Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-04-17

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 17
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
968 head
571 vs last sale 397 738 vs year ago 230 · +320.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
34 vs last sale 75 50 vs year ago 59 · +84.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
4 vs last sale 7 7 vs year ago 4 · +175.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week ; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher with a strong demand for all feeders. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $200.40/cwt on 379 head.
Average price
$200.40
379 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$187
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.22
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557202.441,128304
Medium and Large 2-3489192.1194075
One grade step is worth $10.34/cwt here — about $187 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 sale379 hd
200.40
KY average24 barns · 7,767 hd
197.18
+3.22
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
BullsAverage1,926121.742,3455thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59998.161,5704thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18591.901,08939
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01170.9271712

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)1,335$1,3001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,085$9361thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,093$8672thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)875$8082thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,070$1,2101thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 1-2788160.91/cwt150.00–163.001,2686
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2232212.31/cwt207.00–225.004933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376213.00/cwt209.00–217.5080116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2726162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1764
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3262187.50/cwt187.50–187.504912
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3484202.19/cwt192.00–205.0097911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510209.06/cwt200.00–216.001,06634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added738185.95/cwt185.95–185.951,37268
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added516214.31/cwt214.00–216.501,10617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470217.17/cwt210.00–239.001,02158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417220.36/cwt207.50–244.0091932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562197.23/cwt195.00–205.001,10813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706207.20/cwt202.00–209.001,4634
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added762208.20/cwt208.20–208.201,58660
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419242.22/cwt222.00–257.001,01520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523223.15/cwt214.00–227.001,16716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480231.29/cwt223.00–250.001,11012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2674179.95/cwt171.00–182.001,21314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5003
SteersMedium and Large 2-3527178.54/cwt136.00–203.009416
SteersMedium and Large 2-3555182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0101
SteersMedium and Large 2-3470185.00/cwt185.00–185.008701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586221.55/cwt216.50–229.501,29825
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445206.05/cwt159.00–229.009179
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,192130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380237.20/cwt230.00–252.509013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670217.97/cwt214.00–222.001,4604
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320223.52/cwt220.00–227.507154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624213.38/cwt209.00–215.001,33110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2263225.14/cwt210.00–240.005922
Dairy SteersLarge 3522122.00/cwt122.00–122.006372
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added611225.68/cwt220.00–231.001,37918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added528230.74/cwt230.00–235.001,21833
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575212.70/cwt200.00–218.001,22310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2330227.50/cwt227.50–227.507511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2426229.02/cwt217.00–239.0097616
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526207.67/cwt202.50–214.001,09212
BullsMedium and Large 1-2942151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4222
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3001
CowsLean 85-90%1,05975.91/cwt70.00–79.008048
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59998.16/cwt94.00–99.501,5704
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01569.30/cwt65.00–73.007032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,288106.43/cwt101.50–110.501,3714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18391.51/cwt82.00–98.501,08333
CowsLean 85-90%88553.92/cwt50.00–63.004773
CowsLean 85-90%1,00582.00/cwt82.00–82.008241
Bulls1,926121.74/cwt118.00–126.002,3455
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2910125.22/cwt114.00–147.001,1403
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,093866.84/head710.00–1,020.008672
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3351,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,085936.00/head936.00–936.009361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2945830.00/head830.00–830.008301
Bred CowsMedium 1-2805785.00/head785.00–785.007851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,0701,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,2101
BullsMedium and Large 2-3564197.34/cwt180.00–205.001,1136
BullsMedium and Large 2-3372192.00/cwt192.00–192.007142
BullsMedium and Large 2-3705182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,2872
BullsMedium and Large 2-3283200.00/cwt200.00–200.005662
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475198.16/cwt195.00–205.009413
BullsMedium and Large 2-3337203.96/cwt200.00–212.506873
BullsMedium and Large 1-2627218.10/cwt217.00–220.001,3678
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720205.09/cwt200.00–210.001,4776
BullsMedium and Large 1-2356217.65/cwt215.00–225.507754
BullsMedium and Large 1-2990140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3861
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410157.50/cwt157.50–157.506461
BullsMedium and Large 2-3521183.90/cwt135.00–195.009587
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3339176.20/cwt125.00–207.005974
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3680155.50/cwt149.00–162.001,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2336214.16/cwt200.00–230.007207
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2268213.67/cwt212.50–215.005732
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482224.21/cwt215.00–228.001,0819
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615194.36/cwt165.00–202.001,19530
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3364191.86/cwt180.00–205.0069812
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3240190.00/cwt190.00–190.004561
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3581190.48/cwt163.00–196.001,10730
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430199.89/cwt185.00–210.008608
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3534197.43/cwt195.00–199.001,0545

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.