–1,095.00	1,005.55

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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