Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-09-25

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 25
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
791 head
146 vs last sale 937 207 vs year ago 584 · +35.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
18 vs last sale 134 95 vs year ago 21 · +452.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 89 vs year ago 93 · 95.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady to instances of 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 5.00 to 7.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $224.58/cwt on 228 head.
Average price
$224.58
228 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,132
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$134
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$42.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.73
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2494235.681,164168
Medium and Large 2-3532193.521,03060
One grade step is worth $42.16/cwt here — about $134 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 sale228 hd
224.58
KY average23 barns · 6,152 hd
221.85
+2.73
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
BullsLow1,792117.232,10118
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52890.801,38711
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24585.231,06156
CowsLean 85-90%Low94267.5363610
SteersChoiceAverage1,278140.001,7892thin

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)1,495$1,5351thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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 1-2255232.00/cwt232.00–232.005921
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3225202.50/cwt195.00–210.004562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2775180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476241.55/cwt232.00–245.001,15043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571217.69/cwt216.00–227.001,24312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325243.70/cwt242.00–247.007926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629223.51/cwt215.00–228.001,4068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520220.80/cwt220.00–225.001,1486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200245.00/cwt245.00–245.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added672237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added521237.66/cwt237.00–238.001,23815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2706209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4766
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421240.80/cwt235.00–250.001,01419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2359260.44/cwt256.00–266.009359
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657246.52/cwt245.00–248.001,6208
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719236.75/cwt235.00–241.001,7027
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524252.38/cwt242.00–258.001,32223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370248.82/cwt225.00–261.5092132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683226.59/cwt219.00–232.001,54814
SteersMedium and Large 2-3438232.10/cwt217.00–240.001,0176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325249.00/cwt247.00–250.008093
SteersMedium and Large 2-31,028152.04/cwt131.00–192.001,5635
SteersMedium and Large 2-3870219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,9051
SteersMedium and Large 1-2792217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7192
SteersMedium and Large 1-2554260.32/cwt250.00–261.001,44233
SteersMedium and Large 2-3225205.00/cwt205.00–205.004611
SteersMedium and Large 2-3328205.80/cwt190.00–220.006752
SteersMedium and Large 2-3713205.60/cwt185.00–236.001,4663
SteersMedium and Large 2-3465245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1391
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408253.56/cwt245.00–256.001,0357
SteersMedium and Large 2-3535252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3483
SteersMedium and Large 2-3985180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619252.00/cwt247.00–257.001,56032
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473257.78/cwt245.00–260.001,21924
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4151
SteersMedium and Large 2-3380241.00/cwt241.00–241.009161
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370247.00/cwt244.00–250.009142
BullsMedium and Large 1-2528239.39/cwt231.00–245.001,26419
BullsMedium and Large 1-2441245.43/cwt245.00–247.001,0829
BullsMedium and Large 1-2710194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2278251.71/cwt240.00–265.007004
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473244.24/cwt235.00–250.001,15515
SteersChoice1,278140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7892
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12475.09/cwt64.00–80.008448
CowsLean 85-90%93556.00/cwt56.00–56.005241
CowsLean 85-90%90087.00/cwt87.00–87.007831
CowsLean 85-90%94866.54/cwt60.00–75.006318
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56992.40/cwt91.50–93.001,4505
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49389.47/cwt87.00–90.001,3366
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40194.65/cwt91.00–101.001,3268
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23885.37/cwt80.00–93.001,05740
Bulls1,420112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,5902
Bulls1,839117.88/cwt112.00–125.002,16816
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-295699.00/cwt99.00–99.009461
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4951,535.00/head1,535.00–1,535.001,5351
BullsMedium and Large 2-3574215.96/cwt212.00–217.001,2405
BullsMedium and Large 2-3473219.28/cwt215.00–227.001,0376
BullsMedium and Large 2-3523213.92/cwt192.00–225.001,11913
BullsMedium and Large 2-3880179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3345200.00/cwt200.00–200.006901
BullsMedium and Large 2-3642183.38/cwt180.00–205.001,17710
BullsMedium and Large 1-2619210.36/cwt200.00–216.001,3026
BullsMedium and Large 2-3238240.92/cwt225.00–260.005734
BullsMedium and Large 2-3378220.34/cwt220.00–221.008333
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430225.00/cwt225.00–225.009682
BullsMedium and Large 2-3735179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3161
BullsMedium and Large 2-3690202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3941
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3322222.00/cwt222.00–222.007153
BullsMedium and Large 2-3280237.00/cwt237.00–237.006642
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2337224.98/cwt220.00–237.007589
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571229.02/cwt220.00–245.001,3087
BullsMedium and Large 1-2761191.10/cwt182.00–193.001,45410
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3356197.00/cwt197.00–197.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3895180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6111
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3563189.90/cwt145.00–217.001,06916
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3695186.50/cwt145.00–208.001,2964
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3816140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1424
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3780181.75/cwt175.00–185.001,4183
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473217.35/cwt210.00–222.001,0286
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3433204.97/cwt200.00–210.008882
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3905135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2221
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3526196.33/cwt175.00–202.001,03310
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3287208.71/cwt200.00–210.005997

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.