Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-11-13

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 13
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
670 head
114 vs last sale 784 150 vs year ago 820 · 18.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
124 head
33 vs last sale 157 4 vs year ago 120 · +3.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
0 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder bulls sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower . Feeder heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Lightweight feeders sold 6.00 to 10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.05/cwt on 223 head.
Average price
$192.05
223 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$60
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$28.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.43
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2507199.471,011165
Medium and Large 2-3556170.9695158
One grade step is worth $28.51/cwt here — about $60 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 sale223 hd
192.05
KY average26 barns · 7,022 hd
198.48
−6.43
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
BullsHigh1,843118.992,19313
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62090.751,4706thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24185.111,05661
CowsLean 85-90%High94970.7467212

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2723178.48/cwt177.00–180.001,2902
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3570176.55/cwt155.00–187.001,0069
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3424199.92/cwt192.00–207.008484
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571187.60/cwt180.00–197.001,07134
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519202.34/cwt190.00–215.001,05029
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3670185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2402
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3358158.28/cwt155.00–160.005673
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3815170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3861
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3795138.38/cwt125.00–145.001,1003
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322162.00/cwt162.00–162.005222
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430238.23/cwt230.00–270.001,0248
SteersMedium and Large 2-3692188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0012
SteersMedium and Large 2-3628210.11/cwt177.00–213.001,31912
SteersMedium and Large 2-3570166.91/cwt140.00–192.009512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy305262.00/cwt262.00–262.007991
SteersMedium and Large 2-3365227.00/cwt227.00–227.008293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525221.08/cwt217.00–225.001,1612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2745192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2334225.99/cwt225.00–227.007554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473224.06/cwt210.00–237.001,0607
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567223.50/cwt216.00–240.001,26735
SteersMedium and Large 2-3520160.00/cwt160.00–160.008321
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added458262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,2002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added672228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625213.37/cwt207.00–220.001,33412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3972
SteersMedium and Large 2-3755165.00/cwt155.00–175.001,2462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290220.00/cwt220.00–220.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2570208.03/cwt188.00–217.001,18629
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523216.12/cwt192.00–230.001,13028
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0401
BullsMedium and Large 2-3480162.00/cwt162.00–162.007781
BullsMedium and Large 2-3710135.00/cwt135.00–135.009591
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58790.30/cwt87.00–95.001,4335
CowsBoner 80-85%1,410104.30/cwt102.00–107.001,4712
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14377.42/cwt73.00–78.0088516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26987.08/cwt80.00–96.001,10543
CowsLean 85-90%99880.00/cwt80.00–80.007981
CowsLean 85-90%94569.90/cwt62.00–79.0066111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,6601
Bulls1,943131.32/cwt130.00–132.002,5523
Bulls1,904121.20/cwt120.00–125.002,3086
Bulls1,676106.42/cwt101.00–112.001,7844
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,038108.30/cwt94.00–122.001,1242
BullsMedium and Large 2-3330201.13/cwt192.00–207.006643
BullsMedium and Large 1-2417263.14/cwt247.00–282.001,0976
BullsMedium and Large 1-2469225.25/cwt180.00–242.001,05623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2352270.88/cwt260.00–280.009538
BullsMedium and Large 1-2345228.94/cwt225.00–237.007903
BullsMedium and Large 1-2880160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4081
BullsMedium and Large 2-3608163.64/cwt152.00–175.009952
BullsMedium and Large 2-3805164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,3201
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,10315
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570179.06/cwt165.00–181.001,02114
BullsMedium and Large 2-3516173.85/cwt170.00–200.008978
BullsMedium and Large 1-2215220.00/cwt220.00–220.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3530179.64/cwt170.00–187.0095210
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3483172.73/cwt155.00–200.0083410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725175.70/cwt172.00–178.001,2743
BullsMedium and Large 2-3245172.00/cwt172.00–172.004211
BullsMedium and Large 2-3419206.34/cwt195.00–220.008656
BullsMedium and Large 2-3358193.05/cwt185.00–217.006914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473213.72/cwt195.00–225.001,01132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2365163.73/cwt160.00–165.005984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678185.42/cwt182.00–192.001,2573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434215.08/cwt200.00–225.0093329
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620191.06/cwt180.00–198.001,18522
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3626161.88/cwt122.00–197.001,01315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2281186.73/cwt185.00–200.005258

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.