Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2019-09-30

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Sep 30
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
624 head
22 vs last sale 646 624 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
52 vs last sale 79 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
0 vs last sale 2 2 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 unevenly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bull sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $114.97/cwt on 194 head.
Average price
$114.97
194 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$583
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$107
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$11.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.36
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502118.30594126
Medium and Large 2-3515108.8156067
Large 1-2655107.007011thin
One grade step is worth $11.30/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale194 hd
114.97
KY average28 barns · 6,276 hd
118.33
−3.36
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
BullsAverage1,83881.261,4945thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21349.7660432
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33848.936555thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95236.773505thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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 2-3820108.02/cwt106.00–110.008862
BullsMedium and Large 2-3576113.81/cwt110.00–117.5065610
BullsMedium and Large 2-3419115.01/cwt110.00–120.004824
BullsMedium and Large 2-3532108.27/cwt105.00–113.005763
BullsMedium and Large 2-3467122.69/cwt122.00–124.005733
HeifersMedium and Large 2-379085.00/cwt85.00–85.006721
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480121.46/cwt114.00–132.0058327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2512117.60/cwt113.50–122.0060224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429116.73/cwt114.00–123.0050123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617112.82/cwt109.00–114.5069616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368122.48/cwt121.00–124.0045112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2722114.61/cwt109.00–130.0082711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569117.22/cwt116.00–117.506677
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2316127.28/cwt126.00–128.004026
HeifersLarge 1-2655107.00/cwt107.00–107.007011
BullsSmall 1-2605117.00/cwt117.00–117.007083
BullsMedium and Large 2-3373119.37/cwt110.00–123.0044519
BullsMedium and Large 2-3728106.00/cwt106.00–106.007722
BullsMedium and Large 2-3680113.58/cwt110.00–117.007722
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625109.00/cwt109.00–109.006812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850104.00/cwt104.00–104.008841
BullsMedium and Large 2-3770110.00/cwt110.00–110.008471
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250125.00/cwt125.00–125.003131
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380129.99/cwt128.00–136.0049422
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529119.93/cwt114.00–123.0063421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2428127.79/cwt126.00–131.0054720
BullsMedium and Large 1-2329132.49/cwt123.00–140.0043615
BullsMedium and Large 1-2609119.07/cwt114.00–122.0072512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562118.92/cwt113.00–126.006688
BullsMedium and Large 1-2464127.78/cwt125.00–132.005938
BullsMedium and Large 1-2665118.00/cwt113.00–123.007852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2205131.00/cwt131.00–131.002692
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765110.00/cwt110.00–110.008421
BullsMedium and Large 1-2255125.00/cwt125.00–125.003191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy330143.50/cwt143.50–143.504744
CowsLean 85-90%95236.77/cwt33.00–39.003505
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33848.93/cwt46.50–52.006555
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21349.76/cwt43.00–55.0060432
Bulls1,83881.26/cwt80.00–83.001,4945
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-284760.67/cwt60.00–62.005143
Dairy SteersLarge 31,04759.00/cwt59.00–59.006183
Dairy SteersLarge 391055.00/cwt55.00–55.005011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3519120.74/cwt119.00–124.006273
SteersMedium and Large 2-3705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008811
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420114.00/cwt114.00–114.004791
SteersMedium and Large 2-3230121.00/cwt121.00–121.002781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added730130.00/cwt130.00–130.009493
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added517140.00/cwt140.00–140.007243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2675129.52/cwt125.00–130.0087419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475133.85/cwt130.00–136.0063614
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419135.42/cwt130.00–138.0056710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522135.86/cwt133.00–140.007099
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629133.98/cwt131.00–135.008438
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580131.02/cwt127.00–135.007605
SteersMedium and Large 1-2895111.00/cwt110.00–111.509933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2362136.30/cwt129.00–140.004933
SteersMedium and Large 1-2970105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,0232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2288128.00/cwt128.00–128.003692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835115.00/cwt115.00–115.009601
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528111.35/cwt104.00–115.0058815
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3681104.68/cwt85.00–109.5071312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3472108.85/cwt101.00–113.005149
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3579106.70/cwt103.00–111.006187
HeifersMedium and Large 2-363097.96/cwt94.00–106.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3334116.65/cwt113.00–120.003904
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3273114.92/cwt110.00–118.003144
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400117.00/cwt117.00–117.004683
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3362117.67/cwt117.00–118.004263
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3215110.36/cwt110.00–111.002373
HeifersMedium and Large 2-372599.47/cwt97.00–102.007212

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.