Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2019-11-25

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 25
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
441 head
387 vs last sale 828 441 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
131 head
42 vs last sale 173 131 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
2 vs last sale 2 0 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 sold steady to 3.00 lower. In instances of plain to poor quality sharply lower. Buyer participation was lower due to Holiday week.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 $114.33/cwt on 165 head.
Average price
$114.33
165 head · 433 lb average
Value per head Derived
$495
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.88
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2431120.0851795
Medium and Large 2-3436106.5146470
One grade step is worth $13.57/cwt here — about $53 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 sale165 hd
114.33
KY average25 barns · 6,618 hd
117.21
−2.88
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
BullsAverage1,90476.781,4626thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58053.018386thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17649.4858244
CowsLean 85-90%Average92735.1132513

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1-2464114.43/cwt111.00–119.0053116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2378125.87/cwt121.00–128.0047618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added570119.00/cwt119.00–119.006783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added534125.38/cwt125.00–126.006705
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3225118.00/cwt118.00–118.002662
HeifersMedium and Large 2-330893.00/cwt93.00–93.002862
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415106.07/cwt104.00–108.004402
HeifersMedium and Large 2-374293.00/cwt93.00–93.006902
HeifersMedium and Large 2-364399.36/cwt90.00–104.006393
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3506108.21/cwt103.00–113.005484
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3656101.23/cwt93.00–104.006644
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3570103.20/cwt103.00–104.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3377115.90/cwt102.00–124.004376
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3266107.04/cwt104.00–118.0028517
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3475107.33/cwt100.00–113.0051023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330152.00/cwt152.00–152.005021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335136.33/cwt133.00–138.004573
BullsMedium and Large 1-2559115.00/cwt115.00–115.006434
BullsMedium and Large 1-2651110.00/cwt110.00–110.007164
BullsMedium and Large 1-2621112.18/cwt109.00–113.006975
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720107.97/cwt105.00–109.007775
BullsMedium and Large 1-2380128.59/cwt123.00–133.004897
BullsMedium and Large 1-2522120.14/cwt116.00–125.0062713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2421130.08/cwt125.00–133.0054819
BullsMedium and Large 1-2480125.73/cwt120.00–137.0060430
BullsMedium and Large 2-373095.00/cwt95.00–95.006941
BullsMedium and Large 2-381099.00/cwt99.00–99.008021
BullsMedium and Large 2-3373115.00/cwt115.00–115.004292
BullsMedium and Large 2-3474108.76/cwt105.00–115.005164
BullsMedium and Large 2-3257119.67/cwt115.00–121.003085
BullsMedium and Large 2-3307122.22/cwt122.00–123.003755
CowsLean 85-90%92634.99/cwt34.50–38.5032412
CowsLean 85-90%94136.50/cwt36.50–36.503431
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58053.01/cwt52.00–54.008386
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17249.35/cwt47.50–54.0057843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36655.00/cwt55.00–55.007511
Bulls1,87576.14/cwt74.00–79.001,4285
Bulls2,04880.00/cwt80.00–80.001,6381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2256125.39/cwt122.00–126.0032115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2407123.62/cwt121.00–126.0050313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514114.48/cwt109.00–119.0058811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2561110.55/cwt109.00–115.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334129.29/cwt127.00–135.004324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2685103.00/cwt103.00–103.007063
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630104.00/cwt104.00–104.006553
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,08872.00/cwt72.00–72.007832
Dairy SteersLarge 31,03055.00/cwt55.00–55.005671
Dairy SteersLarge 359562.00/cwt62.00–62.003691
SteersMedium and Large 2-3510122.50/cwt120.00–125.006252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added537140.00/cwt140.00–140.007525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added802123.00/cwt123.00–123.009863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added638129.00/cwt129.00–129.008232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628133.23/cwt128.00–135.008374
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566132.77/cwt126.00–135.007514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2702124.00/cwt124.00–124.008703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2362133.00/cwt133.00–133.004812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2695124.00/cwt124.00–124.008621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525137.00/cwt137.00–137.007191
BullsMedium and Large 2-3519111.91/cwt93.00–117.0058119
BullsMedium and Large 2-3422115.13/cwt108.00–119.004869
BullsMedium and Large 2-3618101.83/cwt92.00–111.006297
BullsMedium and Large 2-3568106.98/cwt97.00–112.006087
BullsMedium and Large 2-3781105.21/cwt94.00–111.008226
BullsMedium and Large 2-3239110.50/cwt110.00–113.002646

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.