Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-05-22

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 22
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
832 head
184 vs last sale 648 2 vs year ago 830 · +0.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
29 vs last sale 141 9 vs year ago 121 · 7.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
2 vs last sale 2 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.000 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $204.11/cwt on 235 head.
Average price
$204.11
235 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$43.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.94
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522212.521,110190
Medium and Large 2-3609168.601,02645
One grade step is worth $43.93/cwt here — about $83 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 sale235 hd
204.11
KY average23 barns · 6,680 hd
202.17
+1.94
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
BullsLow1,656123.502,04612
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,279106.521,36271
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,426106.411,5174thin
CowsLean 85-90%High94285.478055thin

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 PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,545$1,7142thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,028$1,1932thin

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 2-3486209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,0163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2323226.17/cwt210.00–237.5073111
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3718153.10/cwt147.00–159.001,0992
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666188.18/cwt184.00–190.001,25311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720184.76/cwt184.50–187.001,33010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682209.48/cwt209.00–212.501,4297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2278237.00/cwt237.00–237.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3662179.86/cwt160.00–186.001,1916
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3554165.33/cwt160.00–200.0091619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2840190.26/cwt182.00–195.001,5984
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765192.67/cwt192.00–194.001,4743
SteersMedium and Large 2-3598210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519213.93/cwt200.00–223.001,11018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561206.20/cwt190.00–219.001,15713
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3418200.06/cwt190.00–210.008364
SteersMedium and Large 2-3772185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4282
SteersMedium and Large 2-3620140.00/cwt140.00–140.008682
SteersMedium and Large 1-2635232.91/cwt230.00–234.001,4797
SteersMedium and Large 1-2411251.66/cwt247.00–254.001,03412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335250.00/cwt250.00–250.008382
SteersMedium and Large 1-2252235.00/cwt235.00–235.005922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2393247.34/cwt237.00–249.009727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513222.99/cwt210.00–233.001,1449
SteersMedium and Large 1-2463244.27/cwt235.00–249.001,1313
SteersMedium and Large 2-3945165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5591
SteersMedium and Large 2-3706174.92/cwt145.00–185.001,2355
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675188.71/cwt187.50–190.001,2742
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added858196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,68212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added519243.72/cwt235.00–254.001,26518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added815204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,6633
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added561240.69/cwt240.00–241.001,35016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2712199.79/cwt196.00–212.001,42332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574226.74/cwt216.00–237.001,30127
BullsMedium and Large 1-2382239.45/cwt222.00–245.0091520
BullsMedium and Large 1-2713199.73/cwt197.50–202.001,4242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2322242.00/cwt242.00–242.007792
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280248.47/cwt247.00–250.006962
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy563236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3297
CowsLean 85-90%97596.00/cwt96.00–96.009361
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,23399.05/cwt95.00–102.001,2212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,618113.78/cwt111.50–116.001,8412
CowsBoner 80-85%83583.00/cwt83.00–83.006931
CowsLean 85-90%93482.84/cwt76.00–87.007744
CowsBoner 80-85%1,346111.55/cwt105.00–124.001,50138
CowsBoner 80-85%1,213101.28/cwt89.00–110.001,22932
Bulls1,470111.66/cwt111.00–112.001,6413
Bulls1,844135.33/cwt130.00–144.002,4954
Bulls1,618121.15/cwt117.00–127.001,9605
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29201,010.00/head1,010.00–1,010.001,0101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5451,713.51/head1,650.00–1,775.001,7142
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1351,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2530220.85/cwt205.00–231.001,17130
BullsMedium and Large 2-3579192.58/cwt180.00–205.001,1154
BullsMedium and Large 2-3765158.60/cwt147.50–170.001,2132
BullsMedium and Large 2-3270215.00/cwt215.00–215.005812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3659180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1869
BullsMedium and Large 2-3630179.51/cwt162.50–185.001,1314
BullsMedium and Large 2-3845161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3601
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445172.50/cwt172.50–172.507681
BullsMedium and Large 2-3708161.66/cwt160.00–162.501,1453
BullsMedium and Large 2-3485220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0672
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440239.61/cwt230.00–245.001,0549
BullsMedium and Large 2-3895151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2820132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2478235.41/cwt230.00–241.001,12510
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3928122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1322
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573208.21/cwt199.00–227.001,19318
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650207.42/cwt200.00–208.001,34814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625210.56/cwt200.00–218.001,31611
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3800128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0245
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3619187.23/cwt186.00–188.001,1594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770178.47/cwt177.00–180.001,3742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417230.51/cwt217.00–237.0096124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added566220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,24514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608205.59/cwt195.00–208.001,25021
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477216.78/cwt205.00–224.001,03429
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383225.96/cwt215.00–235.0086522
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added725186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,35213

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.