Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2023-12-18

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 18
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
385 head
141 vs last sale 526 92 vs year ago 477 · 19.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
14 vs last sale 102 0 vs year ago 88 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
7 vs last sale 13 16 vs year ago 4 · +400.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher for heifers under 650 lbs .Feeders over 650 lbs and plain quality feeders sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower,

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $225.68/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 16 of 15 comparable sales and sits +15.01 against this barn's trailing median of $210.67.
Average price
$225.68
105 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,271
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$184
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$79.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.18
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2528246.001,29878
Medium and Large 2-3667166.971,11327
One grade step is worth $79.03/cwt here — about $184 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

15 sales
236213190168median 210.6701/0502/2304/1306/0108/10
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $221.57, low $181.71, median $210.67 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale105 hd
225.68
KY average24 barns · 2,352 hd
200.49
+25.18
This barn, trailing median15 sales
210.67
+15.01
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
BullsAverage1,732112.711,9529thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49885.511,2814thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29880.981,05130
CowsLean 85-90%Average98165.986474thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,257$1,3193thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,305$1,27011
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$9001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,015$8822thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added469297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,39310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2612216.95/cwt203.00–219.001,32827
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added445297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,3221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3490231.00/cwt225.00–237.001,1324
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1832
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473269.88/cwt265.00–280.001,2776
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494263.17/cwt262.00–272.001,30011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3567174.94/cwt170.00–185.009923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2360295.87/cwt290.00–302.001,0656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1032
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3482182.52/cwt167.00–190.008803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2518249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,2903
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added470282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,3253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added428296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,2675
SteersMedium and Large 2-3613191.63/cwt187.00–205.001,1754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2210185.00/cwt185.00–185.003891
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3637197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2555
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768199.23/cwt190.00–204.001,5303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2335297.00/cwt297.00–297.009951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3874
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657217.57/cwt215.00–218.001,4297
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3523188.48/cwt187.00–190.009862
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3825160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added538221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1893
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370230.66/cwt222.00–240.0085314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567208.64/cwt200.00–215.001,18314
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3725142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0301
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3245190.00/cwt190.00–190.004661
BullsMedium and Large 2-3627179.96/cwt160.00–190.001,1289
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14570.00/cwt70.00–70.008021
CowsBoner 80-85%94588.00/cwt88.00–88.008321
CowsLean 85-90%98165.98/cwt60.00–75.006474
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49885.51/cwt84.50–89.001,2814
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31681.12/cwt74.00–88.001,06828
Bulls1,730114.57/cwt112.00–119.001,9825
Bulls2,115120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,5381
Bulls1,608107.18/cwt99.00–110.001,7233
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2975117.17/cwt115.00–119.001,1422
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3051,270.12/head1,050.00–1,400.001,27011
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2571,319.16/head1,185.00–1,365.001,3193
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,015900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,015882.09/head800.00–965.008822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2734174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2779
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 2-3664169.88/cwt155.00–175.001,1284
BullsMedium and Large 2-384695.00/cwt95.00–95.008047
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295250.00/cwt250.00–250.007381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2372283.91/cwt220.00–310.001,05614
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3668186.18/cwt185.00–187.001,2445
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3558157.00/cwt157.00–157.008763
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3333171.47/cwt145.00–200.005712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2505261.22/cwt250.00–267.001,3193
BullsMedium and Large 1-2338286.96/cwt282.00–292.009702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2416288.62/cwt287.00–292.001,2013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468225.94/cwt220.00–235.001,05719
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2622207.33/cwt192.00–214.001,29023
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3361146.19/cwt140.00–150.005284
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2842

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.