Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2019-08-26

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 26
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
394 head
202 vs last sale 192 394 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
19 vs last sale 65 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
10 vs last sale 19 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.60/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$126.60
117 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$612
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.53
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509129.5265972
Medium and Large 2-3443121.9454045
One grade step is worth $7.58/cwt here — about $119 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 sale117 hd
126.60
KY average26 barns · 4,164 hd
126.07
+0.53
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
BullsAverage1,64785.311,40515
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42857.6082310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26554.5769030
CowsLean 85-90%Average97744.694379thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,32385.131,1262thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 2-3635112.97/cwt109.00–115.007173
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3562123.66/cwt123.00–124.006953
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430120.23/cwt111.00–126.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370121.57/cwt116.00–127.004502
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611120.94/cwt119.00–124.0073923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469135.06/cwt132.00–140.0063313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676123.50/cwt123.50–123.508358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2316140.29/cwt133.00–145.004438
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2410134.76/cwt130.00–138.005537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505132.67/cwt131.00–134.006703
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700112.00/cwt112.00–112.007842
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2363135.04/cwt133.00–137.004902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2245139.00/cwt139.00–139.003412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295138.00/cwt138.00–138.004071
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy423142.01/cwt140.00–143.006013
BullsMedium and Large 2-3528121.50/cwt114.00–127.0064210
BullsMedium and Large 2-3563119.06/cwt117.00–122.006706
BullsMedium and Large 2-3483124.99/cwt121.00–130.006046
BullsMedium and Large 2-3677121.00/cwt121.00–121.008193
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365133.03/cwt126.00–137.004863
BullsMedium and Large 2-3715111.06/cwt107.00–115.007942
BullsMedium and Large 2-3423132.60/cwt130.00–135.005612
BullsMedium and Large 2-3210129.00/cwt129.00–129.002712
BullsMedium and Large 2-378596.00/cwt96.00–96.007541
BullsMedium and Large 2-3640116.00/cwt116.00–116.007421
BullsMedium and Large 2-3285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003991
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477137.59/cwt133.00–146.0065613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2657123.98/cwt120.00–132.0081510
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524130.84/cwt123.00–134.006867
BullsMedium and Large 1-2377155.23/cwt152.00–160.005857
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615126.79/cwt124.00–128.007805
BullsMedium and Large 1-2425140.73/cwt132.00–145.005985
BullsMedium and Large 1-2327149.07/cwt146.00–152.004874
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585129.00/cwt129.00–129.007553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770122.00/cwt122.00–122.009391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy431153.68/cwt150.00–157.006627
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 11,2351,290.00/cwt1,290.00–1,290.0015,9321
CowsLean 85-90%97843.90/cwt35.00–48.004298
CowsLean 85-90%97151.00/cwt51.00–51.004951
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40357.28/cwt54.50–60.008049
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65560.50/cwt60.50–60.501,0011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28454.93/cwt50.00–60.0070528
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08050.00/cwt50.00–50.005401
CowsBoner 80-85%92549.00/cwt49.00–49.004531
SteersChoice1,32385.13/cwt80.50–90.001,1262
Bulls1,64785.31/cwt82.00–90.001,40515
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-293579.00/cwt79.00–79.007391
Stock CowsMedium 1-299067.00/cwt67.00–67.006631
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,4701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,270980.00/cwt980.00–980.0012,4461
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2301,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0016,2981
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6351,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0019,6201
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 11,1101,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,9331
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1965790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,6241
Dairy SteersLarge 335460.50/cwt60.50–60.502147
SteersMedium and Large 2-3880114.50/cwt110.00–119.001,0082
SteersMedium and Large 2-3528124.46/cwt122.00–127.006572
SteersMedium and Large 2-3488123.01/cwt122.00–124.006002
SteersMedium and Large 2-3575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007191
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420129.00/cwt129.00–129.005421
SteersMedium and Large 2-3375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004691
SteersMedium and Large 2-3250132.00/cwt132.00–132.003301
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506146.05/cwt140.00–150.0073918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2634134.18/cwt131.00–135.008519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564137.01/cwt133.00–139.007739
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461151.82/cwt142.00–155.007008
SteersMedium and Large 1-2371155.88/cwt155.00–161.005787
SteersMedium and Large 1-2747130.00/cwt130.00–130.009715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2316155.26/cwt155.00–156.004914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688135.00/cwt135.00–135.009293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435160.00/cwt160.00–160.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3327126.02/cwt120.00–137.0041212
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3480122.29/cwt114.00–129.005878
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3529119.52/cwt116.00–124.006326
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3277124.37/cwt122.00–125.003455
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3665114.65/cwt110.00–117.007623

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.