Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2019-09-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 16
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
541 head
394 vs last sale 935 541 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
1 vs last sale 65 64 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 weaned and vaccinated sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeders not weaned sold 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.16/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$128.16
171 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.26
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2686128.99885156
Medium and Large 2-3614119.5273415thin
One grade step is worth $9.47/cwt here — about $151 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 sale171 hd
128.16
KY average28 barns · 3,899 hd
130.43
−2.26
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
BullsAverage1,84477.001,42012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,22057.507021thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18350.8160122
CowsLean 85-90%Average85139.793398thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1-2355124.00/cwt124.00–124.004401
BullsMedium and Large 1-2770104.00/cwt104.00–104.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615116.00/cwt116.00–116.007132
BullsMedium and Large 1-2658110.46/cwt107.00–114.007272
BullsMedium and Large 1-2331131.40/cwt124.00–136.004354
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480126.28/cwt122.00–131.006067
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433131.59/cwt122.00–136.0057010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2525124.59/cwt120.00–133.0065414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578121.66/cwt116.00–127.0070314
BullsMedium and Large 2-3280132.00/cwt132.00–132.003701
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
BullsMedium and Large 2-3620109.00/cwt109.00–109.006761
BullsMedium and Large 2-371090.00/cwt90.00–90.006391
BullsMedium and Large 2-381088.00/cwt88.00–88.007131
BullsMedium and Large 2-3325114.30/cwt108.00–121.003712
BullsMedium and Large 2-3765104.00/cwt104.00–104.007962
BullsMedium and Large 2-385092.50/cwt90.00–95.007862
BullsMedium and Large 2-3357132.07/cwt124.00–136.004713
BullsMedium and Large 2-3417109.72/cwt101.00–120.004583
BullsMedium and Large 2-3673100.93/cwt95.00–104.006793
BullsMedium and Large 2-3589114.00/cwt107.00–120.006716
HeifersLarge 1-2425116.00/cwt116.00–116.004932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2318123.99/cwt123.00–125.003942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638110.00/cwt110.00–110.007023
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370128.46/cwt123.00–130.004756
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2551119.44/cwt119.25–120.006588
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418119.70/cwt115.00–123.0050016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475121.82/cwt114.00–125.5057920
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521120.35/cwt113.00–126.0062735
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added468131.00/cwt131.00–131.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added408130.00/cwt130.00–130.005304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added688122.75/cwt122.75–122.7584520
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3290114.00/cwt114.00–114.003311
CowsLean 85-90%85139.79/cwt33.00–45.003398
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,22057.50/cwt57.50–57.507021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25052.72/cwt48.00–57.0065918
CowsBoner 80-85%88342.20/cwt40.00–44.003734
Bulls1,78882.57/cwt77.00–86.501,4766
Bulls1,92267.72/cwt66.50–71.001,3025
Bulls1,79590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6161
Dairy SteersLarge 381768.00/cwt68.00–68.005563
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500125.25/cwt125.00–126.006264
SteersMedium and Large 2-3662117.91/cwt111.00–123.007813
SteersMedium and Large 2-3473125.00/cwt125.00–125.005913
SteersMedium and Large 2-3873103.54/cwt102.00–105.009042
SteersMedium and Large 2-3613122.99/cwt121.00–125.007542
SteersMedium and Large 2-3840110.00/cwt110.00–110.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added871124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,08059
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added669135.00/cwt135.00–135.009034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2571131.57/cwt130.00–137.0075126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2489135.19/cwt132.50–137.5066120
SteersMedium and Large 1-2603132.01/cwt130.00–135.0079613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2656129.50/cwt125.00–131.0085012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722124.38/cwt123.00–125.258987
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524133.91/cwt130.00–138.007024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2392140.00/cwt139.00–141.005494
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430134.00/cwt134.00–134.005763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758123.50/cwt123.50–123.509362
SteersMedium and Large 1-2860125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280132.00/cwt132.00–132.003701
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3519110.83/cwt102.00–114.0057514
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3410111.79/cwt105.00–118.004589
HeifersMedium and Large 2-362698.30/cwt90.00–105.006157
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3586108.51/cwt104.00–111.006366
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473113.99/cwt113.00–116.005396
HeifersMedium and Large 2-367599.02/cwt98.00–100.006682
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370118.00/cwt118.00–118.004371

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.