Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2024-01-08

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 8
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,123 head
738 vs last sale 385 325 vs year ago 798 · +40.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
58 vs last sale 88 7 vs year ago 153 · 4.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
14 vs last sale 20 7 vs year ago 13 · 53.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to Christmas Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $198.46/cwt on 366 head.
Average price
$198.46
366 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,176
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$206
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$16.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.03
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2612204.261,250239
Medium and Large 2-3556187.541,043127
One grade step is worth $16.71/cwt here — about $206 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 sale366 hd
198.46
KY average26 barns · 8,124 hd
208.49
−10.03
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
BullsHigh1,788114.472,04717
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60088.751,4207thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29686.691,12470
CowsLean 85-90%Average98475.467438thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,0701thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)850$7751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,140$1,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672226.74/cwt226.00–227.001,52419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622225.10/cwt214.00–242.001,40032
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3783114.62/cwt112.00–120.008973
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3626185.94/cwt140.00–196.001,1646
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added439222.00/cwt222.00–222.009754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2725208.70/cwt200.00–215.001,51369
SteersMedium and Large 1-2809200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468260.24/cwt255.00–270.001,21812
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3387181.50/cwt180.00–182.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3317191.13/cwt167.00–210.006065
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3516191.65/cwt170.00–200.0098920
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3855139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added537226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2148
SteersMedium and Large 2-3790190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added596209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,24913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2270170.00/cwt170.00–170.004592
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3478199.05/cwt180.00–213.0095120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334190.85/cwt165.00–205.006375
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380191.53/cwt177.00–207.007285
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3715158.57/cwt150.00–160.001,1347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420273.06/cwt250.00–285.001,1473
SteersMedium and Large 2-3369247.34/cwt220.00–260.009133
SteersMedium and Large 2-3868177.51/cwt175.00–180.001,5412
SteersMedium and Large 2-3618203.51/cwt202.00–205.001,2582
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,5151
SteersMedium and Large 2-3512230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1784
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added624232.80/cwt231.00–240.001,45346
SteersMedium and Large 2-3828177.51/cwt175.00–180.001,4702
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529252.82/cwt244.00–262.001,33725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2394270.76/cwt267.00–282.001,0674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2559232.57/cwt230.00–236.001,30017
SteersMedium and Large 2-3576199.17/cwt140.00–227.001,1477
SteersMedium and Large 2-3735200.30/cwt180.00–206.001,4726
SteersMedium and Large 2-3685192.39/cwt190.00–200.001,3184
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added420274.56/cwt270.00–277.001,1533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added679225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,52820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added544240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added886209.40/cwt209.40–209.401,85555
BullsMedium and Large 2-3715160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2331227.52/cwt220.00–240.0075312
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0882
BullsMedium and Large 2-3384197.65/cwt170.00–250.007594
BullsMedium and Large 2-3588201.12/cwt197.00–215.001,1839
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy465268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,2464
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60088.75/cwt82.00–95.001,4207
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24279.06/cwt75.00–80.009828
CowsBoner 80-85%1,276107.52/cwt107.00–109.001,3724
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30586.31/cwt82.00–93.001,12658
CowsLean 85-90%93676.95/cwt75.00–82.007204
CowsLean 85-90%1,04050.00/cwt50.00–50.005201
CowsLean 85-90%1,03081.96/cwt81.00–84.008443
Bulls1,930130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,5091
Bulls1,849118.54/cwt114.00–123.002,1928
Bulls1,709108.46/cwt102.00–115.001,8548
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,165115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3401
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2850775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,070.00/head1,070.00–1,070.001,0701
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,1401,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3534216.10/cwt170.00–220.001,15419
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2565214.72/cwt200.00–217.001,21311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2043
BullsMedium and Large 1-2210256.35/cwt250.00–270.005383
BullsMedium and Large 2-3663178.95/cwt160.00–187.001,1867
BullsMedium and Large 2-3270235.00/cwt235.00–235.006351
BullsMedium and Large 2-3422235.44/cwt225.00–240.009947
BullsMedium and Large 2-3470218.87/cwt210.00–242.001,0295
BullsMedium and Large 1-2622180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1202
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418273.01/cwt267.00–280.001,14115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2461256.55/cwt245.00–266.001,18323
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3812117.00/cwt117.00–117.009502
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3273140.00/cwt140.00–140.003822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy382215.00/cwt215.00–215.008215
BullsMedium and Large 1-2374254.42/cwt245.00–267.009525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2295241.00/cwt241.00–241.007112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2509233.07/cwt227.00–246.001,18626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2228206.04/cwt192.00–240.004703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2530202.20/cwt200.00–207.001,07220
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2574208.65/cwt192.00–217.001,19848
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added790201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,58860
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3676189.97/cwt170.00–198.001,28431
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3434212.39/cwt200.00–218.0092217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417219.75/cwt217.00–220.0091612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2935174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,6324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469222.05/cwt219.00–230.001,04111
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2661197.74/cwt190.00–205.001,30725
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2712179.43/cwt178.00–180.001,27811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3574177.80/cwt140.00–185.001,0219

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.