Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2019-10-14

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 14
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,115 head
404 vs last sale 711 1,115 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
86 vs last sale 106 192 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 heifers were mostly steady with good quality offering. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls were mostly steady as well. This report publish was delayed due to USDA technical issues.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.60/cwt on 213 head.
Average price
$139.60
213 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$787
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558140.94786199
Medium and Large 2-3655120.4878914thin
One grade step is worth $20.47/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale213 hd
139.60
KY average27 barns · 6,612 hd
136.59
+3.00
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
BullsAverage1,85080.721,4939thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56753.478385thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21348.8459343
CowsLean 85-90%Average94537.053505thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 1-2Fancy335145.00/cwt145.00–145.004861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy585148.00/cwt148.00–148.008661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0313
SteersMedium and Large 2-3370125.00/cwt125.00–125.004631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy668131.48/cwt126.00–137.008782
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy448158.00/cwt158.00–158.007083
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435149.00/cwt149.00–149.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750116.00/cwt116.00–116.008701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705117.01/cwt115.00–118.008254
BullsMedium and Large 1-2222137.86/cwt130.00–145.003067
BullsMedium and Large 1-2328123.65/cwt120.00–130.004067
BullsMedium and Large 1-2689122.96/cwt118.00–124.508477
BullsMedium and Large 1-2379126.01/cwt121.00–140.0047811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2465150.62/cwt149.00–155.0070011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523131.93/cwt126.00–136.0069013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2620122.97/cwt121.00–124.0076221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577127.03/cwt120.00–130.0073326
BullsMedium and Large 2-3228122.78/cwt119.00–127.002802
BullsMedium and Large 2-3323120.96/cwt120.00–122.003912
BullsMedium and Large 2-3510108.93/cwt102.00–116.005562
BullsMedium and Large 2-3612116.32/cwt115.00–117.007123
BullsMedium and Large 2-3839100.33/cwt99.00–101.008423
BullsMedium and Large 2-3354111.00/cwt111.00–111.003934
BullsMedium and Large 2-3551112.99/cwt110.00–116.006234
BullsMedium and Large 2-3277116.74/cwt114.00–120.003235
BullsMedium and Large 2-3409117.87/cwt115.00–123.004827
BullsMedium and Large 2-3487119.36/cwt113.00–136.0058110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436118.02/cwt117.00–120.005153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663119.31/cwt118.00–120.007913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2819120.00/cwt120.00–120.009834
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532119.87/cwt115.00–126.0063817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642123.26/cwt115.00–124.5079118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2374119.17/cwt117.00–125.0044620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475116.42/cwt113.00–121.0055327
CowsLean 85-90%95436.31/cwt35.00–38.003464
CowsLean 85-90%90840.00/cwt40.00–40.003631
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56753.47/cwt52.00–55.008385
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21449.39/cwt45.00–54.0060040
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20241.54/cwt39.50–43.004993
Bulls1,85080.72/cwt77.00–83.001,4939
Dairy SteersLarge 31,08584.00/cwt84.00–84.0091147
SteersMedium and Large 2-3637122.95/cwt110.00–125.007837
SteersMedium and Large 2-3480122.50/cwt120.00–125.005882
SteersMedium and Large 2-3990100.00/cwt100.00–100.009901
SteersMedium and Large 2-3870115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0011
SteersMedium and Large 2-3840112.00/cwt112.00–112.009411
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675129.00/cwt129.00–129.008711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added616142.94/cwt140.00–144.2588178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521141.00/cwt134.00–149.0073538
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570137.66/cwt130.00–139.5078525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2457140.00/cwt138.00–153.0064015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2719128.83/cwt128.00–130.009265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420145.94/cwt135.00–149.006135
SteersMedium and Large 1-2372134.77/cwt130.00–140.005015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320141.16/cwt140.00–143.004525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672133.00/cwt133.00–133.008944
SteersMedium and Large 1-2602131.00/cwt131.00–131.007893
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295130.00/cwt130.00–130.003841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy474150.50/cwt150.50–150.5071310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy425155.04/cwt154.00–156.006592
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3519110.64/cwt108.00–114.0057410
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3330116.15/cwt113.00–117.003839
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573107.50/cwt104.00–108.006168
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3423112.02/cwt106.00–114.004746
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3468113.69/cwt110.00–115.005324
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3255116.00/cwt116.00–116.002962
HeifersMedium and Large 2-368595.00/cwt95.00–95.006511
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3225117.00/cwt117.00–117.002631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579114.52/cwt112.00–120.0066328

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.