Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-04-10

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 10
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
397 head
561 vs last sale 958 357 vs year ago 754 · 47.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
10 vs last sale 85 41 vs year ago 116 · 35.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
10 vs last sale 17 3 vs year ago 4 · +75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were steady with good demand buyer demand for 500-600lbs steers. Feeder heifers were unevenly steady with good buyer participation. Slaughter cows were up 3.00-4.00 with good buyer demand, slaughter bulls were steady with low receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.18/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$202.18
151 head · 501 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,013
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$232
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$21.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.98
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504203.041,023145
Medium and Large 2-3436181.417916thin
One grade step is worth $21.63/cwt here — about $232 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 sale151 hd
202.18
KY average22 barns · 5,481 hd
192.21
+9.98
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
BullsAverage1,545110.641,7107thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24493.981,16941
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42493.221,32713
CowsLean 85-90%Average89684.9076010

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
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,3101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)860$1,2001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,090$9401thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)970$1,3001thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)840$1,2001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)810$1251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)880$1072thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1-2655179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2756161.45/cwt152.50–166.001,2213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285210.00/cwt210.00–210.005991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2466214.11/cwt192.50–217.0099832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2583191.75/cwt185.00–195.001,11824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245220.00/cwt220.00–220.005391
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420180.00/cwt180.00–180.007561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy520237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,23515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy470223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,04810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3353187.50/cwt187.50–187.506623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374220.41/cwt210.00–226.008248
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy568203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,1539
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3568172.99/cwt172.00–174.009832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416228.96/cwt225.00–231.009526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,4378
SteersMedium and Large 2-3684176.28/cwt175.00–179.001,2063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324214.05/cwt211.00–221.006946
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2861130.95/cwt119.00–134.001,1275
SteersMedium and Large 2-3390190.00/cwt190.00–190.007411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577225.08/cwt217.00–229.001,2999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2723182.35/cwt177.00–185.001,3183
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added752191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added565243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,37311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4761
SteersMedium and Large 1-2786179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629225.18/cwt218.00–229.001,41619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added740191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4132
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500196.25/cwt187.50–205.009812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2260225.37/cwt212.50–230.005864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2505217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,0961
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466233.95/cwt227.50–236.001,0904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2353219.18/cwt210.00–224.007745
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added665215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy432230.48/cwt229.00–235.009968
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy615217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3351
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy220240.00/cwt240.00–240.005281
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy355225.00/cwt225.00–225.007991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy345225.00/cwt225.00–225.007761
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41496.47/cwt95.00–98.001,3645
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43091.19/cwt87.00–94.001,3048
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26294.54/cwt90.00–98.501,19327
CowsLean 85-90%87083.34/cwt80.00–88.007257
CowsLean 85-90%82573.00/cwt73.00–73.006021
CowsLean 85-90%1,02096.29/cwt96.00–96.509822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,241102.20/cwt100.50–108.001,2686
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18385.94/cwt84.50–89.501,0178
Bulls1,342104.98/cwt103.00–110.001,4095
Bulls2,053124.80/cwt123.50–126.002,5622
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29701,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-28401,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,090940.00/head940.00–940.009401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28601,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2810125.00/head125.00–125.001251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2880106.80/head106.00–108.001072
BullsMedium and Large 2-3528180.00/cwt180.00–180.009502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477219.29/cwt214.00–225.001,04610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380215.00/cwt215.00–215.008171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy470230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2278215.45/cwt207.50–220.005995
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425180.99/cwt170.00–192.507692
BullsMedium and Large 2-3568185.29/cwt182.50–188.001,0522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530210.67/cwt210.00–211.001,1173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2825171.90/cwt168.00–176.001,4182
BullsMedium and Large 1-2862170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4652
BullsMedium and Large 1-2628199.89/cwt192.50–207.001,2552
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335205.00/cwt202.50–207.506872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2411220.32/cwt212.50–227.509066
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy425225.00/cwt225.00–225.009562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565206.68/cwt195.00–215.001,16819
BullsMedium and Large 1-2220212.50/cwt212.50–212.504681
BullsMedium and Large 1-2775180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3951
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,3961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2426203.23/cwt192.50–218.0086616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy280222.50/cwt222.50–222.506231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525194.72/cwt187.50–197.501,0229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy391235.41/cwt232.50–236.009206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added502202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,0144

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.